Has or will Jadeja overtake Kapil?

[subshakerz]

Mentioned in the other thread. I don't rate Jadeja as much as others but interested to see if his rating on this forum is now eclipsing that of Kapil, or if he is in line to by the end of his career.

 

[subshakerz]

Apologies just realized there is a similar thread posted earlier.

 

[Migara]

Hard in ODIs. May do eventually in tests.

 

[Xuhaib]

Kapil is under rated here. I still have him as 2nd greatest indian cricketer off all time after Sachin.

A better both format cricketer then Sunny, Dravid, Ashwin and Jadeja and a world cup winning captain @24 defeating two time defending champion in the final

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Kapil's record would've looked really different had he retired on time or at least focused only on batting towards the end of his career. Having said that, I think he is highly underrated. People only talk about a couple of his popular performances, but some of his performances were just freakish to say the least.

For.e.g This 95 ball test century against Holding, Roberts, Marshall, Garner in the 2nd innings.

WI vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Test at Port of Spain, March 11 - 16, 1983

Get cricket scorecard of 2nd Test, WI vs IND, India tour of West Indies 1982/83 at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad dated March 11 - 16, 1983.

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The other all-rounders of the 80s weren't that effective against a full steam WI bowling lineup. Sure Hadlee had a couple of good knocks against them but those were in NZ with the umpires just to ready to give any decisions in favour of WI. I remember watching the bowlers just hopping towards the crease and bowling military medium coz they were fed up with the umps.

 

[Coronis]

Oh jeez I saw this bumped, assumed it was Kallis not Kapil

 

[Athlai]

Ashwin kind of makes Jadeja feel less valuable imo. Talent wise maybe he's a better player but his record and impact on the team will never be as significant as Kapil

 

[flibbertyjibber]

No need to argue either way as both are great players and would be in an all time squad if not the team depending on where the match was played. Bit difficult comparing a spinner with a pace bowler really.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Ashwin kind of makes Jadeja feel less valuable imo. Talent wise maybe he's a better player but his record and impact on the team will never be as significant as Kapil

Kapil gets downgraded as Botham and Imran were better all rounders for large parts of his career too. Just appreciate them all for the fantastic players they were.

 

[Coronis]

Kapil gets downgraded as Botham and Imran were better all rounders for large parts of his career too. Just appreciate them all for the fantastic players they were.

Please, CC would die if that was everyone’s attitude.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Please, CC would die if that was everyone’s attitude.

But why compare spinners with pacemen?

 

[Coronis]

But why compare spinners with pacemen?

I mean, generally its not really done but its an allrounder thing so you can’t compare them without comparing their bowling as well, despite them being pace/spin.

 

[GIMH]

Another thread where the answer is Stokes

 

[trundler]

Another thread where the answer is Stokes

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I’d like to see Ben Stokes with a moustache.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Shakib = Kapil.
Both > Jadeja

 

[TheJediBrah]

I’d like to see Ben Stokes with a moustache.

Pat of me thinks anything that covers his face can only be a good thing, but the other part thinks it might make him even uglier

 

[Coronis]

As a Stokes myself, I really hope there is no relation to Ben Stokes. Really…really…hope…