Date :- 03-01-2023
Watsupptoday Desk

Hardik Pandya will be expected to begin his full-time T20I captaincy tenure on a bold note as the Indian T20 team prepares to start its life beyond Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul with the three-match series against Sri Lanka, beginning here tomorrow. Fans got a glimpse of Pandya’s vision for the team when he led India to victory in the T20I series in New Zealand. The Sri Lanka series will allow Pandya to start planning for the future, specifically the 2024 T20 World Cup. Winning the World Cup is the “biggest” resolution for Pandya. “The biggest is to win the World Cup. I don’t think any bigger resolution can be there”. “Really want to win the World Cup, which we will try to do everything possible in our capacity”. His advice to the team is to go out and “express yourself”. “What we have noticed and what we have told the boys is ‘just go out there and express yourself’, which they will do and it’s up to us how we back them. We have said it ‘we will back you to the core’. All the players have that support from my side that I will back them to the core. I have to make them believe that”. Pandya said that going forward, youngsters will get enough chances to feel secured. “We are looking to play in a certain way. Before the IPL, only six games (including three against New Zealand) are there. So we don’t have much time to do a lot of things. But, going forward, we will keep creating new plans and see which plans are working for us. And, going forward, make sure that everyone gets ample opportunities".