India, Jan. 27 -- Team India is enjoying the return of Hardik Pandya in full capacity as the India all-rounder continues to diligently and successfully enjoy his role with both bat and ball. That Pandya is only playing white-ball formats for India helps, but it is the closest the world has come to witnessing the Pandya of old - regularly bowling for India. After the 2019 World Cup, when Pandya underwent back surgery, it wasn't until IPL 2022 that he started to roll his arms over frequently. However, until last year, Pandya would be reserved when it came to bowling regularly on a match-to-match basis.

Thankfully, those concerns are over with Hardik's evolution as a bowler. In T20Is, Pandya makes it a point to bowl his quota of four overs,...