CricAddict
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Steve Smith being greater than Gavaskar, Hutton and Sobers is pretty contentious. Agree with the rest.
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Greg Chappell vs Rahul Dravid
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Adorable Asshole
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You are overrating Smith hard. His record in 3rd and 4th innings are pretty bad.
Also no way Chappell > Sutcliffe.
OverratedSanity
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Underrating Border massively. He's better than Barrington and Walcott. Azharuddin is also a very questionable pick as India's 5th best batsman. That's either sehwag or Vvs or maybe someone like Hazare.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Amarnath. India's only away bully.
Silver Silva
International Regular
Very unusual career , His away average was almost double his home average , also he scored 11 Test hundreds but never hit a 150+ score ..I think he's the greatest batsman never to score a 150.
Patience and Accuracy+Gut
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Would Switch Sobers and Viv for WI and most likely Sutcliffe and Headley surely above Chappell.
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subshakerz
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Steve Smith's last three-four years will determine where he will end up. If he ends with a 55/56 average vs. a 58/59 one it does make a difference.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
*Cries in Rahane*
Slifer
International Captain
There was a poll recently where Smith absolutely destroyed Viv and most usually have Viv in their top 5, therefore I just assumed he'd also be considered above the likes of Hutton and Sunil. And I did put ">/=" in regards to him vs Sobers.
Slifer
International Captain
Does it really matter who the 5th best indian battery is? They aren't likely better than Sir Allan. As for Border being better than Clyde and Ken, that's fair.
BazBall21
International Captain
Expect his away average to drop from here. Most of the bowling on the circuit being rather hapless in Australia should help overall.
Viv is a superior player to Smith. If he cared for records, he'd have held them all.
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subshakerz
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Well then he should have cared for records so we don't have to debate.
A deeper understanding of the game exists that looks beyond records. Viv was a genius, like Lara or Akram. Stats tell only part of the story. Many average more than Viv but his impact is reflected in his peer review/expert opinion.
Socerer 01
International Captain
this will be repeated verbatim by the kids who grew up in the last decade watching de Villiers smash it for RCB and South Africa