Former Indian player Sadagoppan Ramesh saw no losing team in the Hardik Pandya-Arshdeep Singh swap between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS), calling it one of the best the IPL has seen. However, at Punjab, Hardik will play under Shreyas Iyer, with Ricky Ponting as coach, a senior player rather than the man making the calls as well.

“It’s one of the best trade-offs because these are two outstanding cricketers. With Hardik, only fitness is an issue. If he’s fully fit, he’s extraordinary. I’ve always seen Hardik as an incredible player but a poor captain. So, considering he’s going to Punjab just as a player, it’s a huge plus for them, assuming he’s fully fit. But still, assuming both of them are at full fitness, I’ll still give PBKS the edge because a fully fit Hardik Pandya is a beast. PBKS can easily expect 300 runs and 15 wickets from him, now that he’s not the captain,” said Ramesh on his Instagram handle.

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Sadagoppan Ramesh also believes the move to PBKS will help Hardik Pandya return to the Indian T20I side faster, given Shreyas Iyer captains both sides as well.

“This is also strategically a great move for Hardik. He has to get back to the Indian T20I team. And considering Shreyas Iyer is the T20I captain, he’ll aggressively back Hardik for Indian selection,” he concluded.