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Updated March 13th 2025, 11:45 IST
Abdul Razzaq BETTER Than Hardik Pandya? JEALOUS Ex-Pakistan Captain Mohammed Hafeez Claims After CT 2025 Debacle
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: In the wake of Pakistan's shambolic show in CT 2025, there has been a revamp of the side.
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- Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez agreed with Akhtar and added that Razzaq was better than Hardik.
- Shoaib Akhtar said Pandya's hitting was a norm in the team he played on in the early 2000s when Abdul Razzaq used to play.
- In the wake of Pakistan's shambolic show in CT 2025, there has been a revamp of the side.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Now that all the embarrassment around CT 2025 over, the Pakistan cricket team would look to start afresh. But surely it will not be easy for the side, who are in New Zealand for a series. During a discussion on 'Game on Hai' between Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Hafeez, they were discussing on Pakistan's powerful hitters from the past. It went to a stage where they started to compare Hardik Pandya to Abdul Razzaq.
Both the Pakistani former cricketers agreed that Razzaq was better than Pandya.
"Hardik Pandya koi Malcolm Marshall ya Waqar Younis nahi hai. Javagal Srinath ya Brett Lee nahi hai. (Hardik is no Marshall, Waqar, Lee or Srinath). It's just his mindset. You throw him the new ball, he does it. You ask him in to bowl in the middle, he does it. However, he is not that powerful hitter also. He had given that belief that the world is your stage. The market allows you to become big," Akhtar said.
Hafeez agreed totally with Akhtar.
‘He was better than this version of Hardik’
"I would agree with him. You take out the details of Abdul Razzaq's performances. He was a better and bigger performer. But the system didn't look after him and the player also didn't respond that much. He was limited in his skills, didn't try to outdo his own potential. Whatever I've seen of Razzaq, he was better than this version of Hardik," Hafeez said.
Pakistan's HUMILIATING CT 2025
Hosts Pakistan failed to win a single match during Champions Trophy 2025. The Men in Green lost their tournament opener against New Zealand, then they were humiliated by India.
For India, Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten century to take the Men in Blue over the line.
And then their final game against Bangladesh was washed out due to rain. The Men in Green exited the tournament with a solitary point.
Published March 13th 2025, 11:43 IST