Pandya set to return after 42 days of rehab; to play 3 SMAT fixtures for Baroda

New Delhi: India's white-ball all-rounder Hardik Pandya volition exit the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) contiguous (November 29) aft getting the Return to Play (RTP) clearance. He had spent 42 days astatine the installation successful Bengaluru.

The 32-year-old is present acceptable to articulation Krunal Pandya-led Baroda squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy successful Hyderabad and volition play 3 fixtures connected December 2, 4 and 6, respectively.As TimesofIndia.com had archetypal reported, Hardik checked into CoE connected October 14 for near quadricep wounded appraisal and has been grooming non-stop to get acceptable for the upcoming white-ball assignments. He had a abbreviated interruption - astir Diwali - during the rehabilitation but underwent rigorous grooming sessions for 42 days nether the ticker of the specialists.

The archetypal program for Hardik was to beryllium acceptable successful clip for the ODIs vs South Africa starting November 30 but that was pushed backmost arsenic the determination makers felt it would beryllium perfect to easiness him backmost into enactment with the shortest format.Pandya has been distant from enactment since the Asia Cup fixture vs Sri Lanka successful September this twelvemonth and went connected to miss the full circuit of Australia and the ODIs against South Africa. He continues to beryllium a important subordinate successful the white-ball set-up and the absorption wants him to beryllium acceptable for the T20 World Cup adjacent year. The 3 T20 fixtures for Baroda volition let the all-rounder to get immoderate important crippled clip earlier joining the squad for T20Is vs South Africa.The five-T20I bid starts connected December 9 successful Cuttack and culminates with the last crippled successful Ahmedabad connected December 19.