Chawla's prediction came amid the ongoing 2026 season of the league. In the short conversation, there were proven batters like Andre Russell, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, David Warner, MS Dhoni, AB de Villiers, Jos Buttler, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Gambhir, and Shikhar Dhawan.
Suryakumar Yadav: 9/10
David Warner: 9/10
AB de Villiers: 7/10
Glenn Maxwell: 6/10
Kieorn Pollard: 5/10
Rohit Sharma: 9/10
Gautam Gambhir: 10/10
According to Chawla, Gautam Gambhir was the best batter in his time who used to play against the spinners precisely. Among the other Indian batters, the former spinner rated 9 out of 10 for Shikhar, Rohit, Hardik, Virat, and Suryakumar. Though Chawla gave the former India captain MS Dhoni only 7 out of 10.
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Gautam Gambhir's record against the spinners
In the T20s, he played for the Delhi Daredevils (Now Delhi Capitals), and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). From 2008 to 2018, Gautam Gambhir played 1,183 balls against the spinners in this particular format to score 1,534, averaging 38.4, and with a strike rate of 129.7.
In the longer formats, Gambhir's overall batting average was over 50, which is definitely pretty good, and supports Piyush Chawla's rating as well.
Pollard's batting stats vs spinners
Pollard was a journeyman in the T20 format as he played for multiple teams and franchises across the globe. But his batting stats against the spinners look slightly different from Gautam Gambhir's T20 stats against the spinners.
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