After leaving Mumbai, now Hardik Pandya’s new place will be in Bengaluru, know the reason for such decision.

Hardik Pandya: Indian cricket team’s all-rounder Hardik Pandya has taken a big decision regarding his cricket career. Pandya has now left Mumbai and shifted to Bengaluru. According to reports, he has taken this decision to prolong his cricket career. Now when Pandya will not be busy with the responsibilities of Team India, IPL or domestic cricket, his destination will be BCCI’s Center of Excellence.

Hardik Pandya took a big decision

Actually, BCCI has a Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. Where players train and Team India players come here to work on their injuries. Hardik Pandya will also train here now. According to a report by news agency PTI, Pandya has decided to make BCCI (CEO) his permanent training base.

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Hardik has already permanently shifted to Bengaluru. He has rented a property on the outskirts of the city, close to the CoE. He will be the first Indian cricketer to make the BCCI CoE his permanent training base for the remainder of his career.… pic.twitter.com/C1ZimH2jRF

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Why was this decision taken?

Indian star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has proved to be a match-winner for India in the last few years. As much as his performance has been discussed, his fitness has been a matter of concern. Pandya has been a victim of frequent injuries for some time now, due to which he has had to stay out of many important series and tournaments. Because of this, he has now decided to plan the remaining years of his career completely based on fitness and that is why he has decided to shift to Bengaluru.

Why did Hardik Pandya leave Mumbai?

Let us tell you, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya is originally from Baroda, but he was living in Mumbai for the last several years. Where he mainly practiced at the High-Performance Center of Mumbai Indians. But according to a BCCI source, he had to travel a long distance daily for training from his house in Lower Parel, which was becoming a problem for him. Why did Hardik Pandya leave Mumbai?

On the other hand, at BCCI’s Center of Excellence in Bengaluru, all the facilities like world-class medical, recovery, fitness and skill training are available at one place. Because of this he decided to leave Mumbai and shift to Bangalore. According to reports, Pandya has rented a house near the Center of Excellence on the outskirts of Bengaluru and has made it his permanent training base.