If Pandya makes silly mistakes don't compare him with me: Kapil

NEW DELHI: India's mythical allrounder Kapil Dev on Wednesday mentioned Hardik Pandya does no longer should be compared with him if he helps to keep making silly errors like he did in the second one Test against South Africa.

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Pandya is regularly regarded as as India's highest all-rounder for the reason that days of the mythical Dev. Dev criticised Pandya's batting performance in the second one Test against South Africa in Centurion.

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"If Pandya keeps making silly mistakes like these then he doesn't deserve to be compared with me," Dev informed 'ABP' news.

Dev was once reacting to Pandya's dismissal in the second one innings.

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Chasing a target of 287 in the fourth innings, India were reeling at 65 for 5 when Pandya came into bat.

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Pandya was once on 6 when he went for his famous ramp shot and chased a wide ball off Lungi Ngidi, most effective managing an edge to wicketkeeper Quinton De Kock.

In the primary inning too, Pandya ran himself out when he forgot to flooring his bat. The informal way was once criticised experts.

"He definitely has a lot of talent, he has shown it in the first Test but I believe he needs to work on the mental aspect." Kapil mentioned.

Former India cricketer Sandeep Patil additionally mentioned that comparing the 2 was once no longer ideal as a result of Pandya is still in early phases of his cricketing career.

"I have played a lot of cricket with Kapil, really there is no comparison. Kapil played 15 years for India with terrific performance and Pandya is only in his fifth Test match. There is a long way to go," Patil mentioned.