Kapil Dev vs Kumar Sangakkara

[PlayerComparisons]

Two beasts from Asia

 

[capt_Luffy]

You don't take holidays, nah??

 

[Johan]

You don't take holidays, nah??

Nah he's a professional baiter, no other work.

 

[DrWolverine]

Kapil averages 31 with the bat and 29 with the ball

Even if he played in an easy era or batting pitches, a batting average of 57 over 130+ Test matches is an excellent achievement

 

[kyear2]

Please stop

 

[kyear2]

Nah he's a professional baiter, no other work.

Exactly this.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Kapil averages 31 with the bat and 29 with the ball

Even if he played in an easy era or batting pitches, a batting average of 57 over 130+ Test matches is an excellent achievement

Kapil Dev numbers easily better.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Kapil's batting getting seriously underrated like his bowling.

He scored 40 or more 51 times.
Other indian batsmen played similar number of innings,

Sehwag 69 times 40+
Pujara 68 times
Ganguly 73 times
Vengsarkar 68.

Kapil's numbers are almost specialist category.

 

[kyear2]

Kapil's batting getting seriously underrated like his bowling.

He scored 40 or more 51 times.
Other indian batsmen played similar number of innings,

Sehwag 69 times 40+
Pujara 68 times
Ganguly 73 times
Vengsarkar 68.

Kapil's numbers are almost specialist category.

Can't determine if this was supposed to be serious.

With an average of 31? Really?

 

[capt_Luffy]

Can't determine if this was supposed to be serious.

With an average of 31? Really?

I mean, Jaisimha, Wadekar, Pankaj Roy, Contractor, Yashpal Sharma, etc all averaged 31 odd. Botham also averages only 2 runs more. Kapil almost would had made the team as a specialist bat and he in general had a good rate of conversation for 40+ and 50+ scores, including 8 centuries.

 

[Coronis]

Kapil's batting getting seriously underrated like his bowling.

He scored 40 or more 51 times.
Other indian batsmen played similar number of innings,

Sehwag 69 times 40+
Pujara 68 times
Ganguly 73 times
Vengsarkar 68.

Kapil's numbers are almost specialist category.

This week on pick an arbitrary number that supports my conclusion.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

This week on pick an arbitrary number that supports my conclusion.

Otherwise people like you will continue to argue, Imran was consistent Kapil was unreliable... When the truth is opposite.

40 is arbitrary.. But its a decent contribution from a player in an innings, and if he does regularly.. And very close to specialists than other allrounders, you can not say he was inconsistent or unreliable anymore.

 

[Coronis]

Otherwise people like you will continue to argue, Imran was consistent Kapil was unreliable... When the truth is opposite.

40 is arbitrary.. But its a decent contribution from a player in an innings, and if he does regularly.. And very close to specialists than other allrounders, you can not say he was inconsistent or unreliable anymore.

Yes because I have definitely argued that about Kapil.

 

[Migara]

Sangakkara as a specialist bat is more valuable than Kapil dev the all rounder. Sangakkara as a part time wicket keep and a batsman also is way ahed of Kapil.

As an all rounder he is in Sobers, Kallis, Imran, Gilchrist stratum.

 

[BazBall21]

I mean, Jaisimha, Wadekar, Pankaj Roy, Contractor, Yashpal Sharma, etc all averaged 31 odd. Botham also averages only 2 runs more. Kapil almost would had made the team as a specialist bat and he in general had a good rate of conversation for 40+ and 50+ scores, including 8 centuries.

I think Botham was in specialist batsman territory before he became a waster. Kapil was a no7.

 

[Migara]

Kapil was neither ATG with bat or ball in Tests. Botham was for a brief period, but then became trash. Sobers, Imran, Hadlee and Kallis kept at least one of their skills ATG throughout their career. So were Gilchrist and Sangakkara.

 

[DrWolverine]

It’s ridiculous to compare wicket keepers with all rounders

 

[DrWolverine]

Sanga played 134 Tests and was WK in just 48 of them

 

[Migara]

It’s ridiculous to compare wicket keepers with all rounders

Wicket keeper batsmen are all rounders.

That is there are so much less class stumpers that average 40+

 

[Migara]

Sanga played 134 Tests and was WK in just 48 of them

That was simply because SL had the best wicket keeper in the era to replace him.