Sunil Gavaskar believes Hardik Pandya is the key to Team India becoming ‘invincible’ in Test cricket

Hardik Pandya has been sensational in the recently-concluded T20 World Cup and can be a big boost to India's Test squad too.

Sunil Gavaskar believes Hardik Pandya is the key to Team India becoming ‘invincible’ in Test cricket

Hardik Pandya and Sunil Gavaskar, image courtesy: X

Batting legend, Sunil Gavaskar has expressed his belief that Hardik Pandya can be a key addition to the current Test squad for India and the BCCI brass must be able to persuade him to play for the nation in whites. The former Indian cricketer has been cutthroat in his assessment of Pandya’s key abilities and how it can be a massive boost for Rohit Sharma and company.

Amidst the speculations and Sunil Gavaskar’s sudden leap of faith for Hardik Pandya in the longer format, the numbers so far for the latter reads only 11 Test matches and an unfortunate blotch of being able to sustain himself for limited times in the longest format of the game due to relentless injuries.

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Yes, absolutely, they can. I think in the next two months, there should be an attempt to convince Hardik Pandya to play Test cricket. If he bowls ten overs a day to go with his batting, this Indian team could become invincible, and they can surely go on and win the WTC and beat Australia in Australia.
Sunil Gavaskar told RevSportz

As things go, Pandya’s numbers in the longest format of the game does indeed instill hope amongst the fans with a decent batting average of 31 and a fine bowling average of 31.05 with 17 wickets to his name. His current batting approach can be another big boon to the team, considering the fact that he loves to assess his situations before bringing the big guns out.

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A glance at how good Hardik Pandya was in the T20 World Cup

Pandya was an absolute sensation in the recently concluded T20 World Cup where he shone both with the bat and the ball. The Indian all-rounder started the tournament with a bang, registering figures of 3/27 against Ireland. He had no intentions of relenting as Pakistan fell his heat too with him racking up numbers of 2/24.

Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya, image courtesy: X

Pandya impressed against USA too, racking up a couple of crucial scalps before putting up another stellar showdown against Afghanistan where he hammered 32. Bangladesh was blown apart by his sudden storm as he stayed unbeaten for 50 before impressing with the ball in his hands as well.

His fine knock with the bat continued as he registered another warring 27 against Australia before chiming in with a blitzkrieg of 23 against England in the semis. He rattled his wicket-drought in style, registering three crucial wickets in the grand finale which included the prized scalps of David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen.

He capped the tournament with tears in his eyes, tears which were lauded by each and every fan across the globe. India finished as the deserved winners of the tournament while celebrating the triumph with an iconic victory parade.

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