One has lost the count of the matches where Sachin and Saurav great starts to innings and later Dravid came in, the momentum was lost and India lost as a result.
Dravid was at most times not worthy of a ODI place so his runs have not actually mattered for India in ODIs...India rarely won because of him!
In tests definitely he was great...but again his impact was always than the likes of Hayden, Ponting, Sehwag, Laxman or Sachin.
He mostly played second fiddle when one of greats of Indian batting played a great knock!
Regarding stats Dravid's test average is 52, very good but nothing great to go gaga over!
ODI average is less than 40 with a very poor strike rate.
Re: Dravid cannot be compared to Hayden
by abhi ks on Jan 13, 2009 02:47 PM
i am really interested to know if you can back up all your comments about dravid..please enlighten me by stating a few odi games india has lost becos of dravids slow batting.....one more thing only an a-s-s-h-o-l-e goes around making comments about guys,whose asses he is not worthy to sniff...
Re: Re: Dravid cannot be compared to Hayden
by murali krishna on Jan 14, 2009 11:02 AM
dravid is very good for net practice.. he strikes directly to the fields, 80% of his like that.. good draw matches. Now he is not interested to play cricket after loosing cap..
Re: Dravid cannot be compared to Hayden
by Ideal on Jan 13, 2009 06:19 PM
I guess, u r talking about one dayers. On the contrary, one cant remember the number of Test matches where openers got out in first few overs, and dravid batted out to help steer team to safety or respectability.
For ur kind info.. in onedayers too he has a very respected record and please dont talk about sourav here. Sachin is a great player, dravid is great too.. but with all due respects, dada is a decent player who could be compared with Dilip vengsarkar.
Re: Dravid cannot be compared to Hayden
by seema shekar on Jan 13, 2009 07:22 PM
how can you forget odi matches in which tend and ganguly failed and dravid came and rescued,pls check the stats and write,even gang avg in odis is less than 40 with almost equal str
Re: Hayden shud thank Ganguly.
by abhi ks on Jan 13, 2009 02:53 PM
i am from the planet earth and my comments more often than not make sense to people......what are you trying to say with comment and which planet are you from???
Re: Top 5 great contests (Indian Batting vs Other Bowling)
by Supreo Mukhopadhyay on Jan 13, 2009 02:52 PM
What about... Tendulkar vs. McGrath Ganguly vs. Flintoff Yuvraj vs. Chris Broad
Re: Re: Top 5 great contests (Indian Batting vs Other Bowling)
by Ideal on Jan 13, 2009 06:21 PM
Ganguly vs flintoff? Oh.. okay, u r talking about taking the shirt off and swinging it around.
Re: What a Player of The Cricket !
by Tushar Sakhalkar on Jan 13, 2009 01:09 PM
God already blessed him with skills to bat and a dity acid tongue.......
Re: Re: Top 5 abusive cricketers
by Tushar Sakhalkar on Jan 13, 2009 01:11 PM
LOL... Most getlemanly descent cricketers in the world- 1. Ponting 2. Symonds 3. Hayden 4. Clerk 5. Warne
Re: Top 5 Gentleman Cricketers (who don't abuse others)
by aishwarya patil on Jan 13, 2009 12:57 PM
then u dont have knowledge,u forgot that kapil incident when he abused peter kirsten in SA in 1992.
Re: Re: Top 5 Gentleman Cricketers (who don't abuse others)
by Anurag Rathore on Jan 13, 2009 01:00 PM
Your unbeatable Nadal has lost his match from an unknown player.
Re: Re: Top 5 Gentleman Cricketers (who don't abuse others)
by Red Pascal on Jan 13, 2009 01:01 PM
He did not abuse Peter, He ran him out for backing up at the non strikers end, an incident for which Wessels hit Kapil on his behind with a bat for. Stick to films and Abhishek Aishwarya.
