former australia star Shane Watson He is regarded as one of the best all-rounders to have ever played the game and in a career spanning 207 international games, Watson took 291 wickets and scored 10,950 runs. The 41-year-old is currently in India to play the Legends League cricket tournament, and on the sidelines of the ongoing event, Watson spoke to NDTV about the meteoric rise of another star all-rounder, India. Hardik PandyaIn T20 cricket, who recently showed his captaincy credentials in IPL as well.
“Hardik is absolutely at the peak of his powers at the moment. It is an absolute pleasure to watch him play. I love watching fast bowling all-rounders who take off steam and have a real crack. You know, they have an impact. And they can take the game away from the opposition at any point in the game, be it with bat and ball,” Watson told NDTV.
Hardik is often compared to England Ben StokesAnother fast bowling all-rounder, but Watson feels at least the Indian star is a better player in T20 cricket.
“It’s really nice to see Hardik playing at the moment. And with regards to T20 cricket, Hardik is very much up where Ben Stokes is right now. The way Hardik is batting, his versatility while batting at the end, he The way he is bowling. Hardik is the stand out at the moment.
After some injury issues that prevented Hardik from bowling, he made a strong comeback and captained Gujarat Titans to their maiden IPL trophy earlier this year.
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Since then, he has made several match-winning performances for India with both bat and ball.
He even got a chance to captain the Indian team for their T20Is against Ireland.
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