Hardik Pandya Asked Me To Get Him Through The 2019 World Cup: Shankar Basu

Hardik Pandya has had his fair share of injury issues in his six years of international cricket. Pandya’s most serious ailment was a back issue that required surgery in 2019, just after the World Cup.

Keeping up with non-stop top-flight cricket can take a toll on a fast-bowling all-rounder with a slim frame, who is a clean batter of the ball and shows good physical capabilities, and that is precisely what happened to Pandya in 2019.

With a troublesome back consistently bothering Pandya, he went under the knife and had to miss a significant amount of activity as a result, including a limited role as a bowler.

Hardik Pandya Is An Easy Guy To Work With- Shankar Basu

“Hardik is a great guy. I remember the 2019 World Cup, it was post-IPL and he was sore, having played a lot of matches. He said to me ‘Sir, please get me through this World Cup. I need to be fit. And I got him through. It is easy to work with him. He will be convinced to do whatever you want him to do. Obviously, the demand of an all-rounder is very different – understanding the body and all,” Basu told YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia on his YouTube channel BeerBiceps.

“He had not played much of junior cricket. Suddenly, he has been catapulted to the international level, and the loads are much higher. He has to do it day in and day out. He is getting used to it now. Of course, fast bowlers and all-rounders are going to get injured every now and then. That is part and parcel of the game.”

Pandya has had a fantastic couple of months in the Indian team since the IPL where he also captained India against Ireland.

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