: Watch: Felt a lot of mental pressure, says Hardik Pandya about his lengthy injury lay-off #IndiaNEWS India all-rounder Hardik Pandya said that he felt a lot of “mental pressureâ€? when his efforts

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Watch: Felt a lot of mental pressure, says Hardik Pandya about his lengthy injury lay-off #IndiaNEWS
India all-rounder Hardik Pandya said that he felt a lot of “mental pressureâ€? when his efforts to recover fast from his back injury did not fructify.The 26-year-old had undergone a successful surgery in October last year to treat an acute lower-back injury, which kept him out of action for six months. He last played a One-Day International against New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final in Manchester and his last international game was a T20 against the Proteas in Bengaluru in September last year.Pandya is now ready for his international comeback after being included in India’s ODI squad to take on South Africa.“I missed this atmosphere in these past six months, playing for India and the feeling that you get wearing the team’s colours. That had become a mental challenge and there were a lot of setbacks,â€? Pandya said Chahal TV ahead of the series-opener.“I was trying to get back to full fitness quickly but that did not work out and there was a lot of mental pressure at that time. But everything went fine, the rehabilitation went well and a lot of people helped me,â€? he added.Last month, he was ruled out of the Test series against New Zealand after failing to regain full match fitness. He...Read more

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