There is a good news regarding the return of Hardik Pandya. He will play in most of the group stage matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026, which has been confirmed by the head coach of the Baroda team. All-rounder Hardik was injured during the Asia Cup, due to which he could not even play in the final against Pakistan.

Hardik Pandya is a match-winning player of white ball cricket, who got injured in the last match of Super-4 in Asia Cup against Sri Lanka. He had to bow out of the final due to a quadriceps injury. Since then he has not played competitive cricket.

When will Hardik Pandya return?

According to the report, Baroda team head coach Mukund Parmar has confirmed that Hardik Pandya will be available in most of the group stage matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 edition. Let us tell you that the captain of this team is his brother Krunal Pandya.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is starting from 26th November. Baroda’s first match is against the Bengal team on Wednesday, 26 November. Baroda’s second match is with Puducherry cricket team on Friday. If not in the first then Hardik Pandya can be seen playing in the second match.

This is good news for Team India in terms of T20 World Cup 2026. This tournament is to be played in India and Sri Lanka in February-March. The full schedule of the World Cup will be released today (Tuesday) at 6:30 pm.

hardik pandya cricket career

Talking about Hardik Pandya’s cricket career, he has played in all three formats for India. He has scored 532 runs in 11 tests and taken 17 wickets. In 94 ODI and 120 T20 International matches, Hardik has scored 1904 and 1860 runs respectively. In this sequence, he has taken 98 wickets on 91 runs.

Hardik Pandya will be the captain of Mumbai Indians team in IPL 2026. He was the captain of the team in the last edition also. He has made Gujarat Titans win the IPL trophy under his captaincy. Hardik has played a total of 152 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 2749 runs and taken 78 wickets.

Ind vs aus t20 series squad: The T20 series will be played after the ODI series between India and Australia. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Indian team for the 5 -match T20 series against Australia. India’s T20 team will go to Australia under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya have not been selected in Team India’s T20 squad.

Team announced for T20 series

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Varun Chakraborty, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh and Vashington Beautiful.

India’s Squad for Tour of Australia Announced

Shubman Gill Named #Teamindia Captain for Odis

The #AUSVIND Bilateral Series Comprises Three Odis and Five T20is Against Australia in October-November pic.twitter.com/L3i2la1DBJ

– BCCI (@Bcci) October 4, 2025

Shreyas Iyer did not get a chance

Shreyas Iyer has not been included in the team for the five -match T20 series against Australia. Iyer was not taken in the Asia Cup 2025 squad. Even after a strong performance in IPL 2025, Shreyas Iyer is running out of India’s T20 team continuously. Shreyas has brought his team to the final by captaining the IPL twice in a row. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the title under Iyer’s captaincy in IPL 2025. At the same time, under the captaincy of Shreyas, after 11 years, the Punjab Kings team reached the final. But even after doing better in T20, Shreyas Iyer is not getting a chance to play T20 International.

Hardik Pandya also out

Hardik Pandya has neither been taken in the ODI series nor Pandya is part of the T20 series on Australia tour. Hardik Pandya was injured during the Asia Cup 2025. For this reason, the Asia Cup finals could not even play. This all -rounder player of India is not going on a tour of Australia due to Hardik’s injury.

India vs Australia T20 Series

A five -match T20 series will be played after the three -match ODI series between India and Australia. The ODI series for Australia will run from 19 October to 25 October. After this, T20 series will be played from 29 October to 8 November.

• India vs Australia- First T20- 29 October, Canberra
• India vs Australia- Second T20- 31 October, Melbourne
• India vs Australia- Third T20- 2 November, Hobart
• India vs Australia- Fourth T20- 6 November, Gold Coast
• India vs Australia- Fifth T20- 8 November, Brisbane

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All -rounder Hardik Pandya is not playing in the final of Asia Cup 2025 against Pakistan. Captain Suryakumar Yadav told after the toss that what is the reason behind it. Please tell that Surya had gone out in the first over in the last match of Super-4, after which he did not return to the field. Rinku Singh has got a chance in the final, who did not play in any match of the tournament.

Suryakumar Yadav decided to bowl first by winning the toss in the final match of Asia Cup 2025. He said on the toss, “We would like to bowl first. This is a good wicket. The wicket gets better in light. We are batting well first, but today we would like to chase the goal. Today the groundsman has done a good job with wickets here and will remain the same. The kind of cricket we are playing for the last 5-6 matches, it is very good and we would like to continue it.

Why Hardik Pandya is not playing in the Asia Cup final?

About Hardik Pandya, Surya said, “Unfortunately, he is out due to hearty injury, Arshdeep and Harshit are not playing. Jasprit Bumrah, Shivam Dubey and Rinku have been included in the team.”

In the ICC rankings, world’s number-1 T20 all-rounder Hardik Pandya played all 6 matches before the Asia Cup 2025 final, in which he got a chance to bat in 4. He scored just 58 runs in 4 innings, but impressed with bowling. He remained quite economical, he has 4 wickets in his name tournament.

India’s playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.

Pakistan’s playing 11

Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

Today the final of the Asia Cup 2025 will be played between India and Pakistan, which will start at 8 pm Indian time. In this tournament, Team India has crushed Pakistan 2 times. Now there is a final time, there will be a big match pressure on the players, new history will also be written. But before this match, five big tension team must have been persecuting India.

1. Suryakumar Yadav’s Form

Captain Suryakumar Yadav has flopped in the entire Asia Cup 2025 tournament. So far, we have been able to score only 71 runs in 5 innings of Asia Cup, the average is 23.67. His highest score in the tournament has been 47 runs, which he made in a group stage match against Pakistan. His poor form can cause great harm to Team India in the final.

2. Hardik Pandya’s injury

This is a matter of a super-4 match against Sri Lanka, when Hardik Pandya went out of the ground after throwing the first over of the innings. After the match, Team India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel did not give any clear answer to his fitness. No formal statement has come on whether Hardik is fit or not. Hardik has been very effective in bowling in the initial overs in this tournament.

3. Excessive dependence on openers

Whether or not the Indian team will score a big score, it depends on the opening batsmen, Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill. Take the example of India-Sri Lanka match, Team India scored 86 runs in 8 overs. But after Abhishek Sharma’s dismissal, the run-rate started falling down. However, Tilak Verma and Akshar Patel’s innings had brought the team’s score beyond 200. But the middle order batsmen will have to ensure that they try to maintain the run rate being run by Gill and Abhishek.

4. Poor fielding

The Indian team has many best fielders in the world, but in the Asia Cup 2025, Team India has been dropping from Miss Fielding to Catch. It is shocking that despite being a world -class fielder, the Indian team has left more than 10 catches in this tournament.

5. There will be pressure of big match

The Indian team has trampled Pakistan in the 2025 Asia Cup 2 times so far. Nevertheless, there is a different type of pressure on the players in the India-Pakistan match, while it will not be a group match but a final match. Recently, Sri Lanka had exposed the Indian bowling pole. However, he won the match in the super over. The Indian team has to take care that they do not collapse under the pressure of big match.

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The final of the 2025 Asia Cup will be played between India and Pakistan on Sunday, September 28. For the first time in the 41 -year history of the Asia Cup, there will be a title match between India and Pakistan. Before this match, the injury of Indian players has increased the tension of Team India. It is reported that Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the final match against Pakistan. However, no official information has been revealed about this yet.

Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya was injured in the match against Sri Lanka. Hardik bowled only one over against Sri Lanka. He dismissed Sri Lankan opener Kusal Mendis (00) on the fourth ball of the innings. After this, he got a hamstring injury in his left leg. After this, he went out of the field.

At the press conference after the match, India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel had clarified, “Hardik Pandya had a cramp, he will be investigated, after that we will take a decision on the next match.” As of now, the BCCI has not updated about Hardik Pandya’s injury. However, if Hardik does not play in this match, it will be considered a big shock.

Abhishek Sharma was also injured against Sri Lanka

Abhishek Sharma was also injured in the match against Sri Lanka. He was seen holding his right thigh in the ninth over. After this, he complicated with snow to get relief from cramps. According to coach Morkel, full recovery will be focused on Saturday. He said, “It is necessary for these players to relax. They have taken ice bath for this. Recovery started soon after the match. The best way of recovery is to gold and rest. Personal pool sessions will be organized for the players.”

For the first time, India and Pakistan are going to fight in the final of the Asia Cup. The match will also be special and historic, which will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 28 September. Before that, worrying news has come out for Team India. Team India bowling coach Morne Morkel has updated on the injury of Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya, but he did not say anything on Tilak Verma’s injury.

After the end of India vs Sri Lanka match, coach Morne Morkel said, “Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya had come to the cramp during the match. Hardik’s fitness will be assessed tonight and will decide on them in the morning. Both of them had only the problem of cramps during the match. Abhishek is fine.”

It is a matter of concern that Morne has not given any updates on Morkel. Tilak Verma, who was injured in the process of stopping six. The incident is of the 18th over of the Sri Lankan innings, on whose third ball Dasun Shanaka hit a six. After this six, Tilak went out of the ground holding the left leg. It is being told that he has suffered a leg injury. Tilak is the second highest run (148) batsman for India in this tournament. His injury may be very heavy for Team India in the final.

Talking about Hardik Pandya, he did the first over in bowling like every time, in which he also took the wicket of Kusal Mendis. But after this over, he left the field and did not come to fielding or bowling throughout the match. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma also went out of the field in the 10th over due to the cramp. Both Hardik and Abhishek can be called the big takar of Team India. One is the world’s number-1 T20 batsman and the other is the number-1 all-rounder. It will be very important for both of them to play in the final.

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Hardik Pandya IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya suffered a serious injury before the match against Rajasthan Royals. His eyes narrowly survived. After the injury on the eye, 7 of his stitches were put up, despite this, the captain showed amazing passion and landed on the field.

Mumbai Indians batted first and scored a big score of 217 runs. Ryan Ricelton and Rohit Sharma made a big start, both shared 116 runs for the first wicket. Ricelton was dismissed for 61 runs in 38 balls, in this innings he hit 3 sixes and 7 fours.

Rohit Sharma scored 53 runs in 36 balls with the help of 9 fours. After Rohit’s dismissal, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya shared an unbeaten 94 -run partnership. Surya and Hardik scored 48-48 runs, both remained unbeaten and both played 23-23 balls.

Hardik Pandya gets 7 stitches before the match

When Hardik Pandya came to the toss, the bandage was tied over his eye and he was also wearing a glasses. It was then revealed that before the match, he was hurt on his eye and he got 7 stitches, despite he did not rest but he landed in an important match.

Hardik Pandya played a stormy innings, in 23 balls he scored 48 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 fours. Chasing the target, the entire team of Rajasthan Royals was reduced to 117 runs and Mumbai Indians registered a big win by 100 runs. After a brilliant batting, the captain also took 1 wicket. He put only 1 over, in which he dismissed Shubham Dubey, who came as an impact player for just 2 runs.

Captain Hardik Pandya:

– 7 Stitches Above His Left Eye While Training.
– Decided to play the match.
– Scored 48* (23) with the bat.
– Picked 1/2 with the ball.

The Commitment of the Captain! pic.twitter.com/zold0tcnqi

– Mufaddal Vohra (@Mufaddal_vohra) May 1, 2025

Mumbai Indians reached the top of IPL 2025 points table

Mumbai Indians, who are staggering in the first 5 matches, have now rode on the chariot of victory. He has won 6 consecutive matches. This is his 7th win in 11 matches in IPL 2025. With 14 points, the team has reached number one in the points table. Now if she wins another match, then the place in her playoffs will be almost confirmed.