Since the Ahmedabad Indian Premier League (IPL) team announced their selection of Hardik Pandya as captain for the upcoming IPL 2022 season, the cricket fraternity has been busy and understands the decision. The latest to join the discussion is former Australian spinner Brad Hogg.
The new team selected generalist Pandya as their first-round pick, followed by Rashid Khan and Shubman Gill. Additionally, they hired former Indian striker Ashsh Nehra as their head coach.
Hogg, speaking about Pandya’s captain in a video on his YouTube channel, quipped that he is very similar to former India captain Virat Kohli and can be a good captain.
“Pandya can be a really good captain because he’s a bit like Kohli. He wants to go there and dominate. His body language says, ‘I’m here to beat you,’” he said.
Talking about Nehra and Pandya’s partnership, Hogg believes that while he’s happy to see the two work together, he’d like to see the former curb a habit of his.
“Hardik Pandya and Ashish Nehra are both exciting figures in Ahmedabad. When they have a team together, they have to understand and also have different personalities. Don’t give 100 pieces of advice to the highest scoring bowler, ‘ Hogg explained.
“Trust the players. When Nehra was an assistant coach at RCB, he was always on the edge of the ropes giving advice and I didn’t like what I saw there. He liked
“I think they will do well. Both are fairly inexperienced in their roles, which could be a problem for Ahmedabad. Pandya under Flower and Rahul under Neh Captaining under Ra’s leadership will be the balance of experience there.”
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