honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Which 2004?2004
Which 2004?2004
Oh it was 2005 .Which 2004?
When was Lara at his peak?Best batsman over ever seen in real time and that includes Viv, Tendulkar and Smith. Peak Lara is the GOAT and there was a brilliance against him. He scored runs against three of the 5 best bowlers ever and may possibly be the best modern day player of spin.
Bowlers weren't scared when bowling to Gavaskar.This crap again
Why does it matter whether bowlers are scared?Bowlers weren't scared when bowling to Gavaskar.
Tendulkar is far better than Lara in Australia.Isn’t this what exactly Lara used to do ?
1997 , 2000, 2005 series to Australia consisted of 1 mammoth century in each series and lots of 10-20 runs .
Yes if it resulted in them being dominated. And I don't want to get into the larger conversation of quick scoring cameos changing game momentum too.Why does it matter whether bowlers are scared?
I would rather have my opener play as many deliveries as possible instead of a quick scoring cameo....Yes if it resulted in them being dominated. And I don't want to get into the larger conversation of quick scoring cameos changing game momentum too.
What if your opener plays twice as many deliveries to score half the runs as a cameo?I would rather have my opener play as many deliveries as possible instead of a quick scoring cameo....
This leads to more runs for the middle order.I would rather have my opener play as many deliveries as possible instead of a quick scoring cameo....
You just called Murali a great attack by himself. You are not wrong. WAG.Lara faced just as good attacks, McWarne, Donald and Pollock, 2Ws, Murali.
But how about again, Hammond, Hutton post war outside of Lindwall and Miller, Bradman.
Viv faced Imran, Wasim, Snow, Underwood, Lillee, Thompson, Quartet, Botham, Hadlee. Never played minnows.
Who besides Lara, Sachin, possibly Sobers faced names like that, and succeeded. And not just succeeded, dominated them, everywhere.
The revisionist history is ridiculous.
He is NOT better than Viv.I rate Gavaskar as the best opener since Hobbs, but are seriously arguing he is better than Viv or this typical smart alec contrarian takes?
Ponting and kohli feel like the same bat to me. Kohli has higher highs when thing are challenging, and lower lows. But (quality aside, which I'm not addressing in this post), they really feel like the same bat.Kohli would average 55+ if he played on the pitches Ponting played on. If Kohli has a few more good years, he’s pretty clearly better IMO.
It's very clearly not such a situation, Viv and Gavaskar have virtually identical averages.... If anything, Sunny has more centuriesWhat if your opener plays twice as many deliveries to score half the runs as a cameo?
No , we were discussing about quality of attacks faced by Lara , Richards, Sachin and GavaskarI rate Gavaskar as the best opener since Hobbs, but are seriously arguing he is better than Viv or this typical smart alec contrarian takes?
I rate Gavaskar as the best opener since Hobbs, but are seriously arguing he is better than Viv or this typical smart alec contrarian takes?
He is better than Viv.