Viv Richards vs Sunil Gavaskar

[Thala_0710]

Akram called Crowe the best bat.

To add to Tendulkar list, Anderson, Donald, Gillespie, Damien Fleming, Warne, Benaud, several others.

To add to Sobers, Ian Chappell.

To add to Lara, MacGill, Sanga.

Multiple people from this list only can be added to Sachin's list as well including Viv, Gavaskar and Lara

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Lara, Tendulkar, possibly Kohli, Murali and Warne have also called Viv the best

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Anyone who says it’s not close is a moron.

the only one who is not close is Bradman.

Cant agree.
There are many, other than this overrated Bradman. For example, Munaf Patel.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

The following have been named by fellow players (and an umpire) as the best batsman they have seen. Since 1945 only. Additional names/nominators welcome.

Viv Richards: Botham, Robin Smith, Thorpe, Willis, Merv Hughes, Dujon, Hunte, Marshall, Richie Richardson, Roberts, Shastri, Vengsarkar, Saeed Anwar, Imran, Inzamam, Mohd Yousuf, Zaheer Abbas, Aravinda de Silva

Tendulkar: Harvey, Hayden, Warne, Donald, Hadlee, Kapil Dev, Hanif, Qadir, Muralitharan, Flower

Hutton: Appleyard, Cowdrey, John Edrich, Graveney, Trueman, Waite, Ramadhin

Barry Richards: Gooch, Bob Taylor, Dicky Bird, Lillee, Graham McKenzie, Graeme Pollock, Procter

Sobers: Illingworth, Underwood, Greg Chappell, Walters

Gavaskar: Hutton, Asif Iqbal, Mudassar Nazar

Lara: Alec Stewart, Herschelle Gibbs, Wasim Akram

Greg Chappell: Thomson

Harvey: Davidson

Weekes: Sobers

Sobers rates Gavaskar the best.

 

[Coronis]

Lara, Tendulkar, possibly Kohli, Murali and Warne have also called Viv the best

The **** would Kohli know?

 

[subshakerz]

Lara, Tendulkar, possibly Kohli, Murali and Warne have also called Viv the best

I don't consider the opinions of those who haven't played with or against them to hold as much weight as direct peers.

 

[ma1978]

I think Viv's away record is a lot better when it comes to batting against ATG pacers, and think Sunny had some visible flaws against pace. btw my vote of it not being close isn't on their output but moreso on their placement in my all time top 25 batters, I've Viv in top 5 and Gavaskar in top 15

top 5 and top 15 is close even if you believe that difference (which I think is a unfair to Sunny who I despise btw)

that’s like saying it’s not close betweenSachin and Pointing and it’sdamn close between the two

 

[Johan]

top 5 and top 15 is close even if you believe that difference (which I think is a unfair to Sunny who I despise btw)

that’s like saying it’s not close betweenSachin and Pointing and it’sdamn close between the two

Think Sachin is pretty decisively superior their

 

[subshakerz]

top 5 and top 15 is close even if you believe that difference (which I think is a unfair to Sunny who I despise btw)

that’s like saying it’s not close betweenSachin and Pointing and it’sdamn close between the two

Depends what we mean by not close. Maybe not a huge difference in output but a clear distinction that Tendulkar is better.

 

[ma1978]

Depends what we mean by not close. Maybe not a huge difference in output but a clear distinction that Tendulkar is better.

yes much of this board’s views on matters come down to semantics. I agree with what you say here but I’d considerit close. Tendulkar vs say Kohli or Inzamam isn’t close

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

I don't consider the opinions of those who haven't played with or against them to hold as much weight as direct peers.

Fair enough(but I was citing that as trivia, than as proof in favour of any concrete point)

 

[DrWolverine]

Think Sachin is pretty decisively superior their

Sachin > Ponting

But the difference is not that big

TBH the difference between Top 2-15 will not be that big

 

[DrWolverine]

Tendulkar vs say Kohli or Inzamam isn’t close

Sachin vs Kohli isn’t close

Sachin vs Kallis or Ponting is close

 

[Thala_0710]

Sachin vs Kohli isn’t close

Sachin vs Kallis or Ponting is close

"Close" is really a very subjective term and may vary person to person. With Ponting yes, but for Kallis as batsmen, I don't think the top tier of Sachin, Hobbs, Lara, Sobers Richards etc are close. As a cricketer, he is better/close to most of them

 

[DrWolverine]

"Close" is really a very subjective term. With Ponting yes, but for Kallis as batsmen, I don't think the top tier of Sachin, Hobbs, Lara, Sobers Richards etc are close

Any reasons why you think Kallis is “far” behind Ponting?

Don’t say boring

 

[Thala_0710]

Any reasons why you think Kallis is “far” behind Ponting?

Don’t say boring

He is not far behind ponting. Never said that

 

[DrWolverine]

He is not far behind ponting. Never said that

Or Lara?

 

[Thala_0710]

Or Lara?

Behind Lara yes, I rate Lara higher than most here as is

 

[Coronis]

Sachin > Ponting

But the difference is not that big

TBH the difference between Top 2-15 will not be that big

Ask @kyear2 about the difference between Bradman and number 2 vs the difference between other bats.

 

[capt_Luffy]

"Close" is really a very subjective term and may vary person to person. With Ponting yes, but for Kallis as batsmen, I don't think the top tier of Sachin, Hobbs, Lara, Sobers Richards etc are close. As a cricketer, he is better/close to most of them

Interesting..... I would say Kallis is closer to Sachin than Ponting is.