Kapil Dev vs Ian Botham

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[Johan]

Botham in Test as his peak was way higher and his stats are significantly better till the last 5 years where god knows why he returned.

Kapil in One day as he is the GOAT one day all rounder with Klusenar and Flintoff.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not a fair comparison, definitely Botham

Try Kapil Dev v Scott Styris maybe

 

[Athlai]

Botham at his peak is one of the best ever. Sorta depends what vintage of Botham we have. But he takes it on batting and on bowling.

 

[anil1405]

I can see it coming. It's all been boiling down to Jacques Kallis vs Kapil Dev all this while.

 

[Athlai]

I can see it coming. It's all been boiling down to Jacques Kallis vs Kapil Dev all this while.

On bowling? Yeah it's close

 

[trundler]

On bowling? Yeah it's close

Kapil probably won more matches with the bat.

 

[subshakerz]

Kapil's record against WI is his sole advantage over Botham. But overall its not like Botham is far ahead of Kapil.

 

[Athlai]

Kapil probably won more matches with the bat.

Kapil 6 50+ scores in Test wins (1 ton)
Kallis 50 50+ scores in Test wins (22 tons)

 

[trundler]

Kapil 6 50+ scores in Test wins (1 ton)
Kallis 50 50+ scores in Test wins (22 tons)

Kallis was just lucky other guys scored quickly enough after he got out in those tests while Kapil did the job himself.

 

[Flem274*]

Kapil 6 50+ scores in Test wins (1 ton)
Kallis 50 50+ scores in Test wins (22 tons)

neither as good as Chats with the ball tho

 

[Athlai]

Kallis was just lucky other guys scored quickly enough after he got out in those tests while Kapil did the job himself.

Kallis didn't need luck cos he was Kallis.

 

[h_hurricane]

Kapil's record against WI is his sole advantage over Botham. But overall its not like Botham is far ahead of Kapil.

It is a major advantage imo. People debate here hypothetical ATG XIs all the time yet rarely some one looks at how players performed against real ATG XIs during their playing years.

 

[trundler]

Kallis didn't need luck cos he was Kallis.

Should've actually won matches then

 

[BazBall21]

Super Ian

 

[Athlai]

Should've actually won matches then

82 wins | 42 draws | 42 losses | 0 ties
24 wins | 75 draws | 31 losses | 1 tie

 

[trundler]

82 wins | 42 draws | 42 losses | 0 ties
24 wins | 75 draws | 31 losses | 1 tie

Right place at the right time.

 

[mr_mister]

Botham is so hard to rate.

 

[BazBall21]

One of the best peaks ever. And it was a relatively lengthy one. But doesn’t have the consistency volume of Imran/Hadlee/Kallis etc. I feel like rating of him slowly drops as time goes by.

 

[ankitj]

This has been done before:

Ian Botham vs Kapil Dev

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