Legendary former India captain Kapil Dev on Friday requested if Hardik Pandya could be known as an all-rounder as he’s not bowling as a lot because the position calls for.
A key cog in India’s scheme of issues in white-ball cricket, the flamboyant Pandya bowled simply two matches within the current T20 World Cup, the place India have been knocked out within the group stage.
He has additionally been on track for not disclosing the extent of his many health points and was dominated out of the house T20I collection towards New Zealand, which India received 3-0. “He has to do both to be considered an all-rounder. He is not bowling so can we call him an all-rounder? Let him bowl, he is out of injury,” Kapil mentioned on the Royal Calcutta Golf Course right here.
India’s first World Cup profitable captain mentioned, “He is a very important batsman for the country, he has to play a lot of matches to bowl, perform and bowl and then we will say.”
Hardik has additionally been on track for not disclosing the extent of his many health points and was dominated out of the house T20I collection towards New Zealand, which India received 3-0.
Kapil additionally predicted that the Rahul Dravid coach can be an enormous success from the extremely expert Dravidian cricketer. Dravid began his new innings as the pinnacle coach of the Indian staff within the ongoing collection towards New Zealand, a place he has been given until the 2023 ODI World Cup in India.
“He is a good person, a good cricketer. He would do a better job as a coach than a cricketer because no one has done better than him in cricket. I am just crossing my fingers,” Kapil mentioned.
Dravid beforehand served as the pinnacle of the National Cricket Academy and was additionally the coach of India’s Under-19 and A groups, nurturing many younger skills who went on to characterize the nation with distinction. Speaking as Dravid’s head coach, Kapil additional mentioned: “You can’t judge just one after his debut, you don’t go by one performance. We will know what Rahul will do in the coming times. You only think positive.”
The 62-year-old was right here as a board member of the Professional Golf Tour of India, which is organizing the ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship. When Kapil was requested about his favourite all-rounders, he named Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
“These days I simply go to look at cricket and benefit from the sport. I do not see out of your perspective. My job is to benefit from the sport. He added Jadeja’s identify and mentioned, ‘I might say Ashwin, salute him.
Kapil, nevertheless, lamented that Jadeja’s bowling was not at its finest. “Jadeja… what an exquisite cricketer he’s, however sadly he improved as a batsman and got here to me as a bowler.
“When he began he was a significantly better bowler however now he’s a significantly better batsman. Whenever India wants him, he’ll get runs. But he’s not performing properly as a bowler. The former India captain additionally lauded Shreyas Iyer for his debut century within the ongoing first Test towards the Black Caps.
“When a young player scores a century on debut, it means the game is going in the right direction. We need cricketers like him. He said, ‘He waited about four-five years to play for India. Finally they got a chance and they came out with flying colors,” he concluded.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
