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Who would be your top 10 greatest Asian cricketers?
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subshakerz
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Imran
Daylight
Sachin
Murali
Gavaskar
Wasim
Kapil
Miandad
Waqar
Dravid
Kumble
The title of Asia's greatest cricketer comes down nicely between Murali (arguably its greatest bowler), Sachin (its greatest batsman) and Imran (its greatest allrounder/captain). Between them, Imran is a clear winner in my mind. In fact, I dont think its a contest.
I would argue that Imran is very close if not better than Murali as a bowler (my own opinion is that all-time great fast bowlers are generally more penetrative and adaptable than all-time great spinners like Murali/Warne). Even is you argue that Murali is a better bowler due to his mountain of wickets, its not by much, and Imran's batting ability and captaincy then give him a big edge.
Versus Sachin, while Sachin does outscore Imran on talent, I would argue in terms of impact, Dravid and possibly Sehwag have been more influential in India's fortunes. Imran not only had an incomparable impact through his bowling and batting, his captaincy took his influence to a whole other level. He created a legacy that lasted well after he left, and changed the mindset of Pakistan's game. Outside of Sobers and Bradman, its hard to think of a cricketer who changed his team the way Imran did. You can say that Imran has a bit of an advantage given that he is an all-rounder, but I don't see why he should be penalized for that.
Daylight
Sachin
Murali
Gavaskar
Wasim
Kapil
Miandad
Waqar
Dravid
Kumble
The title of Asia's greatest cricketer comes down nicely between Murali (arguably its greatest bowler), Sachin (its greatest batsman) and Imran (its greatest allrounder/captain). Between them, Imran is a clear winner in my mind. In fact, I dont think its a contest.
I would argue that Imran is very close if not better than Murali as a bowler (my own opinion is that all-time great fast bowlers are generally more penetrative and adaptable than all-time great spinners like Murali/Warne). Even is you argue that Murali is a better bowler due to his mountain of wickets, its not by much, and Imran's batting ability and captaincy then give him a big edge.
Versus Sachin, while Sachin does outscore Imran on talent, I would argue in terms of impact, Dravid and possibly Sehwag have been more influential in India's fortunes. Imran not only had an incomparable impact through his bowling and batting, his captaincy took his influence to a whole other level. He created a legacy that lasted well after he left, and changed the mindset of Pakistan's game. Outside of Sobers and Bradman, its hard to think of a cricketer who changed his team the way Imran did. You can say that Imran has a bit of an advantage given that he is an all-rounder, but I don't see why he should be penalized for that.
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Sir Alex
Banned
1. Murali - His records will NEVER be broken, and at that average. Guaranteed.
2. Sachin
3. Imran - as allround cricketers, they both are amazingly good but perhaps bias is deciding factor here.
4. Gavaskar
5. W1
6. Kumble (tireless champion)
7. Kapil Dev (he is awesome but he was NEVER the go-to option that Kumble was.
8. Dravid
9. Inzamam
10. W2
2. Sachin
3. Imran - as allround cricketers, they both are amazingly good but perhaps bias is deciding factor here.
4. Gavaskar
5. W1
6. Kumble (tireless champion)
7. Kapil Dev (he is awesome but he was NEVER the go-to option that Kumble was.
8. Dravid
9. Inzamam
10. W2
G.I.Joe
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Himannv
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Dravid should be in the top 10 or at least close to it.
Sanga possibly due to the keeping factor. Keeping wickets and averaging 50+ at no. 3 is no mean feat I'd say.
Aravinda, simply the best batsman Sri Lanka have ever produced IMO. Certainly one of the best ODI batsmen of his era.
Jarquis
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Probably why he averages 44 doing that
Shri
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My word isn't the gospel, stop being so annoying. Too many damn questions no matter where I go these days, irritating.
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Sir Alex
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Don't post then. You expect to get questions if you post in an internet forum understand? Who do you think you are? If you don't want anyone to question you, put everyone else on ignore. OK?
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Migara
International Coach
Sanga is a class act with gloves as well. De Silva is a effective spinner, and the best fielder of the lot. De Silva is in a sperate class in the ODI game when compared to Dravid or Sanga
As test batsman: Dravid > Sangakkara > Aravinda
As ODI batsmen: Aravinda > Dravid > Sangakkara
As Test players: Sangakkara (keeping) > Dravid = Aravinda (bowling, fielding)
As ODI players: Aravinda (bowling, fielding) > Sangakkara (keeping) > Dravid
As batsmen overall: All three are almost euql, perhaps Dravid marginally better
As Players overall: Sangakkara > Aravinda > Dravid
Edit: As batsmen, was copy pasted mistakenly. edited now
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The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Putting a lot of weighting on ODI there, IMO, not to mention ignoring Dravid's own fielding prowess - slips catching isn't easy.
Migara
International Coach
Ya, there was a mistake. Now edited.
Sir Alex
Banned
dwta heavy premium on Aravinda's bowling.
But I'd pay to watch Aravinda of the three. Still Dravid > Sangakkara > Aravinda for me overall.