Thread is better test spinner, that's Gibbs, if it was just better spinner then sure, bring up CC.
TBF, what
@BazBall21 was actually saying was that Kumble could also look middling on flat wickets, and if out of form he could be dropped for one or two series too, infact I'd go ahead and say if Warne played for West Indies, he'd be dropped for a few series too during his downtime.
Other spinners in India: 36.3
Other spinners in West Indies: 49.0
Other spinners abroad for AK: 42.7
Other spinners abroad for LG: 46.0
Other spinners in general for AK: 40.0
Other spinners in general for LG: 44.0
I think this has fundamentally something to do with the amount of spinners playing and such factors.
Anyway, You're welcome to declare Kumble's home wickets as flat as Gibbs's or whatever, and say the surfaces were similar but I would warn you that it would have dramatic ramifications for the Indian batsmen of the time who scored heavily on those same wickets
Yeah but also a comparatively stronger home batting against spin, Sobers and Sachin cancel out with Sachin having the edge, and then you just have Azharrudin, VVS, Sehwag, Sidhu, Dravid...all amazing players of spin, who'd bash the opposition spinners and raise opposition spinner average.