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Xtra Time Web Desk: Former India cricketer Harbhajan has no doubts whatsoever about Hardik Pandya’s inclusion in the Indian team for the forthcoming T20 World Cup in Australia in October. With uncertainty over IPL 2020 this season the focus will be on several cricketers before the team for the global event is picked. The selectors along with the Indian team management are banking heavily on the performances of the cricketers in the IPL this season. Among the cricketers whose performances and fitness would have been closely monitored had the IPL went ahead as scheduled includes the likes of MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya and Deepak Chahar. Harbhajan is supremely confident about the inclusion of Hardik in the side irrespective of IPL happening or not happening. The Turbanator went to the extent of saying that he can give it in writing that all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be one of the firsts in the Indian side irrespective of IPL. “Hardik Pandya has not played after the World Cup. But I can give you in writing that if he is fit and irrespective of whether the IPL takes place or not, when the team will be made he will be in the team because if the team needs to maintain combination, he has to be in the team,” Harbhajan told IANS. Explaining the rationale behind his statement, Harbhajan said Hardik’s presence is important for the balance of the Indian side and he should not be judged based on IPL form. “You need these kind of players. So some players cannot be judged on IPL form. It is for them who are not proven players,” the off-spinner, who plays for the Chennai Super Kings in IPL, added. Hardik last played in September in a T20 against South Africa before getting injured and undergoing surgery subsequently. The all-rounder did announce his return to fitness by displaying some power-packed performances in the DY Patil T20 cup in Mumbai.