Babar Azam vs Rohit Sharma

[PlayerComparisons]

Babar's almost a decade into his career and only scored 9 hundreds so far. Definitely a bit disappointing.

Tbf Pakistan don’t play many tests but yea he seems to have a conversion rate problem

 

[howitzer]

Babar could end up as Pakistan’s greatest batsman but has massively underachieved so far

He would need a real upswing in his performances over a good length of time for me to even consider him in the same class as the likes of Miandad and YK, let alone ahead. Has a lot of work to do.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

He would need a real upswing in his performances over a good length of time for me to even consider him in the same class as the likes of Miandad and YK, let alone ahead. Has a lot of work to do.

Yea he’ll either end up as the best or not even in the same class as those two (likely the latter)

 

[howitzer]

Yea he’ll either end up as the best or not even in the same class as those two (likely the latter)

Now this doesn't make any sense whatsoever. If someone has a possibility of being worse and a possibility of being better then it would follow that there would be possibility of being about the same too.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Now this doesn't make any sense whatsoever. If someone has a possibility of being worse and a possibility of being better then it would follow that there would be possibility of being about the same too.

Yea it’s pretty subjective. I think he has a higher ceiling than those two but it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t have the same output.

 

[howitzer]

Yea it’s pretty subjective. I think he has a higher ceiling than those two but it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t have the same output.

David Gower is an example of a player from the past who had a very high ceiling but without the record to back it up. It's very plausible that Babar ends his career looking like a right-handed version of him.

 

[howitzer]

Border>>Gower over their careers but the latter was more talented imo.

Edit: Talent =/= Quality.

 

[smash84]

yeah, Babar never fails to disappoint. Unfortunately for pakistan he's a mental midget. Despite Rohit not being that good in tests, he's still better than Babar, although I feel Babar has more potential. Too bad the potential will remain unrealized. It's a bit like Mohammad Sami (to take an extreme example). Seems to have everything except the output.