In a bit of stunning information that surfaced on the web on the morning of 15 Might, the demise of former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds attributable to a automotive accident was confirmed. In a profession spanning 11 years, he featured in a complete of 238 matches throughout codecs and garnered 6887 runs, and picked up 165 wickets. Within the newest interplay, the previous Indian cricketers Lalchand Rajput and Mohammad Azharuddin shared their views on Symond’s profession.
Rajput reckoned that the previous Australian all-rounder was a flexible participant, and cemented his place in every format together with his terrific performances. He thinks Symonds adopted to each format and will bowl off-spin or ship medium tempo, relying on the pitch. Rajput additional added that together with the ball, the late all-rounder had glorious fielding talents and was a match-winner for the Australian group.
“It’s an enormous loss not solely to the Australian cricket however the cricketing fraternity as a complete. If you happen to take a look at his profession, he was a flexible participant. He got here up as a One Day cricketer, then emerged as a wonderful T20 cricketer, and was a great Check cricketer as nicely. He adopted all of the codecs, and was a superb fielder, he might bowl off-spin and medium tempo and alongside together with his batting skill, he was a match-winner,” stated Rajput on Sky247.web presents ‘Not Simply Cricket’ Present on CricTracker.
Andrew Symonds had an abundance of expertise: Mohammad Azharuddin
Azharuddin felt that it’s a loss to the cricketing fraternity, with Symonds shedding his life at an premature age. The previous Indian batter stated revealed that he had solely met the Aussie cricketer on a few events when the Indian group performed a observe match towards Gloucestershire on an England tour within the 90s. Ultimately, he reckoned that Symonds had an abundance of expertise, and recalled the latter’s knock of 143* off 125 balls towards Pakistan within the 2003 World Cup.
“Definitely, it’s a loss to the cricketing fraternity as he misplaced his life at such a younger age. I couldn’t imagine it at first however after a name from three-four individuals, realized it. I didn’t have many interactions with him and had met him when the Indian group toured England within the 90s, he was enjoying for Gloucestershire in County Cricket. I keep in mind him enjoying a match-winning knock for Australia towards Pakistan within the 2003 World Cup. He definitely was a flexible cricketer and had an abundance of expertise, and I provide my condolences to his household,” stated Azharuddin.
