Hardik Pandya: Team India's star all-rounder and Mumbai Indians (MI) captain in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Hardik Pandya, has been avoiding playing any format other than T20I for the last several days. He played his last ODI match for Team India in the ODI World Cup, while he played his last Test cricket match in 2018.

Hardik Pandya can return to the test team

There are reports about Hardik Pandya that he may return to the Test team. It is being speculated that Hardik Pandya may return to Team India in the second Test match between India and Bangladesh. Recently, a picture of Hardik Pandya is going viral on social media, in which he is seen practicing bowling with a red ball.

Since then, speculations are being made that Pandya may return to the Test team.

Hardik Pandya practicing with the Red Ball. pic.twitter.com/HmiQK5YjZi

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Hardik Pandya played the last test against England

Hardik Pandya played his last Test match against England.

This match was played in Southampton and Team India had to face defeat. In this match, Hardik Pandya took one wicket for 51 runs in the first innings and scored 4 runs in 5 balls. In the second innings, he did not get any success and was out on a score of zero while batting.

Test career of Hardik Pandya

Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has played a total of 11 Test matches for the Indian cricket team in his career so far and during this time he has scored 532 runs at an average of 31.29 in batting. During this time he has played one century and 4 half-century innings.

In bowling, Hardik Pandya has taken 17 wickets at an average of 31.06 while playing for Team India. During this time he has also taken five wickets in an innings once.