Best Players of Spin

[Thala_0710]

Rate the following batsmen purely based on how well they played spin:
Jayawardene
Lara
Root
Sangakkara
Sehwag
Sidhu
Smith
Tendulkar

 

[capt_Luffy]

Lara
Sehwag
Tendulkar
Smith
Jayawardene
Root
Sangakkara/Sidhu not sure

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lara
Tendulkar/Sehwag
Smith
Jayawardene
Root
Sangakkara/Sidhu

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Younis Khan

 

[Johan]

Lara
Tendulkar
Sehwag
Smith
Jayawerdene
Root
Sangakkara
Sidhu

 

[honestbharani]

Lara

rest

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Lara and Sehwag at the top, Sanga at the bottom(not that he’s not a very good player of spin, just relative to others). Younis Khan close to the top, but Lara the best ever purely for the 2001 tour to SL

 

[centurymaker]

Sehwag
Lara
Tendulkar
Sidhu
Jayawardene
Root
Smith
Sangakkara

 

[BazBall21]

Lara
Tendulkar
Jayawardene
Sehwag
Sidhu
Smith
Root
Sangakkara

 

[Thala_0710]

Lara
Tendulkar
Jayawardene
Sehwag
Sidhu
Root
Smith
Sangakkara

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The Prince

 

[govinda indian fan]

Lara
Sehwag
Younis
Sachin
Ganguly
Jayawardane
Smith
Root

 

[Slifer]

Sehwag
Lara

Then the rest.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Yeah, Sehwag against spin was a foregone conclusion. If he had even a modicum of restraint, he'd never have gotten out to a spinner.

 

[Shri]

Sehwag
Lara
Sachin

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Lara
Tendulkar
Jayawardene
Sehwag
Sidhu
Smith
Root
Sangakkara

Younis Khan batting averages in Asia :

Bangladesh - 600 runs @100.67
India - 768 runs @76.80
Sri Lanka - 1172 runs @45.08
Pakistan - 1898 runs @59.31
UAE - 2484 runs @55.20


Even his 4th innings record vs Asian teams is impressive ..

578 runs @52.54

Definitely slept on in this group if you don't have him in the top 8.

 

[Thala_0710]

Younis Khan batting averages in Asia :

Bangladesh - 600 runs @100.67
India - 768 runs @76.80
Sri Lanka - 1172 runs @45.08
Pakistan - 1898 runs @59.31
UAE - 2484 runs @55.20


Even his 4th innings record vs Asian teams is impressive ..

578 runs @52.54

Definitely slept on in this group if you don't have him in the top 8.

This wasn't meant to be my top 8, just 8 good players of spin

 

[govinda indian fan]

Younis Khan batting averages in Asia :

Bangladesh - 600 runs @100.67
India - 768 runs @76.80
Sri Lanka - 1172 runs @45.08
Pakistan - 1898 runs @59.31
UAE - 2484 runs @55.20


Even his 4th innings record vs Asian teams is impressive ..

578 runs @52.54

Definitely slept on in this group if you don't have him in the top 8.

Younis was legend against spin and always scored against asian sides but would rate him lesser then kohli for not doing well against sena

 

[Johan]

Kohli is definitely above Younis for me too, I have Younis pretty low though.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Younis was legend against spin and always scored against asian sides but would rate him lesser then kohli for not doing well against sena

Kohli in SENA countries :
41 Tests - 3471 runs @43.93
Younis in SENA countries:
30 Tests - 2329 runs @43.94