What does AB De Villiers need achieve to surpass Viv Richards as the ODI's greatest

[Pratters]

Is Srikant from Tamil Nadu? Check.

 

[Burgey]

Srikant started it all. 1983.

Haha I remember him going coco bananas in some ODIs out here in the early 80s iirc. Was quite a spectacle.

 

[Pratters]

Srikant was some thing else completely. Kallu before Kallu.

 

[honestbharani]

Is Srikant from Tamil Nadu? Check.

Does it have nothing to do with anything posted or discussed here? Check. Must be a Pratters post then.

 

[harsh.ag]

Srikant was some thing else completely. Kallu before Kallu.

It's Kalu

 

[honestbharani]

Expecting Pratters to post something right, are we?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Expecting Pratters to post something right, are we?

He should have checked the facts

 

[honestbharani]

He should have checked the facts

ok

 

[Pratters]

Ponting won world cup finals, and was devastating for longer. He is greater than Sachin in ODIs for me.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ponting won world cup finals, and was devastating for longer. He is greater than Sachin in ODIs for me.

Ponting was indeed devastating for Australia during his 4 year long decline I agree.

 

[srbhkshk]

You are missing Dhoni, Lara and Sanga in that list. The top 3 (AB, Viv, Sachin) are clearly ahead of the rest.

Sanga has a lower strike rate then what a batsman of his caliber should have, Dhoni I agree with, he could take Ponting's spot. Lara is such a great test batsman I never quite noted him in ODIs :P.

 

[vcs]

Yeah I think I agree. Tendulkar has the aggregates, but he wasn't quite as destructive as AB can be at times.

AWTA. Sachin is still better than AB/Kohli/Amla (the 3 standout ODI batsmen of the current era) for me as it stands. Amazing longevity and had a great combination of destructive ability and consistency.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah Amla would be there and thereabouts in the 8-10 of my list, the top 7 of which I posted earlier.

 

[harsh.ag]

AWTA. Sachin is still better than AB/Kohli/Amla (the 3 standout ODI batsmen of the current era) for me as it stands. Amazing longevity and had a great combination of destructive ability and consistency.

Nope.

 

[honestbharani]

so vcs gets banned?

 

[vcs]

Actually I quoted the wrong post.. meant to quote Shri's post where he said "remember '98/'99?" or something along those lines.

 

[honestbharani]

Good save

 

[tobe_ornot2]

Translate: I just like Ponting more...

You can try and prove me wrong. Ponting's numbers and ability are both superior to AB, it is what it is. The truth can hurt.

Top 5 ODI bats:

1. Tendulkar
2. Viv
3. Dhoni
4. Kohli
5. Bevan

Not included: Batsmen who have only pretty numbers and nothing else of note.

Does that not apply to Tendulkar the most? Two decades of pretty numbers? He is not as successful as Ponting or Viv, Dhoni and Kohli even less so and while Bevan was terrific he does not have the type of longevity or excellence as any number of heart ODI batsmen who could rank in at 5. In fact, Mike Hussey may be the most destructive finisher in the game's history.

 

[Shri]

You forgot to switch accounts.

And also, lol.

 

[honestbharani]

You can try and prove me wrong. Ponting's numbers and ability are both superior to AB, it is what it is. The truth can hurt.



Does that not apply to Tendulkar the most? Two decades of pretty numbers? He is not as successful as Ponting or Viv, Dhoni and Kohli even less so and while Bevan was terrific he does not have the type of longevity or excellence as any number of heart ODI batsmen who could rank in at 5. In fact, Mike Hussey may be the most destructive finisher in the game's history.

So earlier we had RootFan come back and now it appears another one s back from around then.