“Everyone Is Entitled To Opinion” – Ravi Shastri Reacts To Sunil Gavaskar's “Hardik Pandya Is Capable Of Doing What Shastri Did In 1985” Remark

Former India National Cricket Team head coach Ravi Shastri has reacted to legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar’s statement on star all-rounder Hardik Pandya in which he asserted that the 28-year-old is capable of doing what Shastri did in the year 1985 for Team India.

Recently, in an interview with Sports Tak, Gavaskar heaped praise on Pandya and said that the all-rounder will be the match-winner for the Men In Blue in the forthcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, which is set to be held in Australia in October-November.

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Gavaskar also compared Pandya with Shastri and said that the 28-year-old can emulate Shastri’s exploits from the 1985 World Championship of cricket. Notably, the former India all-rounder Shastri had made significant contributions in all three departments in the 1985 World Championship. He had scored 182 runs in five matches, including five fifties, and claimed eight wickets.

“Yes, I think he could possibly do what Ravi Shastri did in 1985 where Ravi was the outstanding performer with both bat and ball in the entire tournament. Some good catches as well. Hardik Pandya is capable of doing that,” Gavaskar, who captained India during the series, had said in an interaction with India Today.

I have already tweeted and posted on Instagram that he is the No. 1 all-rounder – Ravi Shastri

Shastri, while reacting to Gavaskar’s remark, said that he had already posted on social media platforms that Hardik is the No.1 T20 all-rounder in the world. Also, he reiterated his stance on the Gujarat Titans and India all-rounder and pinpointed that although everyone is entitled to their opinion, there is nothing he wants to add or subtract to his earlier comment on Pandya.

“I have already tweeted and posted on Instagram that he is the No. 1 all-rounder in this format of the game. What else do you need? I had said it two weeks back. What else is there to add or subtract? XYZ can say whatever they want… everyone is entitled to his opinion. My view is clear, which is what I tweeted a couple of weeks ago,” Shastri told Sports Tak.

Also Read: Hardik Pandya Has Got To Mature A Bit More, Then He Is Going To Be A Top Player – Tim Bresnan

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