India's ATG spin bowler

[ImpatientLime]

did sobers hit the bottle lots?

 

[Starfighter]

did sobers hit the bottle lots?

I think he just has a strong sense of 'better in my day' curmudgeonliness.

 

[sledger]

Obnoxious Weed Singh always gets a raw deal when it comes to these sorts of discussions.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Obnoxious Weed Singh always gets a raw deal when it comes to these sorts of discussions.

I think Kumble does in a way as he wasn't the best spinner around when he played so people forget how good he actually was.

 

[cnerd123]

Harbhajan also had several years where he wasn't bowling with his same magic - too flat, quick, and relying on the doosra

Peak Bhajji was glorious tho.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Peak Bhajji was essentially that one series tbh. He was still very good for 5-6 years after that but failed to ever take over as the leader of the attack. It was undisputedly Kumble all the way till 08 and by then Bhajji was pretty crap.

 

[Shri]

Ugh, Bhajji bowling down the legside is what I can recall best when thinking about him, not his best test series.

 

[Pratters]

did sobers hit the bottle lots?

As a matter of fact, he did. There are many stories in his autobiography of him drinking all night or the previous day and then scoring 200+ or taking many wickets.

 

[Pratters]

Kumble was terrible outside Asia till his resurrection in that series v Australia. After that, his away stats are respectable.

 

[ImpatientLime]

As a matter of fact, he did. There are many stories in his autobiography of him drinking all night or the previous day and then scoring 200+ or taking many wickets.

and to think there are people who will lap it up and believe him.

 

[Bijed]

did sobers hit the bottle lots?

Probably not, given his name

 

[ImpatientLime]

lovely patter

 

[Starfighter]

Seems purple is in favour atm.

 

[Shri]

Kumble was terrible outside Asia till his resurrection in that series v Australia. After that, his away stats are respectable.

Which one?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Which one?

03/04 I think.

He bowled decently in England in 02 too, which probably started turning things around for him.

 

[jimmy101]

Here's an interesting question. Which bowler had the most variations? It'd probably be a toss-up between Gupte and Chandra. Bhajji?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Here's an interesting question. Which bowler had the most variations? It'd probably be a toss-up between Gupte and Chandra. Bhajji?

More variations available to you with a bend of the elbow, hardly fair to include him

 

[jimmy101]

Variations are variations, legal or not ?

 

[mr_mister]

voted Gupte to be a cricket hipster but it's probably Kumble really. They all have like the same average he just maintained for way more tests

 

[Singh767]

Ffs who voted for Harbhajan Singh