Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has reacted to Sunil Gavaskar's remarks on Hardik Pandya while describing the Indian star as the number one all-rounder in the shortest format of the game.

Recently, Gavaskar claimed that Pandya can emulate Shastri's exploits from the 1985 World Championship in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2022. He said that Pandya can become India’s match-winner at the T20 World Cup 2022 as Shastri did in the 1985 World Championship, where he scored 182 runs in five matches, including three half-centuries, and also took eight wickets.

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Gavaskar had told India Today: “I think he (Pandya) could possibly do what Ravi Shastri did in 1985 when Ravi was the outstanding performer with both bat and ball in the entire tournament. Some good catches as well. Hardik Pandya is capable of doing that.”

Well, Shastri now said that Pandya is already a match-winner and the number one all-rounder in T20I cricket while saying everyone is "entitled" to their opinion, referring to Gavaskar's remarks.

Ravi Shastri told Sports Tak: “I have already tweeted and posted on Instagram that he (Pandya) is the No. 1 all-rounder in this format of the game.”

He signed off by saying, “What else do you need? I had said it two weeks back. What else is there to add or subtract? XYZ can say whatever they want everyone is entitled to his opinion. My view is clear, which is what I tweeted a couple of weeks ago.”