SehwagVsGilchrist

[Malleeboy]

Gilchrist, how many World Cups has Sehwag set his side up for victory in.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I came in expecting a lot of defensive posts, and I am not disappointed.

 

[SJS]

Gilchrist, how many World Cups has Sehwag set his side up for victory in.

I do not know why WC finals should decide who is better between players who have played 383 and 370 international matches each.

Gilchrist has played three World Cup finals and Sehwag just one. A function of the strength of the sides they represent I suppose.

So if you want to compare Sehwag's solitary WC finals with anyone, how do you do it ? Compare with Gilchrists's first WC Finals ?

• Sehwag (2003) 82 in 81 balls, facing a mammoth 359 with wickets falling all around him and against Australia sensing victory from the first over..
  
• Gilchrist (1999) 54 in 36 deliveries facing a target of 132 in 50 overs against Pakistan down in the dumps thanks to their own miserable batting. !!

Frankly even this does not show Sehwag is better but just making the pointlessness of that criteria.

 

[SJS]

To me Sehwag is much better in Tests and they are more or less even in odi's. Maybe Gilchrist could be slightly ahead in the limited version. That may change with how Sehwag is batting in odi's now.

That puts Sehwag ahead for me. I give much more weightage to Tests and the difference in odi's is not significant if any.

 

[SJS]

To me Sehwag is much better in Tests and they are more or less even in odi's. Maybe Gilchrist could be slightly ahead in the limited version. That may change with how Sehwag is batting in odi's now.

That puts Sehwag ahead for me. I give much more weightage to Tests and the difference in odi's is not significant if any.

Of course if you add Gilchrist's keeping he goes ahead

 

[Pratters]

Sehwag is a better test batsman than Gilchrist. So on pure batting, Sehwag>Gilchrist.

In ODIs, Gilchrist>Sehwag.

If total value of players is compared, Gilchrist is easily ahead because he can also keep.

 

[bunny]

Against spin, Sehwag >>> Gilchrist. Against short pitch stuff Gilchrist >>> Sehwag. Both have some holes in their technique.
Pure destructiveness, probably the two are equals. Overall, I will go for Sehwag as I like right handers much more than left handers.

 

[Athlai]

I just voted on terms of batting, which is Sehwag every day of the week. Gilchrists wicketkeeping is what makes him so legendary, many batsman are superior to him, just no wicketkeepers (to his level anyway).

 

[oitoitoi]

Imagine having them both opening in an ODI....Left/Right combo of pure destruction

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

I just voted on terms of batting, which is Sehwag every day of the week. Gilchrists wicketkeeping is what makes him so legendary, many batsman are superior to him, just no wicketkeepers (to his level anyway).

Agree With The Athlai

 

[Uppercut]

To me Sehwag is much better in Tests and they are more or less even in odi's. Maybe Gilchrist could be slightly ahead in the limited version. That may change with how Sehwag is batting in odi's now.

That puts Sehwag ahead for me. I give much more weightage to Tests and the difference in odi's is not significant if any.

The funny thing is, they're incredible aggressive batsmen in tests but for some reason it didn't come off for either of them in ODIs for long periods of their careers. People often point to Sehwag's fairly poor overall record in the format when Gilchrist's near-identical one is seemingly never mentioned.

 

[SJS]

The funny thing is, they're incredible aggressive batsmen in tests but for some reason it didn't come off for either of them in ODIs for long periods of their careers. People often point to Sehwag's fairly poor overall record in the format when Gilchrist's near-identical one is seemingly never mentioned.

I think that is because of Sehwag's amazing run of very big Test hundreds including triples.

By the way, I think Sehwag has sorted out his bugs. No more throwing away his wicket by trying to hit everythimg to the off and getting caught behind square so often. The fact is that after being dropped he has reached an amazing level at consistency and is scoring faster than before which seems unbelievable.

In 178 games till he was dropped Sehwag had the following stats

• Matches :183
• Runs : 5312
• Average : 31.0
• St Rate : 96.5

Since then he has i

• Matches : 21
• Runs : 1240
• Average : 62.0
• St Rate : 131.5
• 100's : 3
• 50's : 11

It is an amazing run. In 21 innings he has three hundreds, another 11 fifties and three other scores in the 40's !! Mind boggling. Here is the complete run

89, 59, 2, 78, 119, 49, 42, 60, 85, 1, 68, 69, 91, 42, 116, 5, 6, 77, 54, 3, 125 not out.

I would love someone to try and find a similarly consistent run by any other batsman in odi's and at a strike rate of 131 !!

 

[Uppercut]

AWTA- would also like to add that only two of the matches mentioned were against minnows, one apiece against Bangladesh and Hong Kong in the Asia cup. Sehwag's an awesome batsman these days.

 

[Ikki]

Wait till the end of their careers. Gilchrist in his peak would steam-roll Sehwag who is at his peak at the moment - if we accept it's his peak. Will wait a while before judging.

 

[grant28]

Sorry I disagree, I think Gilchrist is better. I think Sehwag is overrated tbh.

 

[Nutter]

Imagine having them both opening in an ODI....Left/Right combo of pure destruction

I think I'd go with Sehwag/Jayasuriya for an ODI opening pair.

 

[Pratters]

I think I'd go with Sehwag/Jayasuriya for an ODI opening pair.

Tendulkar would be the first pick for one day opening bat. Also, I don't understand all the Sehwag love in ODI cricket. The guy averages 34 in ODIs over his career. Surely he needs to play better longer.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I don't understand all the Sehwag love in ODI cricket. The guy averages 34 in ODIs over his career.

Its the combination of 34 and 100 which makes him special though.

 

[Pratters]

Its the combination of 34 and 100 which makes him special though.

Sehwag's S/R is over stated. Even Jayasuirya averages 32 with a S/R of 91 over a much longer career. Sehwag's career isn't over and not that long ago, he was averaging in 30 range. I will wait till his career is over before I rate him highly as an ODI batsman.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Sehwag's S/R is over stated. Even Jayasuirya averages 32 with a S/R of 91 over a much longer career. Sehwag's career isn't over and not that long ago, he was averaging in 30 range. I will wait till his career is over before I rate him highly as an ODI batsman.

91 is as far from 100 as 34 is from 40. So I don't see what your point is? Sehwag's played almost as many matches as Bevan. Unless Bevan can't be rated too on grounds of sample size.