Name an overrated and an underrated cricketer

[mr_mister]

Overrated: Sachin
Underrated: Damian Fleming

 

[weldone]

Overrated: Glenn Maxwell
Underrated: Amit Mishra

 

[Pratters]

Overrated: Stuart Broad
Underrated: Murali Vijay

 

[mr_mister]

Overrated: Mitchell Johnson
Underrated: Herbert Sutcliffe

 

[weldone]

Overrated: Mitchell Starc
Underrated: Ashish Nehra

 

[weldone]

Overrated: Venkatesh Prasad
Underrated: Steven Finn

 

[vcs]

Overrated : Shoaib Akhtar
Underrated : VVS Laxman

 

[Black_Warrior]

Lol fun topic.

Just define what you mean by overrated and underrated here. Do you mean overrated/underrated by CW? Or by cricketing world in general? Or just players we don't like (overrated) and players we like (underrated)

 

[Kirkut]

Overrated: Venkatesh Prasad
Underrated: Steven Finn

Impossible.

 

[mr_mister]

Lol fun topic.

Just define what you mean by overrated and underrated here. Do you mean overrated/underrated by CW? Or by cricketing world in general? Or just players we don't like (overrated) and players we like (underrated)

Hmmm... both criterias sound interesting so use whichever you please. I just had cricketing world in general for mine as I still don't know CW's opinions inside and out

 

[Kirkut]

It's hard to call any player overrated, there are no specific standards to be judged with.

Underrated : Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Bloke's played 164 tests, made nearly 12000 runs at an average of 51.37 and is treated like a ghost in fandom arena.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Overrated: Shane Watson
Underrated: Shane Watson

 

[mr_mister]

Underrated : Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Bloke's played 164 tests, made nearly 12000 runs at an average of 51.37 and is treated like a ghost in fandom arena.

So essentially right up there with Sachin stats wise(my choice for overrated, which you abstained from) yet you would not find one person who'd wouldn't laugh at you if you suggested Chanderpaul was on Sachin's level, despite both having faced the tough '90s attacks(though I guess he avoided Ambrose and Walsh)

 

[smash84]

overrated: Dennis Lillee
underrated: Glenn McGrath

 

[weldone]

Overrated: Viv Richards (test matches only)
Underrated: Justin Langer

 

[weldone]

In ODIs (in terms of talent):

Overrated: Alex Hales
Underrated: Jason Roy

 

[Howe_zat]

****, boring thread with a ****, boring list of names with no way to discuss the list of names.

 

[91Jmay]

Alex Hales averages 34 with a SR of 88 in ODIs. I'd say most people rate him at about that level, don't they? A decent ODI opener.

 

[weldone]

Alex Hales averages 34 with a SR of 88 in ODIs. I'd say most people rate him at about that level, don't they? A decent ODI opener.

Most people go by stats and rate him higher than Roy in ODIs. I think in the long-run Roy will be much better.

 

[smash84]

Overrated: Viv Richards (test matches only)
Underrated: Justin Langer

No