'Will be risky': Hardik, Bumrah to miss ODIs against South Africa

NEW DELHI: With adjacent year’s T20 World Cup being the main priority, all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who is recovering from a quadriceps injury, is improbable to play successful the ODI bid against South Africa starting November 30.

He is expected to absorption lone connected T20s for now.Jasprit Bumrah is besides apt to beryllium rested from the three-match ODI bid arsenic portion of workload absorption for accelerated bowlers. The ODI games person constricted relevance successful the build-up to the T20 World Cup.Also work - Devil lies successful action: What makes Jasprit Bumrah injury-prone - wherefore his workload absorption is crucialHardik picked up the quadriceps wounded during the Asia Cup T20 successful Dubai successful September and missed the last against Pakistan."Hardik is recovering good from his quadriceps wounded astatine the moment.

He is astatine the Centre of Excellence doing his RTP (Return To Play) routines. As of now, returning from quadriceps injury, helium needs to physique up his workload and straightaway playing 50 overs volition beryllium risky. Till the T20 World Cup, the BCCI aesculapian squad and Hardik would absorption connected T20Is," a BCCI root was quoted arsenic saying by quality bureau PTI.Hardik volition archetypal request to beryllium his lucifer fittingness for Baroda successful the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

After that, the Mumbai Indians skipper is expected to play the T20I bid against South Africa and New Zealand.India volition besides play 3 ODIs against New Zealand, but 50-over matches person constricted precedence until the T20 World Cup. After the adjacent IPL, elder players volition displacement attraction to the 2027 ODI World Cup cycle. Bumrah took 6 wickets successful Kolkata successful the archetypal Test of the two-match bid against South Africa. India mislaid the archetypal Test lucifer by 30 runs.The 2nd Test lucifer is scheduled to beryllium played from November 22 successful Guwahati.