Dhoni Vs Gilchrist in ODIs.

[bagapath]

Gilly remains my favorite cricketer from the last 20 years. And Dhoni is the kind of Indian captain/cricketer who makes me feel good about myself. While Gilly's place in the Dream Test XI is secure, I am not sure who will make it to my all time ODI XI as WK-batter anymore.

All things considered, who is the better ODI cricketer?

[B][U][U]Batting		
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		Mat 	Inns 	NO 	Runs 	HS 	Ave 	BF 	SR 	100 	50 	0
AC Gilchrist 	287 	279 	11 	9619 	172 	35.89 	9922 	96.94 	16 	55 	19	
MS Dhoni 	186 	166 	42 	6049 	183* 	48.78 	6910 	87.53 	7 	38 	6


[B][B][U]Wicket Keeping	[/U][/B][/B]

		Mat 	Inns 	Dis 	Ct 	St 	Max Dis Inns 	Dis/Inn
AC Gilchrist  	287 	281 	472 	417 	55 	6 (6ct 0st) 	1.679
MS Dhoni 	186 	183 	241 	181 	60 	6 (5ct 1st) 	1.316
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Captaincy
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		Mat	W	L	T	NR	W/L
MS Dhoni 	102 	59 	35 	1 	7 	1.68
AC Gilchrist 	17 	12 	4 	0 	1 	3.00

 

[kingpin]

In terms of wicket keeping Gilly
As a Batsman Dhoni

Over and all Dhoni

 

[Bun]

MSD... the WC performance in the final was the missing element from his spectacular ODI career so far....

 

[benchmark00]

No contest. Gilchrist.

 

[Howe_zat]

It's not really a fair comparison because ODI batting is defined by your role, and these two have very different roles in their sides. It's certainly not "no contest."

In terms of an ODI XI, it'll be decided by who else you want because you can then pick whether you need your keeper to open or finish. It's certainly not "no contest." Lately, I've been leaning towards Dhoni because I want to open with Tendulkar and Jayasuria.

 

[Blaze 18]

Gilchrist. Have to look beyond averages and statistics.

 

[Bun]

No contest. Gilchrist.

Correct, if there is no contest Gilchrist wins on account of those lovely pair of Jumboears.

 

[vcs]

Both brilliant, but very different ODI cricketers. Almost impossible to choose one. If I wanted to pick for an All-Time XI, I'd take Gilchrist. For a weaker side (possibly lacking a natural leader), Dhoni hands down.

 

[Jono]

Dhoni is still underrated on CW as an ODI cricketer imo, but I'd still take Gilchrist.

 

[ankitj]

In all time XI, Gilchrist is disadvantaged by the fact that he is an opener and has to fight for a place with likes of Greenidge, M Waugh, Ganguly, Anwar, Jayasuriya etc. Much easier to fit in Dhoni instead. Even otherwise, I think Dhoni has done enough to take a claim at being the best wicketkeeper-batsman ever in ODIs. Not to mention, the value of his captaincy.

 

[hang on]

dhoni for an alltime 11. since i would have jayasuriya open with tendulkar. and dhoni would captain, too.

jayasuriya
tendulkar
richards
ponting
abbas
dhoni
bevan
akram
mcgrath
garner
murali

 

[Bun]

dhoni for an alltime 11. since i would have jayasuriya open with tendulkar. and dhoni would captain, too.

jayasuriya
tendulkar
richards
ponting
abbas
dhoni
bevan
akram
mcgrath
garner
murali

Killer side that is

 

[Shri]

Would open with Haydos and Sachin and have Dhoni in the side. Awesome on so many levels.

 

[salman85]

I think Gilchrist is the better ODI player.

Dhoni's a good batsman,but i felt his ability with the bat is a tad overated.Both are equally safe behind the stumps,so there's not a lot to chose there.Gilchrist is better as a batsman,and even though the difference isn't huge,it's big enough for Gilchrist to be the better ODI player.

However,if we were to make an all time-ODI team,Dhoni would probably have a better chance of getting in because of the position he bats in as Gilchrist would be up against stiff competition from a lot of top order openers as it has been pointed in this thread,whereas Dhoni would not have the same competition down the order at 5,6, or 7.

 

[salman85]

Killer side that is

Although Zaheer Abbas in all all time ODI 11 is laughable when you bring other players into th equation.He won't make it a Pakistan ODI all time-11,let alone a world all time-11.

 

[Howe_zat]

Although Zaheer Abbas in all all time ODI 11 is laughable when you bring other players into th equation.He won't make it a Pakistan ODI all time-11,let alone a world all time-11.

I wouldn't have him in either but it isn't laughable. Why wouldn't make a Pakistan side? After Miandad, Inzy and Anwar, I'm struggling to think of a better Pakistan ODI batsman.

 

[Shri]

Sachin Tendulkar
Matthew Hayden
Viv Richards
Ricky Ponting
Michael Bevan
MS Dhoni
Imran Khan
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
M Muralitharan
Glenn Mcgrath

4 great captains in the side too. Would be so awesome to see Bevan and Dhoni work the gaps for singles and twos together in the middle overs.

 

[salman85]

I wouldn't have him in either but it isn't laughable. Why wouldn't make a Pakistan side? After Miandad, Inzy and Anwar, I'm struggling to think of a better Pakistan ODI batsman.

Saleem Malik and Yousuf would both be ahead of him.

Zaheer was notorious choker under pressure.

 

[hang on]

not to fussed if abbas does not make it. however, an average of 47 in that era does not quite brook much argument as regards his quality.

 

[Ikki]

When you take captaincy into account Dhoni is probably the better overall player. However, for an all-time side I'd pick Gilchrist since he is a better wicket-keeper.