India's ATG spin bowler

[bagapath]

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

And he could be right. Sunny could possibly be the best batsman to have played tests in the last 47 years.

 

[Shri]

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

Ash easily.

Arm ball
Offie
Leggie
Carrom Ball
Top spinner (no sure about this one)

 

[TheJediBrah]

Ash easily.

Arm ball
Offie
Leggie
Carrom Ball
Top spinner (no sure about this one)

Also the Australia ball. Slow, straight, never takes wickets and often goes to the boundary.

So named because it's the only one he can bowl in Australia.

 

[Daemon]

Also the Australia ball. Slow, straight, never takes wickets and often goes to the boundary.

You've just described finger spin

 

[Migara]

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.

Bedi was not good against Pakistanis, who were the best players of spin together with India at the time.

 

[bagapath]

Bedi was not good against Pakistanis, who were the best players of spin together with India at the time.

Never played them except at the fag end of his career in one series

 

[Pratters]

Which one?

03/04 I think.

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

Yep, 03/04 is iconic. Kumble is not going to take part in the series. He coaches Harbhajan a bit. Then, He plays in the series and is excellent. For the most part for it, Kumble was absolutely terrible away from Asia. He learnt how to bowl outside from there on. Srinath has a similar trajectory where he used to just bowl short till later in his career when he found the length and was fine outside Asia.

 

[Days of Grace]

Why wasn’t Kumble going to play in that series?

 

[Pratters]

Why wasn’t Kumble going to play in that series?

Harbhajan had become the premier spinner

 

[stephen]

Kumble is a poor man's O'Reilly.

The problem India has is that their surfaces favour bowlers who won't be successful away from home.

Kapil is the most valuable Indian bowler ever IMO.