India Top Two ODI batsmen

[Pratters]

Are Rohit and Kohli the greatest two odi batsmen India has produced.. Rohit is massively underrated.

 

[Daemon]

Kohli and Tendulkar are 1 & 2 in no particular order.

Rohit is 3 for mine.

The three of them are a cut above the rest imo.

 

[Malcolm]

Tier 1
Tendulkar, Kohli

Tier 2
Dhoni, Rohit

Tier 3
Ganguly, Azhar, Sehwag, Dhawan

 

[vcs]

Gambhir wouldn't be too far. Probably a small sample size for him compared to some of the other names.

 

[Logan]

1. Kohli
2. Sachin
3. Rohit
4. Saurav
5. Dhoni

 

[trundler]

Rohit over Tendulkar is a stretch. Tendulkar mastered biffing and other aspects of ODI opening way before they became standard practice owing to roads and such.

Side note: love the Tendulkar pull to balls outside off. Got out playing that in the 03 final but boy he played it well usually.

 

[SJS]

The game is tilted very heavily in favor of the openers so it is not fair comparing all batsmen together.

 

[harsh.ag]

1. Tendulkar
2. Kohli

3. Ganguly
4. Rohit
5. Dhoni

 

[SJS]

 

[h_hurricane]

Ganguly is a bit over-rated here.

1.Kohli
2.Tendulkar
3.Dhoni
4.Rohit
5.Dhawan

Rohit should be above Dhoni soon.

 

[h_hurricane]

Tier 1
Tendulkar, Kohli

Tier 2
Dhoni, Rohit

Tier 3
Ganguly, Azhar, Sehwag, Dhawan

Good list. One could add Yuvraj to 3rd tier. Impressive WC in 2011 and several other clutch performances like Natwest 2002.

 

[trundler]

I'll take Dhawan ahead of Sehwag in a heartbeat

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

1.Sachin
2.Kohli
3.Dhoni
4. Rohit
5.Azhar

India Top 3 + Viv and Abdv = all-time world top 5

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

1. Kohli
2. Sachin
3. Rohit
4. Saurav
5. Dhoni

Rating Ganguly ahead of Dhoni is similar to rating Jayawardena above Viv Richards in tests.

 

[mr_mister]

Ajay Jadeja figure anywhere in this discussion?

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Ajay Jadeja figure anywhere in this discussion?

Even in mid 90s , we had 3 better in Sachin , Azhar and Sourav.

 

[cnerd123]

Ajay Jadeja figure anywhere in this discussion?

A batsman isn't of much use to a team when someone can pay him to underperform IMO

 

[sledger]

A batsman isn't of much use to a team when someone can pay him to underperform IMO

I.e. most batsmen from the sub continent

 

[sledger]

I.e. most batsmen from the sub continent

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

A batsman isn't of much use to a team when someone can pay him to underperform IMO

Still better than Dravid though