Yeah no, I’ve seen both pretty closely and Hardik isn’t better than Razzaq.Both have won a T20 World Cup. Hardik is a much better player than Razzaq in ODI tournaments.
But as usual, some Pakistani fans have a habit of overhyping.
is this the same guy who claimed Bumrah is a baby bowler in front of him?
He started off as a bowler in the Pak team but at age level and otherwise he had been playing as a pure allrounder and performing wonderfully well. I still remember a tour by the England U19 team (featuring the likes of Flintoff and B.Hollioake) where Razzaq singlehandedly held back the English from crushing the Pakistan team. He was a pure allrounder from the start and only got better with time. Had it not been for Pakistan's batting depth, bowling options, and his own laziness he could have achieved much more.
No wonder then that he was selected as part of Asia Xi vs Rest of World Xi (the famous Michael Bevan 185 match). Year 2000.
I don't think, he was lazy.
That’s not particularly hard is it?
Pandya has barely had a 9 year career, and even that has been plagued by injuries which limit his ability to bowl. He can't even play test cricket because they think he will get injured. Razzaq had a 17 year career where he was at various points one of the best all-rounders in the world.Both have won a T20 World Cup. Hardik is a much better player than Razzaq in ODI tournaments.
But as usual, some Pakistani fans have a habit of overhyping.
is this the same guy who claimed Bumrah is a baby bowler in front of him?
Razzak has hardly done anything in Test cricket and his numbers are mediocre.
If I had to pick an all-rounder between the two...someone who could deliver in all formats, who had the technique to see off a new-ball and take on the bowling and hit sixes when the situation demanded. Someone who could bowl with the new ball and the old ball, and someone whose body wasn't brittle enough to not be able to handle test cricket, I would pick Abdul Razzaq.
