IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya checks in at NCA to appear for FITNESS TEST ahead of tournament

The national team and the NCA medical staff always keeps a close tab on its centrally-contracted players and it has been learnt that during the Gujarat Titans' short five-day training camp in Baroda, Hardik Pandya had bowled during a couple of sessions.

Hardik Pandya has reported at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru where he will undergo fitness tests for the next couple of days before he gets an all-clear to lead Gujarat Titans in the upcoming Indian Premier League.

The most interesting aspect to watch during the tests would be whether the 28-year-old gets clearance to bowl full tilt in the cash-rich league where Titans would start their campaign against Lucknow Supergiants on March 28.

''Hardik will be at the NCA for next two days and appear in the various fitness tests. He is a centrally contracted cricketer and has not played any cricket since T20 World Cup in UAE,'' a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

''He would need to pass the fitness test as it has been mandatory for some time now. Last year, even Shreyas Iyer appeared for a fitness test post shoulder surgery before playing IPL,'' he added.

The national team and the NCA medical staff always keeps a close tab on its centrally-contracted players and it has been learnt that during the Titans' short five-day training camp in Baroda, Hardik had bowled during a couple of sessions.