Abdul Qadir vs Subhash Gupte

[sayon basak]

The better wrist spinner?

 

[govinda indian fan]

Sir gary sobers rated gupte to be better then warne

 

[sayon basak]

Sir gary sobers rated gupte to be better then warne

Graham Gooch and others rated Qadir to be better than Warne.

 

[DrWolverine]

Sobers > Gooch
But is Gupte > Qadir?

 

[sayon basak]

Sobers > Gooch
But is Gupte > Qadir?

Better players aren't meant to have better opinions. Many of Sobers' opinions stinks really.

 

[DrWolverine]

Better players aren't meant to have better opinions. Many of Sobers' opinions stinks really.

Like?

 

[sayon basak]

Like?

Here's peterhrt's post on some of his opinions:-

Sobers wrote a long Foreword for Richard Sydenham's book of all-time teams in 2010. His opinions included the following.

Gavaskar was the best Indian batsman, ahead of Tendulkar. Gupte was the greatest leg-spinner ever, well ahead of Warne who didn't have a proper googly, resorted to bowling into the rough, and was generally overrated. Bedi and Prasanna were top class, Datta Gaekwad and Chandra Gadkari two of the finest cover fieldsmen he had seen.

Excluding himself, Keith Miller was the best all-rounder. Botham was the most gifted of the 1980s all-rounders but didn't fulfil his potential.

Hutton, a back foot player, was the leading English batsman, followed by Dexter. Other English batsmen were too negative, notably May who didn't hook, Barrington, Boycott and Cowdrey who had a lot more ability than he showed in Tests.

Adding what he said elsewhere, he seems to consider Weekes the greatest West Indian batsman and a particularly impressive hooker of fast bowling.

 

[Johan]

Here's peterhrt's post on some of his opinions:-

Sobers wrote a long Foreword for Richard Sydenham's book of all-time teams in 2010. His opinions included the following.

Gavaskar was the best Indian batsman, ahead of Tendulkar. Gupte was the greatest leg-spinner ever, well ahead of Warne who didn't have a proper googly, resorted to bowling into the rough, and was generally overrated. Bedi and Prasanna were top class, Datta Gaekwad and Chandra Gadkari two of the finest cover fieldsmen he had seen.

Excluding himself, Keith Miller was the best all-rounder. Botham was the most gifted of the 1980s all-rounders but didn't fulfil his potential.

Hutton, a back foot player, was the leading English batsman, followed by Dexter. Other English batsmen were too negative, notably May who didn't hook, Barrington, Boycott and Cowdrey who had a lot more ability than he showed in Tests.

Adding what he said elsewhere, he seems to consider Weekes the greatest West Indian batsman and a particularly impressive hooker of fast bowling.

I love Hookers

 

[capt_Luffy]

Gupte by a pretty big margin here. Dude was probably even better in Pakistan lol. Harbhajan vs Qadir would be MUCH closer (still Harbhajan though).

 

[sayon basak]

Gupte by a pretty big margin here. Dude was probably even better in Pakistan lol. Harbhajan vs Qadir would be MUCH closer (still Harbhajan though).

Resident Qadir hater.

 

[Johan]

I rated Qadir below Panesar so

 

[capt_Luffy]

Resident Qadir hater.

47 away vs 28. Not even a fair contest it is.

 

[Johan]

Qadir vs Root is close as spinners

 

[sayon basak]

Qadir vs Root is close as spinners

Qadir the bowler is better than Root the batter.

 

[Johan]

Qadir the bowler is better than Root the batter.

Root is better than Kallis and Ponting at batting atleast, if you got Qadir over those guys, may god help you.

 

[capt_Luffy]

I like really don't get the Qadir votes, at all

 

[sayon basak]

I like really don't get the Qadir votes, at all

Gooch and Benaud rated him very highly. They would've voted for Qadir too.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Gooch and Benaud rated him very highly. They would've voted for Qadir too.

Shut up

 

[sayon basak]

Shut up

Hmm I would've reacted the same way. Let me change my vote.

 

[Starfighter]

Sir gary sobers rated gupte to be better then warne

Sobers is full of 'in my day'-isms