Pointless comparing Hardik Pandya with Kapil Dev: Mohammed Azharuddin

Mohammed Azharuddin has dismissed comparisons between current Indian cricket team all-rounder Hardik Pandya and maiden ICC World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev.

With the kind of disdain, he would dispatch deliveries in the arc between square-leg and midwicket irrespective of where they were pitched, Mohammed Azharuddin dismissed suggestions of Hardik Pandya being the next Kapil Dev.

Mohammed Azharuddin feels comparing Hardik Pandya to former India captain Kapil Dev, saying there won’t be another like him. (AP)

Speaking to reporters at a school sport’s event here where he was the chief guest, Azharuddin simply said: “There will never be another Kapil Dev.”

All talk of Pandya, therefore, to the former India captain was just that: talk.

“It is not advisable to compare them. It is not good. Because there can never be another Kapil Dev. Just think of the amount of hard work he did and the workload he too over a period of time,” said Azharuddin.

“He would bowl 20-25 overs in day. Not many people can do that.”