India vs South Africa: Hardik Pandya reminds Kapil Dev's inning after 25 years; Here are the similarities

Hardik Pandya, who was proved to be a Team India's 'Trump card' in the Test before the tour of South Africa, is compared to Kapil Dev only. On the second day of the Cape Town Test, he proved it by playing a tremendous innings of 93 (95 balls) on the occasion of Kapil Dev's birthday. In the Cape Town Test, when India's first innings was disheartened after losing 7 wickets for 92 runs, Pandya's innings helped India cross 200.

Pandya, who missed the fourth Test, missed the century, but he reminded Kapil Dev with this daring innings which he played in the Port Elizabeth Test during India's first tour of Africa in 1992. Then Kapil had scored a century (129 runs, 180 balls) at a time when India lost their 7 wickets for just 88 runs. But at number 7, Kapil, who scored 129 runs while facing all-rounder Allan Donald's bowling, and when India's innings was reduced to 215, the last-wicket batsman was Kapil.

Pandya and Kapil in the same situation

- Both South Africa tour innings

-Port Elizabeth Test, December 1992 (Kapil Dev)

-Cape Town Test, January 2018 (Pandya)

-Kapiland Pandya both landed at number 7

-Kapil's innings at that time when India lost 7 wickets for 88 runs

-Pandya's innings at the time when India lost 7 wickets for 92 runs

-Kapil smashed 14 fours in addition to a six during his inning

-Pandya also scored 14 fours in addition to a six during his inning

- Thanks to the impressive inning of Kapil, India's innings reached 200 (215 runs)

- India's inning crossed 200 runs (209 runs) due to the swashbuckling inning of the Pandya.

-The second most personal score was 17 runs during the innings

- During Pandya's inning, the second highest individual score was 26 runs.