Rahul Dravid - Best ever Batsman from Subcontinent

[silentstriker]

As I posted above Id rather bowl at Sachin than Dravid and the same goes for KP and Kallis. They crush bowlers spirits yet we still get the 'Dravid and Kallis' are boring posts whenever they play. Im sure it drive you as crazy as it does me.

Dravid is a machine and it will be interesting to hear our childrens and our childrens children view of his legacy in the future.

Now, what I am saying is very different from calling them 'boring'. Dravid is easily the second best batsman in the world. Why isn't he #1? Because Ponting scores as much as Dravid, but does it faster. And though Ponting doesn't have the aura of a Lara or Tendulkar....at this rate he soon will.

 

[Goughy]

Now, what I am saying is very different from calling them 'boring'. Dravid is easily the second best batsman in the world. Why isn't he #1? Because Ponting scores as much as Dravid, but does it faster. And though Ponting doesn't have the aura of a Lara or Tendulkar....at this rate he soon will.

No, Sorry SS, I was not accusing you of saying they were boring just that every now and again the topic crops up and a surprising number of people subscribe to that opinion.

 

[silentstriker]

No, Sorry SS, I was not accusing you of saying they were boring just that every now and again the topic crops up and a surprising number of people subscribe to that opinion.

Yes, I know. ANd I want to personally stangle every person who said that. Can you believe people were accusing him of this during the 4th WI test, where he was the ONLY person on either side who actually knew how to bat??

 

[Anil]

No, Sorry SS, I was not accusing you of saying they were boring just that every now and again the topic crops up and a surprising number of people subscribe to that opinion.

probably afficionados of 20/20 "cricket"....

 

[SJS]

SJS,
What would your all time Pak XI be? You may have already posted this, but I would be delighted if you would post it once more here. And I know this may be asking a lot, but can you also explain your choices? You are probably one of the more knowledgeable students of the game and I would love to read your opinions on the all time Pak team.

Thanks for the compliments.

I will do it later today...I hope

 

[Sanz]

Best Batsman from the subcontinent is Sunny Gavaskar.

Next are Rahul Dravid, Javed Miandad, Zaheer Abbas, Sachin Tendulkar, G Vishvanath, Mohinder Amarnath, Hanif Mohammad and Arvinda Desilva in no particular order.

 

[silentstriker]

Best Batsman from the subcontinent is Sunny Gavaskar.

Next are Rahul Dravid, Javed Miandad, Zaheer Abbas, Sachin Tendulkar, G Vishvanath, Mohinder Amarnath, Hanif Mohammad and Arvinda Desilva in no particular order.

Very hard to disagree with Sunny G being the best. The opening slot always gets a few extra points in my book, plus he played such a lone hand its not even funny. It was worse than Sachin in the nineties. Openers averaging above 50 are like diamonds, you can start wars over them.

 

[Dasa]

I wouldn't place Aravinda De Silva in that group.

 

[GIMH]

Very hard to disagree with Sunny G being the best. The opening slot always gets a few extra points in my book, plus he played such a lone hand its not even funny. It was worse than Sachin in the nineties. Openers averaging above 50 are like diamonds, you can start wars over them.

Maybe England can invade Aus and steal Hayden?

 

[silentstriker]

Maybe England can invade Aus and steal Hayden?

Certainly would make more sense than most wars going on right now .

 

[Hodgo7]

Sub-Con
(all time greats of the recent era).
1. Dravid
2.Javed
3. Gavaskar/Inzamam
5. Tendulkar
6. Zaheer Abbas
7. Mahendra Singh Dhoni/Sehwag
9. Saeed Anwar
10. Yousaf Youhana
11. Sanath Jaysuriya
12. Arvinda De Silva
13. Vengsarkar
14. Sangakara
15. Ranatunga

What about Azharudin (sp) ? He has one of the best conversion rates from centuries to half-centuries of all-time. Has a great record and was a great competitor.

 

[silentstriker]

and was a great competitor.

Unless someone offered him $$ that is. I would put Laxman just ahead of Azharuddin personally.

 

[TT Boy]

Unless someone offered him $$ that is. I would put Laxman just ahead of Azharuddin personally.

LOL.

 

[Hodgo7]

Unless someone offered him $$ that is. I would put Laxman just ahead of Azharuddin personally.

 

[Hodgo7]

As a batter I could just about have him in my top 10...maybe ?

 

[TT Boy]

As a batter I could just about have him in my top 10...maybe ?

I would have him in my top ten also, alongside another 'disgraced' cricketer Saleem Malik.

 

[Sanz]

I wouldn't place Aravinda De Silva in that group.

Why Not ? Zaheer seems to be an automatic choice here and according to many he should be the first one after Gavaskar (if we leave out current players). If you look at their careers, there isn't much that seperates them.

http://statserver.cricket.org/guru?...1;.cgifields=cplayerid;.cgifields=comparetype

Not to forget the fact that Aravinda played for a very weak team for majority of his career.

 

[Dasa]

Personally, I wouldn't rate Zaheer Abbas so highly - he strikes me as the type of player who although very talented, was very inconsistent as well. Similar with Aravinda, plus, both were much worse away from home.

 

[social]

Zaheer Abbas was a genius against medium pace and below - anything higher on non flat wickets and he was embarrassing

For me - Gavaskar, Hanif and Tendulkar in no particular order.

 

[FRAZ]

I think again our Legend i.e. SJS can explain how good was Hanif .
I mean that dude made that 333 or something against Windies in Windies and that was a great innings ...