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Hardik Pandya is nowhere near Kapil Dev, says Karsan Ghavri

The former India captain was only modest in saying recently that “Hardik is better than me as an all-rounder”

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Hardik Pandya’s exploits with the bat in recent times at the international stage and his ability to roll his arm over has brought comparisons with the legendary Kapil Dev. The former India captain was only modest in saying recently that “Hardik is better than me as an all-rounder”.

On Thursday, Kapil’s bowling partner in Tests in the 1970s and 1980s, left-armer Karsan Ghavri said, “Hardik Pandya is nowhere near Kapil Dev. And, even if he has to reach there, he has got a long, long way to go. It’s a very difficult comparison, but (Hardik) he is nowhere near Kapil Dev right now.”

Ghavri, 66 and who played 28 of his 39 Tests with Kapil, sharing the new ball in a majority of them, was speaking at the Legends Club gathering at the Cricket Club of India to celebrate Kapil Dev’s 59th birthday, though five days belated.

“Time will tell on how far he (Hardik) can reach close to Kapil’s achievement or whatever Kapil has done,” Ghavri, India’s first medium-pacer to 100 Test wickets, said.

Kapil’s team-mate in the mid-1980s, Raju Kulkarni was short of rating Pandya as an all-rounder. “Hardik is lacking in bowling department. He doesn’t look a bowler who takes five wickets on any given day. He has to work on it. He is still young but is a very confident young man and will improve.”

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