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Sunil Gavaskar vs Greg Chappell
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DrWolverine
U19 Cricketer
Gavaskar slightly ahead because he was an opener and for a long time the only great batsman in his team
I rate Greg Chappell very highly though For me, he is the second best retired Australian batsman ever and almost on par with Sir Viv Richards in test cricket.
I rate Greg Chappell very highly though For me, he is the second best retired Australian batsman ever and almost on par with Sir Viv Richards in test cricket.
Greg Chappell vs Sunil Gavaskar
This is one I find harder than almost any other comparison. On the one hand, Gavaskar has the bigger volume of Test runs and a slightly more diverse distribution of runs, whilst also being an opener for a country that really struggled in Test Cricket on the whole before his arrival which...
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Coronis
International Coach
tbf I think its ok to have another comparison after 2 years. For example with the recent Walsh/Roberts comparison, there was one in 2022 with the results being:
Roberts - 15
Walsh - 11
whereas the current one has:
Roberts - 1
Walsh - 11
And as someone that watched a lot of both of them the 2022 result is accurate and the new latest one is way off the mark, so pointless
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Both were *****; Chappell just dwarfs Gavaskar
OverratedSanity
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Lol . **** is one of the very first words that comes to mind when thinking of gavaskar. Terrible human being.
Better batsman than Chappell though.
DrWolverine
U19 Cricketer
Sunil Gavaskar was the first Indian cricketer who took no **** from any opposition. The first world class cricketer from India and was widely respected for his talent.