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https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/ricky-ponting-has-a-s-record-in-gautam-gambhirs-bold-claim-on-comparison-with-rohit-sharma-3686759

 

Former India batter Gautam Gambhir made a bold claim regarding Rohit Sharma. He feels that the 35-year-old is a better batter than the former Australia captain Ricky Ponting

 

India captain Rohit Sharma is regarded as one of the best white-ball batters of the current generation. However, his career in white-ball didn't take off until he started opening the innings for Team India. He is now only one hundred away from equalling Ricky Ponting, who is third in the list of batters with most ODI tons (30). However, former India batter Gautam Gambhir made a bold claim regarding Rohit. He feels that the 35-year-old is a better batter than the former Australia captain Ponting.

 

To back his claim, Gambhir pointed out Ponting's "s*** record" in sub-continent conditions.

 

"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. No, he is a better player than Ricky Ponting. Because Ricky has got a sh** record in the subcontinent," Gambhir said on Star Sports' Show Cricket Live, ahead of the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka on Thursday.

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No... Below players are better ODI batsman than Rohit.

 

Viv Richards

Sachin Tendulkar

Virat Kohli

Ricky Ponting

AB de Villiers

Brian Lara

MS Dhoni

Majestic

Babar Azam

 

Posted
14 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

Lol.. If he hits a brutal 100 in a WC final and demolishes opposition ( Ind :phehe: ) sure! Till then.. NOPE. 

 

Rohit also has a world cup knock out 100. Then 5 WC 100s in 2019 WC, including a big one in a big game against Pakistan.

Posted
1 minute ago, Suhaan said:

Ponting must be trolling

Ponting didn’t say this.  Gambhir did.

 

having said that agree with Gambo.

 

Ponting already rates Ro over himself after watching him in MI nets. How do I know this? Well everyone who watches Ro in the nets only gets mesmerized be it Dhoni, Kohli, Kumble or Shastri :yess:

 

Posted
1 minute ago, maniac said:

Ponting didn’t say this.  Gambhir did.

 

having said that agree with Gambo.

 

Ponting already rates Ro over himself after watching him in MI nets. How do I know this? Well everyone who watches Ro in the nets only gets mesmerized be it Dhoni, Kohli, Kumble or Shastri :yess:

 

Lol,mistake thought it was Ponting

I give Gambhir benefit of doubt here as he is mostly spot on with his observation

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Don't agree with him on this one but Ponting doesn't get scrutinized enough for his poor record in Asia, especially India where his team struggled to win. Compare that to the criticism that Asian batters face for their poor records in SENA. 

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Rohit is nowhere near pointing in terms of batsmanship be it tests or odis .

Opening is the most easiest job out there in Lois in the current flat track Era and 2 new balls .

Ponting would be averaging 50+ on these pitches in odis 

Posted
1 hour ago, Majestic said:

No... Below players are better ODI batsman than Rohit.

 

Viv Richards

Sachin Tendulkar

Virat Kohli

Ricky Ponting

AB de Villiers

Brian Lara

MS Dhoni

Majestic

Babar Azam

 

 

Lol on what planet is poor man's Hashim Amla a better ODI batter than Rohit? 

Posted
1 hour ago, Majestic said:

No... Below players are better ODI batsman than Rohit.

 

Viv Richards

Sachin Tendulkar

Virat Kohli

Ricky Ponting

AB de Villiers

Brian Lara

MS Dhoni

Majestic

Babar Azam

 

lol at Azam, 2 gear merchant

Posted
1 hour ago, maniac said:

Ponting didn’t say this.  Gambhir did.

 

having said that agree with Gambo.

 

Ponting already rates Ro over himself after watching him in MI nets. How do I know this? Well everyone who watches Ro in the nets only gets mesmerized be it Dhoni, Kohli, Kumble or Shastri :yess:

 

It's a good thing you didn't watch me in the nets then, you'd be hypnotized :lollypop:

Posted
1 hour ago, Majestic said:

No... Below players are better ODI batsman than Rohit.

 

Viv Richards

Sachin Tendulkar

Virat Kohli

Ricky Ponting

AB de Villiers

Brian Lara

MS Dhoni

Majestic

Babar Azam

 

 

 

??

Posted
29 minutes ago, Adamant said:

I think it is very close between them. Ponting gets overrated just on the basis of that century in WC final

 

Thats called impact. You need wc finals ke semis or marquee test innings for that. Not jamodi or t20 inning.

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