Former India national cricket team has shared its blunt ideas on the claims of the star Ben Docket of the England National Cricket Team, which is the best all-format batsman in the world.
Akash Chopra said that with the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, the pool of real all-format batsmen in international cricket is very limited, to accept prominent expert Ben Docket as one of the best in the world.
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Ben Docket demolished the Indian bowling unit in Leeds
The 30 -year -old England National Cricket Team started his left hand for the inauguration of batsman Ben Docket, which demonstrated his batting talent in the first Test of the five -match series against the India National Cricket Team in Handingley in Leeds.
Docket batted with positive intentions in both the innings against the Indian team and took out the bowling attack by Jasprit Bumrah for the cleaner.
In the first innings, he hit a brilliant in half a century and knocked at 94 balls with a knock of 62 runs, with 9 fours, and in the second innings, Ben Docket scored 149 off 170 balls, with 21 fours and 1 six, leading England 371 runs.
Overall, the English batsman has depicted in 34 Tests and scored 2621 runs at an average of 43.7 and strike rate 86.2. He has also played 25 Odis for England and has scored an average of 1176 runs at an average of 49.04 and has a strike rate of 105.5.
In T20Is, Ben Docket has played 20 matches for three Lions and scored 527 runs at a strike rate of 29.3 and 153.6. With his frequent performance over the years, Docket has booked its place in the England team in all three formats.
As long as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were playing all 3 formats, he was not even in conversation – Akash Chopra
After the first test between India and England, former England captain Michael Vaughan claimed that Docket is currently the best all-format batter in international cricket.
Meanwhile, speaking on his official YouTube channel, Akash Chopra said that the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from the Test brought Ben Docket to the discussions of the best all-format batsmen, and if the Indian batting pair were still playing, the British would not have been in the picture.
Although Akash Chopra admitted that Docket is one of the best in the world at this time, he said that the batsman needed to prove his credibility in different circumstances.
“If we look at Ben Docket’s performance, you have to accept that he is good. They have performed very well in three forms in the last two years. The first thing is that until Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were not playing all 3 formats, they were not even in the conversation. They were like the Himalayas, and everything, no matter that it is not very big.
“Once they retired, you suddenly felt that all-format players were very limited, and that he (docket) is the best among those who remain. However, there is a warning. They have not played Test cricket in Australia. A total of three innings have been played in South Africa, and their performance is limited in India. So it is not a straightforward and dinner story.”
I think Travis Head is a little ahead of him – Akash Chopra
The cricketer-turn-commentator ranked the star Travis Head of the Australia National Cricket Team better than Ben Docket, as his performance in big sports as an all-format batter. He explained in detail:
“Travis Head is standing next to him. If you see the number of the last two years of Travis Head, you will say, ‘Wait, Michael Vaughan.’ He may be slightly behind in tests, but when you watch ODI cricket, and big matches, you see 2023 WTC final and 2023 ODI World Cup final, scoring run in big matches is the biggest yardstick.
“This man does that work. So if you do man-to-man marking, the number is quite similar, Ben Docket is ahead in some areas and Travis Head is ahead in other areas, but, in my humble opinion, I think the Travis Head is just ahead of that because he has done very well in big moments.”
