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Popular demand poll: Opening partner of Gavaskar in India All Time XI
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Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Merchant by so far it's untrue.
BTW, an early prediction is that not a few Sehwag fans on this forum won't have even heard of Merchant, and as even all the historically-informed posters won't neccessarily vote for him, Sehwag to win by a proverbial length of rope.
BTW, an early prediction is that not a few Sehwag fans on this forum won't have even heard of Merchant, and as even all the historically-informed posters won't neccessarily vote for him, Sehwag to win by a proverbial length of rope.
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
I doubt the poll will be close...Very early prediction though (And don't forget the weekly award for prediction if this becomes true
)...Anyways good to see you change your stand against these kind of polls and vote in one ...
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
It was 1 when I made the prediction...
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Merchant by so far its not even funny. It's like comparing Shahid Afridi to Brian Lara.
ret
International Debutant
On Merchant vs Sehwag
As most of us here, I don't know how good Merchant was. But looking at his stats, he looks like an awesome player
He played 10 tests b/w 1931-1952, of that 6 in Eng scoring 500+ runs at 47 and 4 in Ind scoring 300+ runs at 47 .... impressive record but i would like to know how much did other great batsmen average in that era and than make a comparison
Sehwag, clearly is one of the leaders in his generation .... can walk into most test 11 .... has 2 triples
having watched Sehwag, i feel that he can do almost everything Merchant probably did but I don't think Merchant could hit a triple in a day
right now, Sehwag has some 4800+ runs @ 51+ from 57 tests and if he continues with his good work for 25 more tests or so then i won't be surprised if he is hailed as the best all-time opener for India
if i were voting then I would go for Sehwag
As most of us here, I don't know how good Merchant was. But looking at his stats, he looks like an awesome player
He played 10 tests b/w 1931-1952, of that 6 in Eng scoring 500+ runs at 47 and 4 in Ind scoring 300+ runs at 47 .... impressive record but i would like to know how much did other great batsmen average in that era and than make a comparison
Sehwag, clearly is one of the leaders in his generation .... can walk into most test 11 .... has 2 triples
having watched Sehwag, i feel that he can do almost everything Merchant probably did but I don't think Merchant could hit a triple in a day
right now, Sehwag has some 4800+ runs @ 51+ from 57 tests and if he continues with his good work for 25 more tests or so then i won't be surprised if he is hailed as the best all-time opener for India
if i were voting then I would go for Sehwag
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
ret
International Debutant
'IF' he goes around like this for another 25-30 tests, he will
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
ret
International Debutant
let's say after playing 85 tests, Sehwag has 7000+ runs w/ 20+ 100s .... thats good enough to make him in all-time great opener for India
it doesn't matter how he plays as long as he is getting runs .... why should anyone be worried if he scores a boundary with a slog or a technically perfect drive .... he doesn't have to score runs on the basis of how ppl in the crowd think they should be scored
btw, some of the votes that i see in the poll for Merchant are from ppl who have voted against Sehwag on different threads
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
ret
International Debutant
150 odd at Adelaide is good enough .... not a highway and batting in 4th inning
i don't know why it should worry ppl, if Sehwag has a better Ist inning record? As long as he is scoring runs in a test, thats fine
and i guess you voted for Merchant probably coz you never had a chance to see him play and thus form castles in the air by visualizing what you read abt him somewhere from ppl who never had a chance to see Sehwag!!! .... have you voted for Merchant just coz you never had a chance to analyze his batting? if you have analyzed his batting kindly show us why he should be opening in an all-time Ind X1
IS Merchant good coz he averages 47 in 10 tests!! And may be because he has a good FC record .... Shastri too has 1000+ runs @ 45 when opening for Ind and he has a good FC record too, why not him then as the partner to Gavaskar
However you look at it, Sehwag gets a place in the all-time X1, along with Gavaskar .... and as i said, if he is able to score 7000+ runs with 20 or more 100s by the time he has played 85 tests than it would be Sehwag as the best Ind all-time opener with Gavaskar and Merchant or whoever fighting for a place to partner Sehwag
ideally, thats how i would want that to go because I don't believe in leaving in the past and comforting myself how good things were in the past, along with old being the gold
if someone like Sehwag doesn't surpass Gavaskar then I would be upset as it would show little progress in terms of talent coming up in India
you don't want McLaren F1 to be the best sports car despite it being the best. you would want an Enzo to be built to take that title and in future something else taking that title. if F1 were to be the greatest sports car ever built than there is something wrong with the progress the auto industry is making .... similar is the case in cricket, if old remains the gold then there is something wrong with the talent coming through in Ind