IND vs SL Live: Gautam Gambhir shook the cricketing fraternity as he blatantly admitted to believing that Rohit Sharma is a much better player than Australian veteran Ricky Ponting. Gambhir emphasized on the fact that Ponting had a poor record in the subcontinent while Rohit has improved as a batter in the past few years. Follow India vs Sri Lanka ODI LIVE updates with InsideSport.
IND vs SL Live: Gautam Gambhir has his say on who is the best between Rohit Sharma and Ricky Ponting, the answer will shock you, Check details: Follow Live Updates
Speaking on a pre-match show, Gambhir said, “The surprising fact is that in the last four or five years he has gotten this many hundreds. Rohit Sharma before the last five-six years was not this consistent. He definitely got about 20 hundreds in the last five-six-seven years.”
Gambhir’s sudden comparison of Rohit with Ponting took his fellow panelist Sanjay Manjrekar by surprise. “You missed that,” Manjrekar said to attract the host’s attention. However, Gambhir was still adamant on his point. “No, he is a better player than Ricky Ponting. because Ricky has got a sh** record in the subcontinent,” Gambhir added.
Gautam Gambhir said (at Hotstar),” Rohit Sharma is a better player than Ricky Ponting in ODIs.” pic.twitter.com/DpMFMnQmcA
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Taking a look at the performances of both Ponting and Rohit in the subcontinent, the Indian skipper has an even spread of centuries. Outside the subcontinent, the right-handed batter has stroked 13 ODI centuries and he averages 47. On the other hand for Ponting, average-wise there is not much of a difference. The World Cup winning skipper averages 41 in ODIs played in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. However, Ponting failed to convert his starts to big scores in the Asian countries. The veteran batter only has six ODI centuries in the subcontinent out of his total 30 hundreds.
IND vs SL Live: Gautam Gambhir has his say on who is the best between Rohit Sharma and Ricky Ponting, the answer will shock you, Check details: Follow Live Updates
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