Change the narration: Hyder said, “I had been gardening for two hours.”
Change the narration: Hyder said, “I had been gardening for two hours.”
Explanation
The sentence is in past perfect continuous tense, and it remains the same in indirect speech.
Pronouns are adjusted appropriately: I → he.
No tense change is needed after "said" when past perfect continuous is used.
Final sentence: Hyder said that he had been gardening for two hours.