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

[capt_Luffy]

Yeah that's it
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I mean, yeah. Unless you believe Viv and Lara are a tier below SRT as well

 

[capt_Luffy]

do you wanna defend Gavaskar>Tendulkar

Probably not....... They in the same tier though, just Sachin at the beginning and Gavaskar at the end.

 

[Johan]

I mean, yeah. Unless you believe Viv and Lara are a tier below SRT as well

Viv is a tier above Sunny, he's in BAB conversation, Sunny in elite ATG tier

 

[Johan]

Probably not....... They in the same tier though, just Sachin at the beginning and Gavaskar at the end.

Dude, you're silly, shut up.

 

[Johan]

Thinking about it, I've Gavaskar closer to Dravid than to Tendulkar

 

[sayon basak]

Thinking about it, I've Gavaskar closer to Dravid than to Tendulkar

And That is probably stupider than anything Luffy ever said.

 

[Johan]

That is probably stupider than anything Luffy ever said.

not unless you think Dravid wasn't good at all

 

[capt_Luffy]

not unless you think Dravid wasn't good at all

Dravid was excellent but Gavaskar is definitely closer to Sachin than the 2000s bunch

 

[Johan]

Dravid was excellent but Gavaskar is definitely closer to Sachin than the 2000s bunch

Sachin comfortably better than Gavaskar whose comfortably better than Dravid

 

[capt_Luffy]

Sachin comfortably better than Gavaskar whose comfortably better than Dravid

Sachin is better than Gavaskar who is comfortably better than Dravid

 

[Johan]

Sachin is comfortably better than Gavaskar who is comfortably better than Dravid

FTFY

 

[capt_Luffy]

FTFY

It's called vandalism

 

[Johan]

It's called vandalism

I call it, forced enlightenment.

 

[Johan]

@Burgey would you say Gavaskar is on Tendulkar's level?

 

[Sliferxxxx]

Unsure if sarcasm or not

I'm serious.

 

[Coronis]

I'm serious.

Rather refreshing to hear a take like that from a West Indian fan here.

 

[Burgey]

@Burgey would you say Gavaskar is on Tendulkar's level?

No. Fine player though.

 

[subshakerz]

Meh. Peer rating always needs to be taken with lots of grains of salt. Its been shown time and time again to be incredibly biased and illogical.

For example if someone says x was best bowler I played against, I’d be more inclined to believe they had a memorable spell/innings/match involving them which stuck, rather than any sort of valid statement about quality.

Even for example with Ponting’s recent statements about Kallis (@subshakerz), it could simply be seen as Ponting saying oh he’s the greatest allrounder ever - he was always the target when we played SA in our mind, always the wicket we wanted. Plus he kept getting me out on top of that!

I've said it before. Peer rating of one player may be questionable. Peer rating consensus is more useful.

 

[capt_Luffy]

I've said it before. Peer rating of one player may be questionable. Peer rating consensus is more useful.

What are your thoughts on Trumper>Don??? Consensus of 15 out of 16 peers

 

[sayon basak]

What are your thoughts on Trumper>Don??? Consensus of 15 out of 16 peers

Maybe being good on tougher wickets was seen as a primary attribute of a great batter, which Don failed to tick. Their nature as human beings also contributed to that ig.

Peer rating consensus is helpful only when it can be backed up by stats (so basically when it supports your claim)