Comparing Kapil dev and Imran Khan

[Agent Nationaux]

Nah, Sobers no. 1 for me still. His obviousity had a zingy touch of deliciousness to it

Wren't you your brothers multi.

 

[smash84]

Hi, i gave a thorough check of what you told.yes Imran had a peak year in 1982 with 62 wkts in 9 tests.but this has been the case with all great bowlers .surely one bowlers peak might have bettered some others peak by a little margin or vice versa.that doesn't mean they could have gone on repeating this peak performance year after year. Now only in 1984 it is seen that he didn't bowl at all.quite naturally it can be assumed that he was taking full rest after his injury.Now you are claiming that his injury affected his performance .isn't it ?in 50 tests before his injury he took 232 wkts. that is 4.64 wkts/test. in his next 22 tests immediately following his injury he took 102 wkts, ie 4.63 wkts/test.
you pls tell me how this injury affected his career? . if any thing it only reveals that complete rest fully enabled him to recover from injury.But this is not the case with Kapil dev. After his injury he didn't take any rest at all.here no body can prove other wise because Kapil only missed a single test in his entire career.now you just look into Kapil's figures in immediate years after injury and those before injury.now you can understand what i really mean.my only point is that Kapil played despite doctors's advice neglecting the pain of the injury thus distorting his bowling figures.and we need to take that into account too while evaluating him

another thing...what do you feel about Kapil's huge str: rate which betters even Viv(the next best of those times) by a fair 11.63 margin?i know even a lot of people who have been some what familiar with Kapil's style of play did not know that his str: rate is 80.91.even i only came to know about it off late.but it prompted me to place him above even Imran(the no: 1 for many among the fab 4) who has only a mediocre str: rate of 47.52. not only that, Kapil's str: rate reaches 96.45 once he crosses 75(and he has 15 such scores). all sort of cricket experts has no objection in placing Viv as the premier 2 or 3 batsmen of all time because of his str: rate of 69.28. but almost all of these experts hesitate to put Kapil even close to Imran despite his str: rate of 80.91.i can't really get this logic.

I had a feeling earlier that you were a multi but I still responded.

I'll let one of the moderators ban you again rather than fall for this bait

 

[Migara]

you are speaking as if all the 4 were specialist one day batsmen

That's why they are not good ODI allrounders.

 

[harsh.ag]

Wren't you your brothers multi.

Yah! I have since instructed him to find another forum

 

[WiLDSPRiNG]

Trumper is special
Viv is special
so is Kapil


Imran - Better overall test cricketer
but as an all-rounder , ODI cricketer , fielder (10 times better) and batsman KAPIL IS BETTER

Kapil could perform with bat and ball regularly

and if you read then articles , Kapil's heroics with bat were praised and famous like specialist batting superstars'

and what about quality of performances with bat

better than a ball century against GREATEST BOWLING ATTACK EVER
ATG CENTURY AGAINST ALLAN DONALD AND Co.
ODI world record 175*
4 sixes to avoid follow on
... etc

you will find such ATG performances only in very good specialist batsmen's profiles.. never in IMRAN type's

but as a bowler Imran - miles ahead - no doubt

 

[Coronis]

stop with the multis man.

 

[Fusion]

Since the multi is the only one interested in continuing this debate, I'm going to close the thread. Besides, everyone knows that Imran was better.