Indian maestro Hardik Pandya has missed the entire Australian tour as well as the Asia Cup Final due to a quadriceps injury that has kept him out of cricket action for over a month now. However, as per the latest revelations, his return ahead of the South Africa tour has also been sabotaged.
India is currently hosting the WTC defending champions for a two-match series in the longest format of the game. This will be followed by an ODI and T20I series between the two teams.
This will be the first time the two finalists of the T20 World Cup 2024 will clash since the famous victory in the Caribbean. Hardik Pandya was the match-winner for India in the final as he dismissed the dangerous-looking Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller as India defended just 30 runs off 30 balls.