T20 World Cup 2024: S Sreesanth lavishes praises on Hardik Pandya

Following Hardik Pandyas stellar performances in the USs leg of the T20 World Cup 2024 former India pacer S Sreesanth heaped praises on him saying that he doesnt look like a parttime bowlerHardik Pandya with his sheer pace in New York has gained the limelight of fans Featuring in three T20 World Cup 2024 matches Pandya has registered seven wickets under his name with an economy of 541Following Pandyas performances S Sreesanth said that he doesnt look like a parttime bowler and can bowl crucial overs He can pick gamechanging wickets just like Marcus Stoinis is doing for AustraliaThe way Hardik is bowling he doesnt look like a parttime bowler He can pick the new ball and he can bowl those cutters I think he is doing what Stoinis is doing for the Australia team getting those crucial wickets and bowling those crucial overs I think it is very important for an allrounder Sreesanth who features as an expert on Caught and Bold on Disney Hotstar said while speaking exclusively to ANIHardik Pandya was continuously facing trolls after replacing Rohit Sharma as the captain of Mumbai Indians in the concluded IPL 2024Also ReadT20 World Cup 2024 Jos Buttler credits bowler after the win against OmanDuring the IPL 2024 Pandya was trolled by the fans on social media and was even criticised by excricketers following his onfield decisions But in the T20 World Cup 2024 the star Indian allrounder has regained his form and is proving his worth in the teamSreesanth lavished praise on Pandya and stated that his performance keeps getting better as the stakes get higher Apart from his bowling Sreesanth believes Pandya is capable of winning matches with his batting and fieldingWhen you play for the Mumbai Indians then only Mumbai was supporting him and when he plays for India the whole country supports him With all due respect to fans the energy that he brings makes us love him even more There is no comparison to Hardik Pandya That person can win you matches with fielding he can win you matches with bowling and he can win you matches with batting His performance gets better when the match is good He keeps the players together So that is a great quality The IPL is gone and now India is playing I will just say the IPL was practice match and this is to win the World Cup he addedIn the group stage India named a strong playing XI yet some of the top stars are still serving time on the benchSanju Samson Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are some of the top stars who are raring for an opportunity to fall in their strideWhile talking about Indias bench strength Sreesanth absolutely believes India can lift the T20 World Cup for the first time since the inaugural edition in 2007Absolutely if we talk about Virat and Rohit what a great brotherhood and one can learn a lot of things from them They have a lot of experience they can win matches from any position We have Rishabh Pant What a story not just for cricket but even for life He is such an inspirational guy It is not just for the sake of storymaking he is doing it again and again In the game against Pakistan he took a diving catch towards his right in Arshdeeps over His bowling literally sealed the game for us Sreesanth saidWe have so much talent if you look at Arshdeep Singh Bumrah with the way he is bowling Hardik Pandya and even Chahal one of the best bowlers sitting out Sanju and even Kuldeep are missing out on games We have such great bench strength he concludedAfter securing their spot in the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup 2024 Team India will play their final group stage game against Canada on June 15 in FloridaWith ANI Inputs