Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya retire from ODI cricket

Team India’s star all-rounder, IPL-2022 champion Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya is one of the best all-rounders in the current cricket world. Pandya, who showed an excellent performance in the recently concluded ODI series against England, won the series for India by winning the Man of the Series award. Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya retire from ODI cricket.

28-year-old all-rounder Hardik Pandya is likely to retire from ODI cricket after the 2023 ICC World Cup tournament. Ravi Shastri, the former coach of the Indian cricket team, has given such a surprising statement. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has made a bold statement about Hardik Pandya’s future in ODI cricket as he feels that the flamboyant all-rounder might bid adieu to the 50-over format after the 2023 ODI World Cup.

However, for the past two years, the primary focus has been on the T20 format due to the 2021 and 2022 T20 World Cup events. The ODI cricket has started losing its charm but Shastri has given a suggestion that if it sticks to the World Cups then there are chances of the 50-over format’s survival. “50-over format might be pushed back but it can still survive if you focus just on the World Cup.

From the ICC’s point of view, paramount importance should be given to World Cups, whether it is T20 World Cup or 50-over World Cup, the bucks have to increase. Test cricket will always remain because of the importance it brings to the game,” said Shastri on Sky Sports during commentary. Shastri said that Hardik is very clear in his thought that he wants to play T20 cricket and is not focussing on other formats much.

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“You have players already choosing what formats they want to play. Take a Hardik Pandya. He wants to play T20 cricket and he is very clear in his mind that ‘I do not want to play anything else,” he added. However, the former India coach further asserted that Hardik will play the upcoming ODI World Cup but might retire from the format after that.

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“He will play the 50-over cricket because there is a World Cup in India next year. After that, you might see him going from that as well. You will see a similar thing happening with other players, they will start choosing formats, they have every right to,” said Shastri.