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1st T20I: Pandya Responds To Questions On His Bowling By Opening The Attack Against Sri Lanka
The 29-year-old all-rounder has been troubled by a back injury for some time and for a long time did not bowl, playing as a pure batter in white-ball cricket. Pandya started bowling during IPL 2022 as he led Gujarat Titans to their maiden IPL title.
As India embarked on a hectic schedule in which they will play six T20Is, nine ODIs and four Tests (against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia) in the first three months of the ODI World Cup year, questions over the bowling of India's key allrounder were justified.