Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been out of the national team for quite some time now. While he has been going through a rough patch on the field, a lot of controversies made things worse for him off the field too. Recently, another incident irrupted when he behaved rudely with a fan.

Recently, a fan tried to click a picture and kept his hand on the shoulder which Hardik didn’t like and took out his hand soon a swell. The video went viral in no time. While amid the crunch time of COVID-19, it was quite evident and many have backed him, many believed he did wrong as well. However, this was not the first time, he made headlines with his sexist comments on national television as well.

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Meanwhile, the all-rounder is currently on the road to recovery. He even didn’t take part in the Vijay Hazare Trophy to gain his full fitness as well. “The Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) had sent an email to Hardik enquiring about his accessibility for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He has seldom played for Baroda over the most recent three years. Nonetheless, he gave a one-line answer that he is at present doing recovery in Mumbai,” a senior authority, conscious of improvements in BCA, was quoted as saying by Sportskeeda

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Meanwhile, Team India are currently preparing for the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa. Team India head coach Rahul Dravid has recently opened up on the change of India’s controversial captaincy saga. He stated that choosing India’s white-ball captain is the role of the BCCI selectors and not the head coach’s. While he was asked about his comments on the captaincy, he told, “That’s the role of the selectors. I am not going to get into the individual conversations. It is not time to have those conversations right now.”