Are you old enough to have followed ODI cricket in late 90s? Ganguly's impact won't show up in stats easily.
No I'm not. But if we're going only by that, then 99% of comparisons here fall flat
Yup that's something, MOTMs are quite arbitrary and not really a great metric imo
I mean yeah he was very good in the late 90s not denying that... Again he wasn't as good as Tendulkar, Bevan or Anwar.... And I'd have Jayasuriya over him as well...
I think in late 90s he and Anwar were kinda close.
Yeah kinda close depending on what exact timeframe you take. But overall Anwar was just a faster and more impactful version of Ganguly with similar consistentcy
And I forgot Gilly btw
Don't agree Anwar was better, but Ganguly went big more often. Anyways, on stats alone you would think Dravid and Ganguly were close as well. Don't think that was the case at all. Feel that's kinda true here, I think agree with Ankitj, Ganguly wasn't a dasher but set the tone of the innings well in his own way
Ganguly and Dravid aren't too close, but they aren't too far apart either imo. Ganguly easily better for me, but it's not like Ganguly was great and Dravid was mid.
Yeah don't feel I agree that much, and that's what I was saying. I can't contradict you on their respective stats alone.
I sorted on hundreds not total runs. Top order batsmen make impact when they set the tone and then capitalise.
Also forgot Lara and Twose
Anwar was a better Odi batsman than Ganguly.
Even by 100s there's not that big of a difference. Ganguly just played more games than others in his era. And I'd argue going quickly early in the pp is more impactful actually for the team
Overall definitely
*Disagree. Don't disagree Anwar was better but didn't think the gap is big
Perhaps but Ganguly was a decent 6th bowler. Mark Waugh also