subshakerz
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No, I grant that to Kapil. But by the same token, he also binged on Zimbabwe and SL more than Botham.
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How does Ravindra Jadeja compare with Kapil Dev and Ian Botham ( Tests)
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Coronis
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Do you know what either of these words mean?
Socerer 01
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Botham > Jadeja > Dev
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Their bowling numbers pretty much are indistinguishable. Batting numbers for Botham clearly a level above.
Coronis
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Nah Botham was better and has a more consistent record across countries. Hell his away average is identical to Kapil’s overall average.
capt_Luffy
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Kapil had to carry the bowling on his back much more with shittier bowlers around him and less suitable home conditions; as well as the feat of playing all his Test matches on the trott missing only one....
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Meh he averages like 2 runs lower than Kapil away from home and performed like a weakling against the best opposition unlike Kapil who leveled up. There's nothing in it in terms of bowling.
Coronis
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3 runs actually. Think about that for a second - the difference between Wasim and Anderson, the difference between Anderson and Kapil.
As I said I agree with you, he was much better against the Windies, that is his main selling point. I don’t think it overcomes everything else though.
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Yeah I think this is so especially with the ball, much as Kapil is a gun. I think it's pretty close between he and Jadeja with the bat, though the latter seems to have come on at test level in spades in recent years.
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@honestbharani how do you think Kapil is better than Botham or Jadeja?
Socerer 01
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same doubt, the Kapil votes confuse me
ankitj
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@Pap Finn Keighl can you adjust the numbers to account for all the adversities Kapil played in?
_00_deathscar
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Peak Botham > Jadeja > Kapil > regular Botham
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Batting:
Botham>>>Jadeja>Kapil
Bowling:
Botham=Kapil>Jadeja
Botham>>>Jadeja>Kapil
Bowling:
Botham=Kapil>Jadeja
CricAddict
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That's unfair on Jadeja to me but underrating him is the favorite pastime in CW these days so to each his own.
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Which one, the bowling or batting part?
Either way, rating him marginally below two other great all rounders in any discipline is hardly some huge disrespect lol
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Three greater than symbols is not marginal.
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Yes fair. On batting, I firmly believe Botham is far far better than his average indicates and significantly better than the other two. He is a better batsman than even Imran who averages almost 38. I think people really underestimate how insane it is for a bowling all rounder to score 14 hundreds.
This also does not indicate Jadeja disrespect at all. Botham just has some insane numbers.
I agree with this except the three '>' sign between Botham and Jadeja in batting and basically four '>' sign between Botham and Kapil in batting. I think one should be enough.
Bowling, I would agree to it.