{"id":633069,"date":"2026-06-11T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/633069\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:54:31","slug":"by-next-world-cup-india-must-have-a-backup-suresh-raina-on-hardik-pandya-injuries-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/633069\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;By next World Cup, India must have a backup&#8217;: Suresh Raina on Hardik Pandya injuries | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hardik-pandya-1106-afp.jpg\" alt=\"'By next World Cup, India must have a backup': Suresh Raina on Hardik Pandya injuries\" title=\"Hardik Pandya (AFP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Hardik Pandya (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India batter <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/suresh-raina\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Suresh Raina<\/a> has stressed the need for India to develop a dependable backup for <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/hardik-pandya\/63751\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hardik Pandya<\/a> ahead of the next ODI World Cup, pointing to the all-rounder&#8217;s recurring fitness troubles.&#8221;Hardik Pandya has had several injury setbacks, which is a concern. By the time the next ODI World Cup arrives, India must have a reliable backup for him,&#8221; Raina said while speaking on JioStar.Pandya endured another injury-hit season in IPL 2026, missing several matches for the Mumbai Indians before returning for the team&#8217;s final few games.The 32-year-old has now been ruled out of India&#8217;s three-match ODI series against Afghanistan after suffering a fresh quadriceps strain.The latest injury comes at a crucial stage as India look to carefully manage Pandya&#8217;s workload with next year&#8217;s ODI World Cup in mind.He was recently at the BCCI&#8217;s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru seeking fitness clearance after sustaining a back spasm during the IPL.Pandya remains one of India&#8217;s most valuable players because of his ability to contribute with both bat and ball. However, his repeated fitness concerns have once again highlighted India&#8217;s lack of depth in the pace-bowling all-rounder&#8217;s role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hardik Pandya (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India batter Suresh Raina has stressed the need for India to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,214274,27710,214276,214275,171307,101,6772,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-633069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-fitness-issues-hardik-pandya","tag-hardik-pandya","tag-hardik-pandya-fitness","tag-hardik-pandya-injuries","tag-mumbai-indians-ipl-2026","tag-sports","tag-suresh-raina","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}