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The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

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Srinath P

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Fuller Pilch said:
Rohit is a fine player but I don't pick him in an ATG team for 3 main reasons:

1. Weak against swing/seam/elite pace. I've often seen him dominated in ODIs by Boult and Henry. I don't know if he'd last long against the likes of McGrath, Wasim, Garner, Pollock, Hadlee, Bond, Donald, Bracken etc.

2. He can't bowl. Viv and Sachin are okay, but I'd really want a decent 6th bowling option, so someone like Jayasuriya is considered

3. He is a poor fielder and slow between wickets.
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He did have a good record against Starc. Shitted the bed against Steyn and peak Amir though, so I can see where you're going with this.

I think he was an okay fielder. And he was able to hold his own running with Virat so that shouldn't be a major issue either.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
Rohit is fine really. Atleast one batting there's no comparison with Jayasuriya. Sonif Flintoff plays and bowls 7-8 overs, I will like to have him as well. Btw my choice is Lara, this team needs a lefty.
 
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Srinath P

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Where do you guys rate Warner among these openers? I found his career to be quite interesting but not really sure if he's in the top 5 openers of all time.
 
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Srinath P

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Imran was an AR in ODIs for like 4 or 5 years max. And his peak is not even comparable to Watson or Kapil or Pollock or Flintoff or Klusener or Sanath.

At least in tests he bowled consistently throughout the 80s and was very good with the bat.

Jayasuriya is definitely better than Watson.

It's hard to evaluate Shakib. He played 5 WCs, gave 4 bad ones, and one absolutely legendary WC. His strike rates are prolly too low for someone batting primarily at 4 or 5 but then Bangladesh's batting was terrible and Bangladeshi pitches were **** to bat on. But they certainly helped in getting his bowling numbers better.
 
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trundler

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capt_Luffy said:
The only argument I can see is for Rizwan really, but I think Rizwan is easily a better keeper
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No. Rahim was a bad keeper and Rizwan is the best in the world right now. Rahim is a good batsman but Rizwan is too. He either has an argument to be ahead of Pant/De Kock/Watling/Rizwan as a whole or he doesn't. All on the same level.
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
trundler said:
No. Rahim was a bad keeper and Rizwan is the best in the world right now. Rahim is a good batsman but Rizwan is too. He either has an argument to be ahead of Pant/De Kock/Watling/Rizwan as a whole or he doesn't. All on the same level.
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Eh, Rizwan lacks longevity. Even at this point in time Sarfaraz is still a very similar level as a batsman (not as a keeper though).
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
trundler said:
No. Rahim was a bad keeper and Rizwan is the best in the world right now. Rahim is a good batsman but Rizwan is too. He either has an argument to be ahead of Pant/De Kock/Watling/Rizwan as a whole or he doesn't. All on the same level.
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Rizwan still just hasn't played long enough. Agree he is a much superior keeper though, said so even in the post; and I will easily take him ahead of Mushfiqur for that.
 
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