Hardik Pandya in trouble as Gautam Gambhir becomes a coach? A statement raised many questions

Hardik Pandya played an important role in Team India winning the T20 World Cup 2024. Pandya made India the world champions with his brilliance with the ball and the bat, the player took 3 valuable wickets of South Africa, which led to India winning the T20 World Cup after 17 years. But now this player seems to be in trouble. It is believed that Pandya's coming days are not good and the reason is being said to be the mindset of new head coach Gautam Gambhir.

What did Gautam Gambhir say?

Gautam Gambhir in a conversation with Star Sports said that he believes that if you can play all three formats then you should definitely play. Gambhir said, 'I am not from the injury management team. If you are injured, you go and recover. If you are playing international cricket then you should play all three formats. No bowler wants to call himself an expert in red ball or white ball cricket.

Big statement about playing in all three formats

Gambhir further said that he does not want a player that he keeps only for Tests or only plays for ODIs or T20s. I am not in favor of managing any player's workload. Gambhir said that a professional cricketer's career is short and so you should play as much as you can. A player should play in all three formats.

Gambhir's thinking a threat to Hardik?

The question is, will head coach Gautam Gambhir now force Hardik Pandya to play the Test format as well? Hardik Pandya is a match winner in ODI and T20 format but he is not playing Test cricket due to injury fear. Hardik played his last Test in 2018. But now it seems that he will have to play the third format for Team India as well. Team India has lost the last two World Test Championship finals and Gautam Gambhir will never want this to become a hat-trick of defeats. So in such a situation, if he gets a chance, he can definitely ask Pandya to play Tests.