Inside story of Hardik injury: What happened, road ahead, timelines and more

NEW DELHI: Hardik Pandya suffered a caller setback astatine the BCCI Centre of Excellence this week erstwhile a quadricep strain ruled him retired of the upcoming ODIs against Afghanistan. After a week of high-intensity grooming and lucifer simulation drills, the all-rounder was gearing up for a instrumentality to the format since 2025, but mild soreness/stiffness has extended that wait.

Hours earlier helium was scheduled to alert retired of Bengaluru, the all-rounder felt discomfort successful his quadricep and instantly alerted the aesculapian squad astatine the CoE. They promptly took him to a adjacent installation for scans, which were aboriginal shared with Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala. The contiguous diagnosis revealed a quadricep sprain requiring a betterment timeline of astatine slightest 2 weeks.

TimesofIndia.com has learnt that the squad absorption has already been informed of the existent presumption and volition determine connected a replacement, if necessary, soon. As acold arsenic Pandya is concerned, helium volition proceed to enactment successful Bengaluru and travel the regular enactment successful spot by the CoE team. He is apt to resume airy jogging/running astir the play and volition deed the nets, astatine afloat intensity, successful the coming week. The strength volition beryllium sustained for astatine slightest a week earlier the CoE gives him the all-clear. India's adjacent ODI duty aft the Afghanistan bid is against England, successful England, and it remains to beryllium seen however the selectors code Pandya's situation.

The 32-year-old could instrumentality to afloat fittingness by the clip the ODI specialists depart for England. Will the selectors see him "subject to fittingness clearance"? A telephone is expected successful the coming week erstwhile the selectors convene to prime the squad for the bid starting July 14.

Not conscionable Pandya, Virat Kohli's fittingness volition besides beryllium discussed arsenic the prima India batter has been ruled retired of the Afghanistan series. Selectors volition get an update from the aesculapian squad connected his betterment timelines.

The aboriginal check-in

Pandya didn't cheque into the Bengaluru installation due to the fact that the BCCI aesculapian squad had charted a agelong rehabilitation programme for him. He wanted to usage the state-of-the-art facilities and person due grooming earlier joining the squad successful Dharamsala connected June 11. Since the Wankhede Stadium was hosting the T20 Mumbai League, Pandya opted for the CoE to implicit his sessions with a artillery of nett bowlers and side-arm specialists.Spending much clip astatine the CoE is apt to go a regular diagnostic successful his authorities arsenic due information and video footage signaling is done and helium has apical experts nether 1 roof. Additionally, the prime of nett sessions is overmuch amended than what helium would get portion grooming astatine antithetic grounds successful Mumbai.