PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Kapil is very arguably better than Botham since he wasn’t mediocre against the best team of his era
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Combining ODI and Test records, who are the 5 greatest cricketers ever?
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capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Better bowler than Botham slightly. CATD, debatable either way.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I know
DrWolverine
U19 Debutant
Among those four all rounder, Kapil should be the last.
Kapil : Average bowler. Average batsman.
Botham : Strange case. At his peak he could win matches with both the bat and ball.
Imran : Top 10 bowler. Good with the bat.
Hadlee : Top 3 bowler or even the best. Okay with the bat
DrWolverine
U19 Debutant
There has been only one all rounder who could win matches with both the bat and ball in cricket history and that’s Botham.
Even if you dissect his statistics, he remains the only cricketer to score 10+ centuries and take 10+ 5-Fer. And he did it in just 51 Tests.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Botham gets way overrated in general. Had a Top 5 Peak of All Time, doesn't means I am going to ignore the rest of 2/3 of his career. But yes, overall Botham is better than Dev, mainly due to batting difference as Dev is slightly the better bowler.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I'm not sure if Kapil is India's best ever bowling allrounder, yet alone the world's best.
Coronis
International Coach
No idea what CATD means. cat dick?
Coronis
International Coach
Doesn’t mean you can ignore the rest of his record.
Pap Finn Keighl
International Debutant
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Can Agree To Disagree. Kapil was, imo, a better bowler than Botham slightly.
Pap Finn Keighl
International Debutant
Not just WI, take last 30 years... Is there a better pacer than Kapil with 25+ batting avg other than Pollock?
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
I’m not saying Kapil is better but their records are close enough to where it’s not ridiculous to pick either one.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
No. But one does average 24 (Philander)
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Pap Finn Keighl
International Debutant
75+ scores
Botham 16
Kapil 15
Kapil was capable of hitting lightning fast 100 against 4 ATG attack.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Re bowling:
Very little between Kapil and Botham.
Chris Cairns slightly behind, with Flintoff not far behind him.
Very little between Kapil and Botham.
Chris Cairns slightly behind, with Flintoff not far behind him.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Vettori 14 (better bat than Kapil but much worse bowler)
DrWolverine
U19 Debutant
I would rate Flintoff ahead of Imran, Botham and Hadlee ahead in ODIs. Maybe even Kapil too.