Updated On: 04 January, 2023 09:13 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Ex-pacer Irfan Pathan warns team management on focus on Hardik Pandya’s physical condition before making him permanent T20I skipper

Hardik Pandya during a training session at Wankhede on Monday. Pic/AFP
Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan is impressed with Hardik Pandya’s captaincy approach but issued a warning to the team management to focus on the all-rounder’s fitness “if they are going to look at him as a long-time captain.”
Pandya will be handling captaincy duties in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, which started yesterday. Moreover, he will also be Rohit Sharma’s deputy in three three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka later this month. “I think from what I have seen with Hardik Pandya’s captaincy for Gujarat Titans or India last year, I can see he has been communicating well,” Pathan told Star Sports.