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Cricket latest Speaking ahead of the 2nd ODI, Gautam Gambhir stated Rohit Sharma is a much better gamer than Ricky Ponting since the Australian has actually got a bad record in Asia.
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Previous India opener Gautam Gambhir is understood for being extremely outspoken about his views and viewpoint, be it cricket or politics. Gambhir has actually now gathered everybody’s attention by stating that the existing India skipper Rohit Sharma is a much better gamer than Australia’s two-time World Cup-winning captain Ricky Ponting. Speaking ahead of the 2nd ODI in between India and Sri Lanka, Gambhir stated that Rohit is a much better gamer than Ponting since the latter has actually got forgettable batting statistics in Asia.
Cricket latest Rohit Sharma is a much better gamer than Ricky Ponting: Gambhir
Gambhir made the remarks in existence of previous India worldwide Sanjay Manjrekar, who looked noticeably surprised by what the cricketer-turned-politician stated about an embellished gamer like Ponting. Manjrekar was especially horrified with the sort of word Gambhir utilized to explain Ponting’s record in the sub-continent. Ponting has actually won 2 ICC Cricket World Cups for Australia and is considered among the very best batsmen to play the video game. Ponting is presently 3rd on the list of greatest run-scorers in ODIs.
“In last 4 or 5 years he [Rohit] has actually scored these numerous centuries. Rohit Sharma prior to 5 or 6 years was not that constant so think of in the last 5 or 6 or 7 years, he has actually got more than 20 hundreds. And he is a much better gamer than Ricky Ponting. He is a much better gamer than Ricky Ponting due to the fact that Ricky has actually got a s ** t record in the subcontinent,” Gambhir stated throughout a pre-match conversation on Star Sports.
Rohit Sharma has actually enhanced his ODI video game substantially in the previous five-six years, scoring a record-shattering 21 centuries given that 2016. 5 of those centuries can be found in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 alone, which is still the record for the most centuries by a gamer in a single edition of a World Cup. Rohit has actually scored an overall of 29 centuries in the format and is simply one hundred far from equating to Ponting’s record of 30 ODI heaps.
Cricket latest Gambhir deals with reaction over tweet on SKY
Gambhir just recently dealt with reaction for his tweet on Suryakumar Yadav. After Suryakumar scored his 3rd T20I century, Gambhir required his addition in the Test side also. Fans not just trolled Gambhir for what they stated was an unreasonable need however they likewise fired some reputable arguments to dismiss the previous India opener’s tweet. One user explained that Suryakumar is currently 32 years of ages and playing in all 3 formats for India may obstruct his white-ball video game.
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