Am I the only one here who rates Sunil Gavaskar slightly above Viv Richards in Test?

[sayon basak]

He rates him 15th, Kyear 9th

Oh I thought it was a cricketers ranking.

(you should be happy as he rates Trumper at 14)

 

[Johan]

Bradman

Hobbs
Sobers
Tendulkar
Viv
Lara
(Smith potentially)

Hutton
Gavaskar
Hammond
Chappell
Ponting
(Kohli potentially)

 

[sayon basak]

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Sounds familiar.

 

[Johan]

Jesus christ talk about being blinded by one or two good series.

You were so right

 

[Johan]

Mitchell to England 2022

#RandomKiwi

 

[Johan]

It's one of the better ones. He has much worse

even I won't have Hutton over Hobbs, it's that crazy of a take.

 

[capt_Luffy]

even I won't have Hutton over Hobbs, it's that crazy of a take.

You had once tho. I said it's not crazy by his standards

 

[Johan]

Sunny only faced the WI pace quartet in one series, 1983. Averaged 30....

Sunny vs 80s Windies (Quaret doesn't exist frankly)

745 @ 41.33, whatever criticism of consistency or pitches, that's a good record.

 

[Johan]

You had once tho. I said it's not crazy by his standards

I did kind of consider the possibility and I'm ashamed of doing so. I apologise to the forum for even mentally entertaining such profane and blasphemous thoughts.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Oh I thought it was a cricketers ranking.

(you should be happy as he rates Trumper at 14)

I mean, if there's someone who can complain the least of his list it's me. He rates Grace at 2 and close to Don, Gavaskar at 3 and Trumper top 15!!! WAG List if anything!!

 

[sayon basak]

I mean, if there's someone who can complain the least of his list it's me. He rates Grace at 2 and close to Don, Gavaskar at 3 and Trumper top 15!!! WAG List if anything!!

tbh I feel pretty good about the list as well, as I rate Barry and Ranji quite highly as well.

 

[Johan]

Sunny vs 80s Windies (Quaret doesn't exist frankly)

745 @ 41.33, whatever criticism of consistency or pitches, that's a good record.

if you consider the numbers of 70s when either holding or Roberts played, even though those tests were played entirely on slow wickets, those guys were masters on slow wickets, including 70s runs.

Gavaskar: 1,243 @ 42.86, 5 tons.

net positive

 

[capt_Luffy]

if you consider the numbers of 70s when either holding or Roberts played, even though those tests were played entirely on slow wickets, those guys were masters on slow wickets, including 70s runs.

Gavaskar: 1,243 @ 42.86, 5 tons.

net positive

average is wrong

 

[Johan]

average is wrong

wait how?

 

[capt_Luffy]

wait how?

By 2 things:
A) Firstly I entered Marshall so 78 got included
B) Then I forgot of the 2 games he played in 74

soooooo...... Yeah

Edit: Actually in the opposite order

 

[sayon basak]

By 2 things:
A) Firstly I entered Marshall so 78 got included
B) Then I forgot of the 2 games he played in 74

soooooo...... Yeah

So you need to apologize.

 

[capt_Luffy]

So you need to apologize.

I apologise.

 

[Johan]

By 2 things:
A) Firstly I entered Marshall so 78 got included
B) Then I forgot of the 2 games he played in 74

soooooo...... Yeah

Edit: Actually in the opposite order

RIP

tho Yeah I think it's the 2 games from 74-75 that led to it being 42.8 instead of 45 odd, well I include that series simply because Roberts was having one of the best serieses by a touring pacer to Asia, 32 wkts in 5 games at average of 18 and strike rate under 40, I'd sing praises of Gavaskar if he made big runs against Robets and Gibbs that series so kinda have to include it (played a decent knock anyway). so I'm doing 74-75, 76, 83 and 84.

 

[capt_Luffy]

RIP

tho Yeah I think it's the 2 games from 74-75 that led to it being 42.8 instead of 45 odd, well I include that series simply because Roberts was having one of the best serieses by a touring pacer to Asia, 32 wkts in 5 games at average of 18 and strike rate under 40, I'd sing praises of Gavaskar if he made big runs against Robets and Gibbs that series so kinda have to include it (played a decent knock anyway). so I'm doing 74-75, 76, 83 and 84.

Played a good knock in 2 games. Not necessarily Great, but no point in poking as well

 

[Johan]

Played a good knock in 2 games. Not necessarily Great, but no point in poking as well

Yeah his record against WI is completely fine imo, actually very good if anything, 40+ against that lineup is very good, and he did it while opening and making 5 big tons, what was said about the knock.

Solkar made his first Test century, a dogged, drab innings, but one which India could hardly have done without. Gavaskar made a delightful 86, playing superb shots against Roberts, who could not summon his full pace, and who tended to overpitch

it sounds like he actually managed to push Roberts back in middle of his ATG series, which is a feat.