REPORTS: Hardik Pandya making a comeback in DY Patil T20 tournament

XtraTime Web Desk: Indian cricket team’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been out of the team since last five months due to a lower back injury. Finally some good news are coming as the star all-rounder is fit again and there are reports that he will take part in the DY Patil T20 tournament.

India is currently playing in New Zealand where they lost the ODI series 3-0 and today they have lost the first match of the two-match Test series. Its known to everyone that the Men in Blue are missing the service of Hardik Pandya, who is known as the nation’s one of the best all-rounders. Earlier, it was expected that Pandya will be available for the Kiwi tour and he was even picked in the squad of India A for the unofficial Test and One-Day games.

Later on, he was ruled out from the team as he was not 100 per cent match fit to play any competitive cricket game. He was sent back to train hard under the supervision of NCA. It is quite evident that the team management is no mood to take his fitness lightly as he will be one of the most important players for Team India during the T20 World Cup that is scheduled to be held in Australia starting in October.

However, now there is good news for the Pandya fans that he will be making his comeback into the game from a local T20 tournament. A source said that his name is there in the team list of Reliance 1. At the moment he is undergoing through rehabilitation at National Cricket Academy, who are expected to release him soon.

“Yes, his name is there in the team list for Reliance. He will play in the DY Patil T20, provided the National Academy (NCA, in Bengaluru, where he’s currently recuperating from his injury) releases him,” a source said as quoted by Times of India.