Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif believes that India’s star allrounder Hardik Pandya nonetheless has lots to show earlier than he could possibly be in comparison with England’s ace allrounder Ben Stokes. Pandya performed a gem of an innings coming in at 5 and remained unbeaten on 71 off 30 balls.
His superlative knock included seven fours and 5 sixes. The fitting-hander has been within the type of his life since he made his comeback from damage and has been lighting up phases with some breathtaking performances.
Hardik has an important position to play within the Indian T20I aspect in the mean time as he gives steadiness to the taking part in XI. The 28-year-old captained India throughout their tour to Eire earlier this yr and helped them register a whitewash (2-0) within the T20I sequence. Nonetheless, in accordance with Rashid, Pandya is just not ok to be in comparison with Stokes.
You can say that a few of Hardik’s innings have been higher than Ben Stokes: Rashid Latif
Rashid Latif hailed Pandya as a ‘good participant’ however talked about that the majority of his good performances have are available in bilateral sequence. He feels that Hardik has not been capable of constantly ship performances like he did within the current Asia Cup 2022 and hailed Stokes’ performances which have received England Exams and World Cup (2019) as a lot greater.
He concluded that Hardik has performed higher at occasions, however total Stokes is means forward of him in the mean time.
“There is not any doubt that he (Hardik) is an excellent participant however.. and I’m utilizing the time period “however” as a result of these type of knocks occur in bilateral sequence usually. The Asia Cup concluded just lately and it’s important to rely these performances too, with each bat and ball. I am not speaking about at this time’s match (India vs Australia first T20I in Mohali), however simply responding to your query (on Hardik-Stokes’ comparability),” stated Rashid throughout a dialogue on his Youtube channel.
“Ben Stokes is a confirmed participant, successful World Cups, successful Take a look at matches. So, on the sphere, I do not assume you may even evaluate them. As a result of trophy is a trophy. Ben Stokes is forward of Hardik in that.”
“Sure, you could possibly say that a few of Hardik’s innings have been higher than Ben Stokes, however having higher innings and being higher than Stokes are two utterly various things,” added former Pakistan skipper.
