Sourav Ganguly vs Kumar Sangakkara

[MasterBlaster24]

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[Thala_0710]

Sanga

 

[capt_Luffy]

Sanga had a wonderful late career surge, but over career Ganguly comfortably

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Ganguly was about Mark Waugh level - high quality ODI bat

 

[Thala_0710]

Sanga had a wonderful late career surge, but over career Ganguly comfortably

Comfortably how?

 

[Thala_0710]

Sanga has a much better WC record, there's not a very big era difference between them, and raw stats (or stats against top nations), are equalish

 

[Thala_0710]

Sanga actually has a clearly superior record against the best teams of their eras (Aus and Sa)

 

[capt_Luffy]

Comfortably how?

Better avg as is, difference widens by Era

 

[Thala_0710]

Better avg as is, difference widens by Era

Sangakkara avgs higher

 

[capt_Luffy]

Sangakkara avgs higher

A single run, gets done by Era. Late 90s Ganguly was quite equal to Anwar and Waugh

 

[Thala_0710]

A single run, gets done by Era. Late 90s Ganguly was quite equal to Anwar and Waugh

Yeah but it's not a very big difference... Early 10s Sanga was just as good... And then you look at WC performances and performances against top teams in Aus and Sa where Sanga beats him more clearly... So overall don't see how it's comfortable

 

[Thala_0710]

And the era difference isn't huge... It's a 4-5 year difference

 

[capt_Luffy]

Yeah but it's not a very big difference... Early 10s Sanga was just as good... And then you look at WC performances and performances against top teams in Aus and Sa where Sanga beats him more clearly... So overall don't see how it's comfortable

Because early Sangakkara was a legit dud of a player. It took him till 2010s to turn Good let alone very good

 

[capt_Luffy]

And the era difference isn't huge... It's a 4-5 year difference

Late 90s and mid 2010s, which were also the peak for both, is a pretty big difference

 

[Thala_0710]

Because early Sangakkara was a legit dud of a player. It took him till 2010s to turn Good let alone very good

So was Ganguly in the 2000s...they were just good at different stages of their career

 

[Thala_0710]

Late 90s and mid 2010s, which were also the peak for both, is a pretty big difference

Yeah but it's only 4 years... Compared to the bigger difference in performances in WC and vs top teams, I'm taking Sanga

 

[capt_Luffy]

So was Ganguly in the 2000s...they were just good at different stages of their career

I don't think Ganguly was ever a dud like Sanga was early on.

Yeah but it's only 4 years... Compared to the bigger difference in performances in WC and vs top teams, I'm taking Sanga

Ganguly had a very good WC as well. And as I said, those 4 years on both sides are basically their peaks

 

[Thala_0710]

I don't think Ganguly was ever a dud like Sanga was early on.

How exactly? Sanga has better numbers than Ganguly post 2000 actually in the early part of the decade where they were both duds

 

[capt_Luffy]

How exactly? Sanga has better numbers than Ganguly post 2000 actually in the early part of the decade where they were both duds

I think Ganguly was fine till around 2003 WC

 

[Thala_0710]

I think Ganguly was fine till around 2003 WC

The numbers look pretty bad