neutralguy
U19 Debutant
A very quick at the stats indicate the batting performance of sachin, dravid and ganguly as follows with and without captaincy in test matches.,
Sachin
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Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50
As captain 25 2054 217 51.35 7 7
Sachin's overall test batting average is 57.25. So as captain his batting average decreased by around 6 runs. Not so bad.Excluding bangladesh matches his batting average as captain is 51.35.So his batting performance is more or less consistent irrespective of opposition.
Dravid
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Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50
As captain 5 138 33 17.25 0 0
Dravid's overall test batting average is 57.86 . So as captain his batting average decreased drastically by around 40 runs. Massive difference.But the number of matches for him as captain is too less to make some conclusions.Based on limited data we have we can conclude that its going to be a disaster, if dravid captains as his batting suffers as already seen.He hasnt captained against bangladesh, so we really do not know whether he is really going to amass runs as captain against them.
Ganguly
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Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50
As captain 47 2444 144 37.03 4 13
Ganguly's overall test batting average is 40.90. So as captain his batting average decreased by around 3 runs. Seems OK.Though he might have bullied bangladesh and zimbabwe and made lot of runs.If we exclude bangladesh his average becomes 34.9 , the difference in this case becoming only 6.Not so bad.I think as same as that of tendulkar's difference, but only tendulkars batting average is much higher.But then again ganguly is not tendulkar.
So based on all the data we can safely conclude that ganguly is able to soak up pressures of captaincy much well, with more wins than tendulkar or dravid. His luck in captaincy has been good, which is needed really to win matches sometimes.Offlate his form has been worrying with bat, but based on statistics above i will conclude that we still need ganguly's leadership for india.He should possibly take rest for few months, sort out his batting problems and come back renewed to take up test captaincy.Statistics say that he can still do it for india..So i think he should be still persisted for atleast 2 test series from now,if he is allowed to play and then a decision can be made about him based on his batting.After all ganguly is a man who has persisted with sehwag,laxman, yuvi, harbie and pathan for india,without which we would have been in deep ****..
Sachin
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Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50
As captain 25 2054 217 51.35 7 7
Sachin's overall test batting average is 57.25. So as captain his batting average decreased by around 6 runs. Not so bad.Excluding bangladesh matches his batting average as captain is 51.35.So his batting performance is more or less consistent irrespective of opposition.
Dravid
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Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50
As captain 5 138 33 17.25 0 0
Dravid's overall test batting average is 57.86 . So as captain his batting average decreased drastically by around 40 runs. Massive difference.But the number of matches for him as captain is too less to make some conclusions.Based on limited data we have we can conclude that its going to be a disaster, if dravid captains as his batting suffers as already seen.He hasnt captained against bangladesh, so we really do not know whether he is really going to amass runs as captain against them.
Ganguly
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Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50
As captain 47 2444 144 37.03 4 13
Ganguly's overall test batting average is 40.90. So as captain his batting average decreased by around 3 runs. Seems OK.Though he might have bullied bangladesh and zimbabwe and made lot of runs.If we exclude bangladesh his average becomes 34.9 , the difference in this case becoming only 6.Not so bad.I think as same as that of tendulkar's difference, but only tendulkars batting average is much higher.But then again ganguly is not tendulkar.
So based on all the data we can safely conclude that ganguly is able to soak up pressures of captaincy much well, with more wins than tendulkar or dravid. His luck in captaincy has been good, which is needed really to win matches sometimes.Offlate his form has been worrying with bat, but based on statistics above i will conclude that we still need ganguly's leadership for india.He should possibly take rest for few months, sort out his batting problems and come back renewed to take up test captaincy.Statistics say that he can still do it for india..So i think he should be still persisted for atleast 2 test series from now,if he is allowed to play and then a decision can be made about him based on his batting.After all ganguly is a man who has persisted with sehwag,laxman, yuvi, harbie and pathan for india,without which we would have been in deep ****..
