‘There is one sitting at home’: Hardik suggests India can ‘look in the Pandya family’ for next all-rounder
India vs Australia: To solve India’s all-rounder conundrum till he isn’t allowed to bowl, Hardik suggested that the team can perhaps ‘look in the Pandya family’. Hardik Pandya, who scored a career-best 90 against Australia in the first ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which unfortunately went in vain, reckons India need to groom their next all-rounder as long as he isn’t cleared to bowl. Pandya, who has refrained from bowling upon his return to competitive cricket following his back surgery last year, is playing in the Indian XI primarily as a batsman, but at the same time, it is denying India a sixth bowling option, the need for which was felt during their average bowling show on Friday. To solve India’s all-rounder conundrum till he isn’t allowed to bowl, Hardik suggested that the team can perhaps ‘look in the Pandya family’, referring to brother Krunal Pandya, who is an integral part of IPL franchise Mumbai Indians and has played 18 T20Is for India scoring 121 runs and picking up