capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
There are some that doesn't even gets that.... But what's your point anyways?
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Is Ravichandran Ashwin an ATG test bowler?
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Coronis
International Coach
That its not a noteworthy accomplishment to keep bigging him up on. Bloke barely plays any of his tests. Hell he’s played a lower percentage than other players who get banned. And all in exchange for a bowler who is just his level.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
You do you bro....
Victor Ian
International Coach
No he can't. He can be all time durable but ATG is just pushing it.
Socerer 01
International Captain
the only batsman they use it for is Smith and maybe Root but we had a lot of “well akshually” comments saying how Smith fell off after pitches in Australia got spicier in the recent comparison threads anyway
every opener is considered **** or meh in comparison to previous players, Kohli gets **** on for his post pandemic fall and Williamson is never taken seriously for his away performances
Socerer 01
International Captain
Jimmy in this thread, Rabada, Ishant recently, Shami etc etc
i dont mind the penalising part tbh, bowlers like Ngidi, Hasan Ali and Thakur have juiced up stats that keep being referred to all the time but there has been a circular logic of “the bowlers are **** because they bowl in spicy pitches” and then “the batsmen are **** because they cant make good scores and cant fend off the **** bowlers we’ve established according to the previous theory” while engaging in nostalgia wanks because cricket fans are the only ones who unironically think their sport is the only one that has defied advances in sports science and professionalisation and regressed
As amazing a bowler Anderson is, I would never group him in the same tier as Waqar.
Dravid is legit ATG purely for that 2011 UK tour even if we go to the extremes by ignoring his gun performances in 2000s.
I am yet to see a batsman handling late swing that well.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
He's the All Time Brainiest (ATB) for sure. There's a Small Hadron Collider inside his head actually which makes his neurons race around faster than the rest of us.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
One series is a alousy criteria to make an ATG. However, I would say Dravid has several mega series that help his case. But he falls short.
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
All four would have significantly better averages if they played in the 2000s
OverratedSanity
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He's great enough that you shouldn't be mad at anyone classifying him as ATG regardless of what your personal criteria is.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Chill out. This is a very low stakes situation.
Socerer 01
International Captain
my dude you’ve been the one throwing in jibes whenever possible sneakily
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Is Kohli an ATG for the 2018 double of ATG series in SA(against one of the greatest attacks since the quartet, peak Philander, Morkel and Rabada+Steyn for the first test) and series in Eng vs peak Anderson and Broad(he outscored everyone on horrible pitches, worse than ones Dravid faced in 2011, although David faced an overall better attack)?
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
At Ashwin, not posters.
OverratedSanity
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Hain what that was the most chill post I've directed at you in ages
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Just messing with ya sir.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
He's great but not ATG great.