India's ATG spin bowler

[jimmy101]

Interesting comparison IMO. Hard to pick a definitive winner.

How would you rank these bowlers? Is there anyone I've forgotten?

 

[Daemon]

Who did we choose again in the ATG game?

 

[OverratedSanity]

I don't think any of them are truly ATGs tbh. Most of them ATVGs.

 

[jimmy101]

I don't think any of them are truly ATGs tbh. Most of them ATVGs.

Come on bro. Gotta big up your own players!

 

[Starfighter]

Who did we choose again in the ATG game?

Kumble and Gupte, plus Mankad as an allrounder. Three guys turning the ball the same direction is itstl.

 

[Borges]

Haven't seen Mankad and Gupte, Among the others, Chandrasekhar.

 

[Daemon]

I don't think any of them are truly ATGs tbh. Most of them ATVGs.

Yeah I agree. Kumble is closest because of longevity but I think Gupte had a better overseas record than most on the list.

Any of them would have averaged in the low 20s if they played for India in the last few years.

 

[cnerd123]

Kumble clearly the best in terms of achievements tho.

 

[jimmy101]

I'll throw in my two cents and opt for Bedi. My opinion is based on what former players have said about him.

Although Gupte is really intriguing. Would love to read a good article on him.

 

[cnerd123]

I'll throw in my two cents and opt for Bedi. My opinion is based on what former players have said about him.

Although Gupte is really intriguing. Would love to read a good article on him.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1397772/Subhash-Gupte.html

 

[Borges]

I'll throw in my two cents and opt for Bedi. My opinion is based on what former players have said about him.

The man of strong beliefs, Ashley Mallet believes that it is Prasanna.

“Ashwin has bowled really well against the South Africans, but he is not on the same street as Erapalli Prasanna. ... He was the best off-spinner of all time.”
https://sportzwiki.com/cricket/ashley-mallett-prasanna-was-the-best-spinner-ever/

"For his tremendous performances in Australia in 1967-68, I place Prasanna if not above, at least on par with another genius offspinner, the Sri Lankan wizard Muttiah Muralitharan."
Ashley Mallett on the five best spinners he has seen - ESPN

 

[Starfighter]

Prasanna seems to have strong case of impressions >> results.

 

[trundler]

Well we could try comparing the most similar ones first like Chandra and Kumble or Bhajjj and Ashwin, decide between them first and then compare to others?

 

[harsh.ag]

Kumble, Gupte, Prasanna and Bedi are the four best of their kind. Kuldeep will join in the fifth category.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah I agree. Kumble is closest because of longevity but I think Gupte had a better overseas record than most on the list.

Any of them would have averaged in the low 20s if they played for India in the last few years.

Chandra's definitely the best overseas spinner. Won India tests off his own back in England and Australia.

 

[Pratters]

Yeah, Chandra is the best. Prasanna would have had a better record if the lbw law was different. I remember SJS wrote a long piece on it.

 

[Daemon]

Chandra's definitely the best overseas spinner. Won India tests off his own back in England and Australia.

oops, I mixed them up.

 

[trundler]

I've read that Chandra was largely figured out towards the end of his career when batsmen started playing him as a medium pacer as his stock ball was the top spinner.

 

[fredfertang]

Gupte was way before my time, but Shane Warne wasn't so as Garry Sobers reckons Gupte was a better bowler than Warne that'll do me for this one

 

[trundler]

Sobers also reckons Gavaskar was the best he's seen, above Tendulkar and Richards.