Dhoni vs Akmal

[Jono]

^^Fraz at his best.

He was making some sense though until the last point.

 

[chaminda_00]

Both will never get close to being as good as Sangakkara...

 

[Xuhaib]

Both will never get close to being as good as Sangakkara...

Agreed.

 

[Perm]

Agreed.

Second that. With Sangakkara's improvement over the last couple of years and Gilchrist having a bad run in the test arena with the bat I think in 50 years people will look back and alot will consider Sangakkara the better batsman.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Sangakkara and Gilchrist are both light-years ahead of these two, in both Glovework, and batting, however they could both end up being good players in the future.

 

[magsi23]

Akmal in tests Dhoni in ODI's, I think Akmal has better technique when it comes to batting

 

[magsi23]

Both will never get close to being as good as Sangakkara...

He is special

 

[Xuhaib]

Overall Sanga is the best keeper-batsman ever.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Overall Sanga is the best keeper-batsman ever.

LOL.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

Overall Sanga is the best keeper-batsman ever.

Agreed.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Agreed.

Kumar Sangakkara /= wicketkeeper-batsman. He is a batsman-wicketkeeper.

And on that note, Adam Gilchrist and Andy Flower both > Kumar Sangakkara.

 

[silentstriker]

Kumar Sangakkara /= wicketkeeper-batsman. He is a batsman-wicketkeeper.

And on that note, Adam Gilchrist and Andy Flower both > Kumar Sangakkara.

Yup.

We will see about Sangakkara in five-seven years. Right now he doesn't even compare to Gilly. Lately he has been coming on strong, but he has to keep it up for a long time yet to be compared.

 

[tooextracool]

Dhoni is by far the better batsman in ODIs, but Akmal is probably better in tests. With the gloves i think Akmal is ahead by miles, i think too much is made about his performance in England where most keepers struggle anyways.
Even then there were moments of absolute brilliance whilst he dropped some absolute sitters.

 

[Turbinator]

I don't know why people keep stating Dhoni as a mediocre keeper, I mean the guy has improved tremendously over the years. He barely ever drops something and some of his stumpings are completely unbelievable. IMO Dhoni still has a long way to go, but he certainly does have the potential too to become a great wicket-keeper.

 

[silentstriker]

Dhoni is by far the better batsman in ODIs, but Akmal is probably better in tests. With the gloves i think Akmal is ahead by miles, i think too much is made about his performance in England where most keepers struggle anyways.
Even then there were moments of absolute brilliance whilst he dropped some absolute sitters.

Dhoni has improved his keeping considerably. My problem with him lies in his test batting, but I don't think his keeping is bad at all. Or at least, it wasn't in West Indies.

I have the entire Test series recorded on TiVo, and I went back and watched every single West Indies innings just to see his keeping, and I was fairly impressed with it.

 

[tooextracool]

Dhoni has improved his keeping considerably. My problem with him lies in his test batting, but I don't think his keeping is bad at all. Or at least, it wasn't in West Indies.

I have the entire Test series recorded on TiVo, and I went back and watched every single West Indies innings just to see his keeping, and I was fairly impressed with it.

Dhoni is decent without being anything special. Akmal can be absolutely brilliant with the gloves(theres a reason why he played ahead of Moin and Latif) and i think his recent performances in England have taken the sheen of how good a keeper he actually is.

 

[silentstriker]

Dhoni is decent without being anything special. Akmal can be absolutely brilliant with the gloves(theres a reason why he played ahead of Moin and Latif) and i think his recent performances in England have taken the sheen of how good a keeper he actually is.

Yea, I agree with you. He is good, or at least had a good series in West Indies, but not anything special.

 

[Dravid]

Dhoni vs Akmal


1) Who's better as a batsman?

2) Who's better as a glovesman?

3) Who has a brighter future?

4) Who do you like better?

I would pick Dhonis crazy sixes over any other wicket keeper batsman

Akmal is a better keeper imo

Dhoni seems to have a better future however.

And Dhoni is a role model now to a lot of people in India so I would pick him over Akmal

 

[Xuhaib]

I would pick Dhonis crazy sixes over any other wicket keeper batsman

Akmal is a better keeper imo

Dhoni seems to have a better future however.

And Dhoni is a role model now to a lot of people in India so I would pick him over Akmal

When Akmal is clearly the better keeper and is probably a better test batsman atm then how can you say that Dhoni seems to have a better future unless you are talking about getting lucky with the chicks in the future.

 

[Nishant]

Akmal

Why?