World Cup 2023: Five players from 2019 who can play the tournament and win it for India

#3 Hardik Pandya (Age 29-2023)

Hardik Pandya in action for India.

Hardik Pandya can change the game on its head on any given day, but he has not been able to perform consistently for India. Pandya has been given a lot of chances as evident from the fact that he has played close to 100 matches across formats for India in just three years from his debut.

Hardik is the rare all-rounder that India has been looking for over the years, and will be a much-improved player than he already is by the time 2023 ICC World Cup arrives. His returns in the 2019 edition were decent but he could not do what Ben Stokes or a James Neesham did for their respective teams. Hardik took 10 wickets and scored just over 200 runs in nine outings.

But he has improved his batting a lot and is gradually becoming a good bowler which is a good sign for India, and if needs to be around till the next WC, he needs to overcome his tendency to injure his back.