Salman Butt, a former Pakistan captain, says Ricky Ponting erred in comparing Suryakumar Yadav to former South African phenomenon AB de Villiers. Ponting lauded Suryakumar, who is currently ranked second in the ICC T20I rankings. During the ICC review, Ponting claimed that Surykumar’s 360-degree batting technique reminded him of de Villiers. However, Ponting’s comments irritated Butt, who feels that the world has never seen a batter of de Villiers’ calibre.
“In my opinion, no one in recent history has ever played cricket like AB de Villiers. Because of his clout, other teams realised that if they couldn’t get rid of him, they wouldn’t be able to win the game. There’s Root, Williamson, and Kohli, all of whom have been world-class batsmen with hundreds of runs. Rohit Sharma has scored 250 runs in ODIs on his day. Ponting may have been affected by jet lag “Butt mentioned this in a video on his YouTube channel.
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Butt thinks Ponting should have waited for Suryakumar to make an appearance in a major event before making this connection.
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“He’s just lately started playing international cricket. He has a lot of promise and has done well thus far. But to put him up against AB de Villiers? Ponting should have waited a few minutes longer. He has yet to compete in major competitions. There has never been a player like AB de Villiers. You may liken him to Viv Richards “Butt continued, saying.
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