Published 12:35 IST, December 5th 2019

'Cartoon' Razzaq: Netizens troll ex-Pak cricketer, ask him to keep his opinions to himself

Indian cricket fans slammed former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq for comparing Virat Kohli with Tendulkar and asked him to keep his opinions to himself

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Indian cricket fans slammed former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq for comparing Indian skipper Virat Kohli with  Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, asking him to keep his opinions to himself. former Pakistan cricketer h said that while Kohli was a consistent batsman, he did t possess same class as Tendulkar did. Fans slammed Abul Razzaq, asking him of need to even draw a comparison between two. Earlier, Razzaq h me a comment about Jasprit Bumrah and h called him a 'baby bowler', sparking outr from Indian fans who trolled him in retort. Fans told Razzaq to keep his opinion to himself and asked him to look into conditions of Pakistan cricket team before opening his mouth about Indian skipper. 

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Netizens slam Razzaq for 'unwanted opinion' 

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Razzaq compares Kohli with Sachin

Virat Kohli is a consistent batsman but he doesn't have same class as legendary Sachin Tendulkar, believes former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq. Razzaq feels overall standard of cricket worldwide has declined. "We are t seeing same world-class players that we played against say between 1992 to 2007. T20 cricket has changed game. re is depth in bowling, batting or fielding. It is all basic w," he told Cricket Pakistan. "Look at Virat Kohli when he scores he scores. Yeah, he is a good player for m and is performing consistently, but I don't place him in same class as Sachin Tendulkar, who was a different class altoger."

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Razzaq takes a jibe at Bumrah

Former Pakistan all-rounder, Abdul Razzaq on Wednesday, took a jibe at India's pace spearhe, Jasprit Bumrah and called number one ODI bowler, a 'baby bowler.' Razzaq, who played 265 ODIs for Pakistan scored 5080 runs and scalped 269 wickets, stated that having played legendary bowlers like Glenn McGrath, Wasim Akhtar and Shoaib Akhtar, he could easily attack and dominate Bumrah. Razzaq ded that  players today lack depth and said that Virat Kohli is performing well for his team today but he can never be in same category as India's greatest, Sachin Tendulkar. Soon after his remarks on India's ace bowler, agitated netizens bashed former all-rounder. 

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