Salman Butt hits out at Ricky Ponting for comparing Suryakumar Yadav to AB de Villiers
Butt believes Ponting should have waited for Yadav to prove his worth in big tournaments before comparing him with the legendary South African.
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Speaking on The ICC Review, the former Australia captain heaped praise on India stalwart Yadav,
currently the second-ranked batter in ICC T20I rankings, and said his 360-degree batting style reminded him of de Villiers.
“Surya (Yadav) scores 360 degrees around the ground, a bit like an AB de Villiers did when he was in his actual prime.” Ponting said.
However, Ponting’s remarks irked Butt, the former Pakistan captain, who feels that world cricket was yet to see another batter of de Villiers’s calibre.
“The kind of cricket AB de Villiers played, I feel no one in even recent history has ever played like him. The kind of impact he had, opposition teams knew that if you cannot dismiss him you cannot win the match,” Butt said