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Cleared to play conscionable hours ago, India all-rounder Hardik Pandya was connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) ruled retired of the three-match ODI bid against Afghanistan aft picking up a caller quadriceps strain.
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Pandya was astatine the BCCI's Centre of Excellence successful Bengaluru to get clearance for his backmost spasm injury, which helium sustained successful the IPL portion playing for the Mumbai Indians.
It is learnt that the caller wounded could beryllium a effect of him bowling the afloat quota of 10 overs astatine the CoE during the assessment.
The ODI bid against Afghanistan begins connected Saturday (June 13, 2026) astatine Dharamsala, followed by games successful Lucknow and Chennai connected June 17 and 20 respectively.
"With 3 weeks for recovery, determination is perfectly nary accidental of him playing the ODI bid arsenic his rehabilitation volition not beryllium complete," said a BCCI source.
Pandya had missed a fewer games successful the IPL for MI but returned for the team's last lucifer against Rajasthan Royals connected May 24.
The latest wounded setback to the 32-year-old all-rounder comes astatine a clip erstwhile helium is being pushed towards playing much ODI cricket with adjacent year's ODI World Cup successful mind.
A near ankle wounded to Pandya successful the 2023 ODI World Cup during a first-round clash against Bangladesh had altered the team's balance.
Pandya continues to stay integral to India's plans for the mega lawsuit successful 2027 successful South Africa.
In bid to support him match-fit for the contiguous ODI assignments up — 3 each against Afghanistan and England adjacent period — Pandya was dropped from the Indian T20 broadside contempt being a portion of 2 World Cup-winning campaigns.
"He is simply a portion of the one-day squad close present successful [the] Afghanistan [series]. Like [Jasprit] Bumrah, if we tin get him playing good and support him acceptable for one-day cricket — I don't deliberation he's played one-day cricket for a portion — that is the main objective," president of enactment committee Ajit Agarkar had told reporters past week.
"We tin ever bring him back. So, determination volition beryllium a small spot of remainder and rotation with regards to T20 [in Pandya's case]," helium had asserted.
