IND v NZ: World Cup is done, have left it behind now, says Hardik Pandya

TIL Desk Sports/ India’s stand-in T20I captain Hardik Pandya stated that he is fully focused on India’s T20I series against New Zealand, and added he has left behind the disappointment of semi-final exit in Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

Both India and New Zealand, the losing semi-finalists from the Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, are on the road to rebuild for the T20 World Cup 2024 through the three-match T20I series, which began with an abandonment without a ball being bowled at Sky Stadium, Wellington, on Friday due to persistent rain.

“To be honest, the World Cup is done. I’ve left it behind now. I had said it earlier as well, the disappointment will be there, it will take some time to get off that. But at the same point of time, it’s a new start. “World Cup is done, we can’t go back and change things. We’re now looking forward to this series because the journey from here to two years down the line has started. So we are going to focus more on the future as something which has already gone, you can’t control,” said Hardik in a chat with broadcasters.