India has got batsmen of different extremes. sehwag and yuvraj rout the opponent's bowlers by thrashing the ball out of the field again and again repetedly.
but on the other end players like rahul dravid rout the opponents bowling by keeping the ball within the pitch and staying as a wall and burning every sweat out of the bowler.
Re: Re: ??
by krishna on Apr 02, 2009 11:56 PM
It is unfortunate that Dravid has not been given the respect deserved. It is amazing that people still consider him not fit for ODI's. The fact is that his average, strike rate, aggregate and even results as a captain in ODI is comprable to his more illustrious team mate Ganguly... Yet Ganguly, who has the benefit of batting when the fielding restricitons are on is considered one of the great ODI players.
Re: Re: ??
by anand lakshman on Apr 02, 2009 09:17 PM
I can never imagine a player wicket keeping for his country,what a selfless player he is coz he didn't need to he was averaging more than 43 in the last 2 years in ODI's.I think we would never get such a determined and a committed player again.(He is 4th in the list of total runs in cricket i.e tests ODIs).
Re: Re: Re: ??
by saurabh sarbaliya on Apr 03, 2009 06:40 AM
Easy! Rediff not mentioning Dravid does not mean anything for him getting his worth. Enough fans out there. This discussion itself proves the point.
Re: Re: Re: Re: ??
by chintha chaitanya on Apr 03, 2009 02:47 PM
wat abt laxman? neither does he hav the fan followong nor does he have the support from north indian legacy of bcci....a man who has the avg on par with the best in indian line up play for the position even after 10 years of career in cricket. during the recent stats...everybody forgot abt the laxman's 219 runs scored at crucial juncture in both innings. and not to forget his series saving innings of the aussie match. though it stands the top score after follow on....it hasnt got enough respect as in the case of dravid who was equally part of that momentous knock!
India shuld add the quality players like devang gandhi,nikil chopra,vijay dahiya,sunil joshi,vijay bhardwaj these players more talented than current players in team india..
Re: Re: quality players
by Sameer on Apr 02, 2009 07:13 PM
Vikram Rathore Man .... the guy with an Avg of over 70-80 consistantly in domestic cricket . Another close candidate is Sadagopan Ramesh
Re: Re: quality players
by Ram Sathya on Apr 02, 2009 04:56 PM
You missed one important player H Kanitakar.. Who hit a four to play nearly 70 matches for india
Re: Re: Re: Re: quality players
by Shobhit Acharya on Apr 03, 2009 07:39 AM
yes .. and how can you forget agarkar, debasis mohanty, and that Gavaskar etc .... Are you nuts .. I can bat and bowl better those cricketers in the list above
Re: quality players
by vickey on Apr 02, 2009 05:19 PM
Offcource India should make a team including all above vaterans players, But not as International Indian cricket team. Your team can play charity maches with other team of vaterans...
Re: quality players
by v prakash on Apr 02, 2009 07:51 PM
Have you forgotten ... pankaj dharmani, dodda ganesh, nilesh kulkarni, t kumaran, harvinder singh, sanjay bangar, paras mhambrey, sairaj bahutule .....
Re: Re: quality players
by Manu Zach on Apr 02, 2009 11:14 PM
what about Tinu Yohannan, Rahul Sanghvi, S. Sriram, Reetinder Sodhi, Laxmiratan Shukla, Gagan Khoda.... Terrific players.
Re: Re: Re: quality players
by Yogendra Harchilkar on Apr 03, 2009 05:34 PM
What about David Johnson, that bowler from Karnataka whose one and only wicket in Tests was vs Australia thanks to spectacular catching by Azhar.
Re: Re: Re: Re: quality players
by Sanjeev on Apr 03, 2009 02:41 AM
How could you miss Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, GR Vishwanath et al. Lets enquire if Bishen singh Bedi is still alive .... he can be added too
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: quality players
by anil koul on Apr 03, 2009 12:36 PM
But Ranjit Sinhji never played for India. He played for BritishIndia only all his life.
Re: DATA
by Shobhit Acharya on Apr 03, 2009 07:42 AM
Rediff as usual is the most hopeless site ever .. copies news from cricinfo, practically the whole frontpage is full of rubbish and not at all interesting . Hey rediff .. ever heard of Web 2.0 ?
