MS Dhoni is a better finisher than Hardik Pandya believes former India cricketer

The former India cricketer Karsan Ghavri believes that MS Dhoni is 1000 times better than Hardik Pandya as a finisher. Pandya is the latest sensation in the Indian cricket and his stakes soared high after winning the Man of the Series award in the recently concluded ODI series against Australia. He lived up to his reputation of being an all-rounder and performed exceptionally well scoring 222 runs and picking 6 wickets in 5 matches.

Despite that, the former cricketer feels that it would not be correct to compare Dhoni with Pandya so early. The Baroda man has already been labelled as a finisher by many after he helped India finish games with his batting skills in the last couple of months. Virat Kohli should be pleased with two wonderful finishers in the team – Pandya and MS Dhoni, with the latter having done the job for India in the last 10 years or so with roaring success.

Dhoni is miles ahead

In an interview with International Business Times, Ghavri expressed his views about the 23-year-old as a finisher but said that Dhoni is miles ahead of him. “Please do not compare Dhoni with Hardik Pandya. It is true Pandya has a bright future ahead of him, but he is just climbing the ladder of India cricket, and Dhoni has proved it for so many years. There is no competition when it comes to Dhoni‘s finishing ability. He is 1,000 times better finisher than Pandya. Even today, Dhoni can change the game in a matter of four or five overs only,” he said.

The statement seems logical as the former India captain achieved almost everything in world cricket when he was at the helm. He has also played 474 International matches across formats and has scored more than 15000 runs in his career and is still going strong. On the other hand, Pandya has just played 48 games in his brief career so far and has a long way to go to match the Indian stalwart.