In my opinion, Boycs & Gavaskar were the best opening batsmen of the 70s while Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes were the best in the 80s. Barry Richards played too few matches to be judged as an all time great!
When Boycott came India, he always talks in favour of India.As soon as he lefts the boundry of India,he uses some argumental words about some players of India.But all together he always admires indian players.
Re: Boycott is a Genius too
by yash on Jul 28, 2009 03:28 PM
have to agree that gavaskar was gr8 player though ppl always talk abt that famous 36 in 60 overs but u knw as ur career ends or even when u play ppl always point out the bad thing its vry hard for sme ppl to priase others dats y ppl like sachin gavaskar r always @ the hit list anyway both r gr8 player sachin gratest player ever(considering both odi and test) seperateyl 2nd best in both format( after bradman in test and after viv richard in odi)
Re: Boycott is a Genius too
by arunachalan v on Jul 28, 2009 03:29 PM
why don"t you compare with Braodman or sachin Tendulkar., both are legends of stockes &techicis
Re: Boycott's claim
by raja moses on Jul 28, 2009 03:23 PM
You don't have to be sad. He has told these words in lighter vein. He has praised Gavaskar a lot. Boycott used to say during his commentry that he had West Indian ancestors (WI blood). We need to understand their culture better. Gavaskar was a great batsman with big ego. His fight with other teammates seemed to come out of his greed for money and so on.
Re: Re: Boycott's claim
by Balaji Krishnamurthy on Jul 29, 2009 07:26 AM
What ego? He was the only player who really stood up for the players in his time.As for his clash with Kapil Dev, it was basically 2 different mindsets. So leave it at that. Each respects the other. Gavaskar is a jewel for Indian cricket. He did more good than bad.
Re: Sunny and Boycs
by Balaji Krishnamurthy on Jul 29, 2009 07:27 AM
Maybe that was because Boycott played most of his cricket in England, where the ball moves a lot. But Gavaskar had a pretty good record in England.
Re: Re: Sunny and Boycs
by Jai Babu on Jul 28, 2009 03:13 PM
I second that but Boycs had the tightest and most perfect defensive technique I have sen in any batsman
Re: Re: Re: Sunny and Boycs
by Balaji Krishnamurthy on Jul 29, 2009 07:29 AM
Gavaskar's defence was just as solid. Otherwise he would'nt have had such success as an opener. By the way, it was nice to see such a sensible post.
