After a tough defeat on the New Zealand tour, the Indian cricket team will take on the ground for a winning start in the first ODI match with South Africa at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium here on Thursday. At the same time, South Africa has lost 3–0 against Australia in their last ODI series under the captaincy of Quinton de Kock. It was South Africa's first series win since the 2019 World Cup after seven series in all formats. Host India will not be able to get the services of their star opener, Rohit Sharma, in this series. Rohit is still trying to recover from Kalf Injri. Rohit got hurt during the T20 series with New Zealand. The absence of Rohit will have additional responsibility in batting on captain Virat Kohli, who had failed on the New Zealand tour.
On the other hand, the middle order of the team looks very strong due to Hardik Pandya's arrival in the team. Let us tell you that in the DY Patil T20 Cup, Hardik won everyone's heart with his stormy innings. He scored 2 centuries in this tournament, which proved that he is now fully fit to return to international cricket. Everyone hopes that it will be easy to win the series against South Africa if it is in hearty form.
The video of the practice session in Dharamshala has been shared by the BCCI by posting it in which Hardik Pandya is seen practicing batting. At the same time, seeing this style, it is being speculated that he is in excellent form. Hardik played the last international match for India in September last year. Let us tell you that India has played four ODIs in Dharamsala so far. , In which he has won two and lost two. Dharamshala has a high pitch and there is a possibility of higher scores here. That is, Hardik Pandya will have a chance to perform well with the bat.
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