IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya has been a source of controversy in this season of IPL. Pandya took over the captaincy from Rohit Sharma in a controversial method. The management took this decision so that Rohit could bat freely. But neither was Hitman able to bat freely nor was Pandya able to replicate his Gujarat Titans glory.
Following the loss against Kolkata Knight Riders, former RCB player AB De Villiers was very critical of Pandya. He stated Pandya’s captaincy as ‘Ego-driven’ rather than as per the capability.
In response former World Cup winner, Gautam Gambhir came out to defend Hardik Pandya. He slammed both AB De Villiers and Kevin Pietersen and stated that you can’t compare Pandya with them.
IPL 2024: ‘Compare Oranges With Oranges’
Gambhir defended Pandya and criticized De Villiers and Pietersen over their captaincy record. He stated that Pandya is a IPL winning captain while both De Villers and Pietersen have not won anything.
“When they themselves did captaincy [were captains], what were their own performances like? I do not think that whether it is Kevin Pietersen or AB de Villiers, there have ever been performances in their careers from a leadership point of view. Nothing. If you look up their records, I think it’s worse than any other leader,” Gambhir said on Sportskeeda.
He further stated that “I don’t think AB de Villiers has even captained any game in the IPL or ultimately achieved anything apart from his own scores. I do not think he has achieved anything from a team point of view. Hardik Pandya is still an IPL-winning captain. So, you should only compare orange to oranges, not apples to oranges.”
Ego Driven Captaincy
Earlier this week former Proteas international came out and stated that Pandya’s captaincy is more ego driver rather than capability-dependent.“The captaincy style of Hardik Pandya is quite bravado. It’s ego-driven in a way, chest out,” the Proteas legend stated.
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