Hardik Pandya Or Ben Stokes - Who Is The Better All-Rounder?

biggest all-rounders in the current era, England's Ben Stokes and Hardik Pandya are the first names that come to everyone's mind. Both the players are the main players of their team.
When it comes to the two biggest all-rounders in the current era, England's Ben Stokes and Hardik Pandya are the first names that come to everyone's mind. Both the players are the main players of their team and the team depends a lot on them. Where Ben Stokes is constantly playing for the England team and is performing well. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya is also a very important part of the Indian team.

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There has been a discussion going on for a long time as to who is the better all-rounder out of the two.

Let's take a look at the performance of both the players in all three formats and see who is better in terms of statistics.Hardik Pandya and Ben Stokes' performance in Tests

Player	Hardik Pandya	Ben Stokes
Match	11	71
Runs	532	4531
Batting Avg	31.29	37.05
Half century	4	24
Century	1	10
Wickets	17	163
Bowling Avg	31.06	31.39
Best performance	108/28-5	258/22-6

Hardik Pandya and Ben Stokes' performance in ODI

Player	Hardik Pandya	Ben Stokes
Match	66	105
Runs	1267	3041
Batting Avg	34.24	40.83
Half century	8	21
Century	0	3
Wickets	63	74
Bowling Avg	38.69	42.39
Best performance	92/31-3	102/61-5

Hardik Pandya and Ben Stokes' performance in T20

Player	Hardik Pandya	Ben Stokes
Match	73	34
Runs	989	442
Batting Avg	25.35	20.09
Half century	2	0
Century	0	0
Wickets	54	19
Bowling Avg	28.68	37.73
Best performance	71/38-4	47/26-3

Who Is The Better All-Rounder?

If we look at the figures of both the players in all three formats, then two things are clear. First of all, Ben Stokes' figures in Tests and ODIs are much better, than Hardik Pandya's looks a little better in T20.

Both the players have the ability to win matches on their own and for this reason, the importance of both the players increases a lot. The England team won the World Cup title in 2019 only due to the all-round performance of Ben Stokes. Apart from this, his contribution to Ashes 2019 was very important. Due to his excellent performance, the series was tied at 2-2.

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Apart from this, it has been only 5-6 years since Hardik Pandya started and Ben Stokes has much more experience than him. However, still Pandya has failed to take advantage of the opportunities given. The way Pandya's performance has been for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, that type of impact has not been seen in international cricket yet. Even though with the ball he is getting better with time, on the other hand, he has a lot to achieve in batting. Hardik Pandya needs a lot of hard work, especially in Test cricket, because his technique is not suitable for swing or seam wickets.

In comparison to Hardik Pandya, while Ben Stokes plays as the main batsman for England, his contribution with the ball remains very important. Stokes can bat at any number and has a different shot option than Hardik Pandya. He can score runs on all sides of the wicket, due to which his figures are much better in Tests.

Surely in the coming times, with the kind of experience Hardik Pandya will have and learn, then he certainly has the potential to become the world's No. 1 all-rounder. However, looking at the figures, impact, and performance at the present time, Ben Stokes is quite ahead and there is no one around him.

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