Hardik Pandya one of my favourites, says Shane Warne

“I would love to have Hardik Pandya in the Test side. I said it weeks ago, he is among my top-three favourite cricketers on the planet, I love him. Everyone said, ‘geez, that is a big call’, and I said ‘no, he’s awesome’,”

Hyderabad: Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne revealed that he is a great admirer of Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya and the former leg-spinner felt Pandya deserved to be in Indian Test team that is playing in Australia.

“I would love to have Hardik Pandya in the Test side. I said it weeks ago, he is among my top-three favourite cricketers on the planet, I love him. Everyone said, ‘geez, that is a big call’, and I said ‘no, he’s awesome’,” Warne said on Sports Tak.

“And suddenly, he does what he did in the ODIs and T20Is and now everyone is jumping on the bandwagon – ‘How good is Hardik Pandya!’ I just love to see him in the Test side. I think he is in such great form. With the loss of Virat Kohli, Pandya brings in so much with what he could do with the bat and with the way he can bowl, I think he helps the Indian team walk a bit taller,” added Warne.

Pandya had an impressive white-ball series Down Under. He also bagged Man of the Series in the T20 series that India won 2-1.