'Any player feels hurt for not getting chance, doors are open for conversation'

Assuring that he is a people person Hardik Pandya is confident that he has the skills to take along players who he is forced to bench due to combination compulsionThe Baroda allrounder led India to a 10 serieswin in New Zealand and is being considered an ideal replacement of Rohit Sharma in the shortest format Pandya said if he is considered for leadership role in future he will captain the side in his own way and his team will display the brand of cricket he knows the bestThe series against New Zealand was Pandyas second T20 series as captain after captaining the side against Ireland in June He was asked how he perceives the views of Sunil Gavaskar or Ravi Shastri who see in him a longterm captainIf people are saying you feel good about it but till something happens official announcement you cant say Pandya said after the rainhit third T20To be honest my thing is simple if I do one match or one series I will lead the team my way how I see and perceive the game Whenever I am given the opportunity I will always go out and play the brand of cricket I knowAs a unit we will display my brand As far as whatever captaincy comes in future we will see the Baroda player said Flamboyant batter Sanju Samson and speed merchant Umran Malik missed out on game time during the series but Pandya insisted that there is enough time for everyone to get enough opportunities and a long ropeAlso Read Hardik Pandya Attack is best defenceHad it been a bigger series and not three games we could have played them But I dont believe in chop and change in a short series and going forward also that will be my philosophy he addedBut he understands that people dont like sitting in the bench and there needs to be frank conversations where both captain and the player are able to express themselvesIts not difficult to handle the situation where players feel security I share a cordial rapport with all players and the players I am unable to pick there is nothing personal and even they know it It is because of combination I am not able to play them he saidI am a peoples man and if anyone feels otherwise my doors are always open to come and have chat with me I understand their feelings Sanju Samson is an unfortunate case We had to play him but for some strategic reason we couldnt play him he was frank in his admissionThe discussions no matter how frank it is players who miss out are bound to feel bad and Pandya empathises with themI can understand that if I stand in his shoes that even if you are continuously benched for India It is difficult as much as I speak to them its no consolation for not playing but at same time if I can repeat the point and keep healthy atmosphere its fineIf players are feeling bad they can come and speak to me or the coach Going forward if I remain the captain I dont think that will be an issue My behaviour and nature ensures that we are a closeknit unitWanted to check out sixth bowling optionPandya didnt bowl in the two completed New Zealand innings and there was a specific aim behind the move He wanted to get a hang of Indias sixth bowling option and he found on in Deepak Hooda who had figures of 410 in the 65run win in the second gameI did what the team required and on this tour I wanted my sixth bowling option to get a fair go and in this series and we have Deepak If I start bowling then that guy sixth option doesnt get a chance to bowl Today we played with only five batters and my aim was to ensure that each batter takes additional responsibilitySo when you know that you have one batter down the order and you still can attack and play the aggressive game you get different kind of confidence he said A similar thing applied for bowlers alsoSiraj did exactly what I wanted from him on this pitch Look in T20s you will get hit You will have your good and bad days But if you go and defensive and get hit that will be a trauma So zyada se zyada kya hoga You will lose concede 200 runs But on the flip side if you continue attacking you will have days like today 8 wickets for 30 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever