GladiatrsInBlue
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Who do you think is the best? Dhoni, K Akmal,P Patel or Karthick???
I was talking about India and Pak cricketers only.masterblaster said:Kumar Sangakkara,
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YEah, i sould have said Indo-Pak.C_C said:You said subcontinent. SL is definately subcontinent.
Eh? Sangakkara is a very, very good glovesman, Akmal is poor. He handles Murali and company with near perfection on difficult pitches. He's up there among the best straight keepers in the world even ignoring his batting, he simply is preferred as a batsman a lot of the time. And if it wasn't for Gilchrist he would be the best keeper-batsman too.C_C said:Sangy is definately the best batsman by a light year and Akmal is the best glovesman by quiete some distance.
Well I won't say with any certainty that I have seen him as much as you, but the last time I saw him in the Tsunami charity match he was simply awesome, and put in one of the best keeping performances I have seen in years, and he was very good in the series in Sri Lanka against Australia as well.C_C said:No he doesnt...Akmal is clearly a better glovesman than Sangy.....Sangy is erratic and he had a decent series or two keeping to Murali but mostly he has been average...he punches at the ball like Patel....
His keeping isnt very great shakes and that is one of the big reason why he hasnt really cemented the keeper's spot but Kalu keeps getting chances( he is better at keeping than Sangy but still not very good)
Well in the Tsunami match he kept as well as he has ever kept to Murali but that has allot to do with the fact Murali wasn't bowling as well as usually does. But in saying that he has improved his keeping. from what i've seen of Ratra, Kamran and Prasanna their all better keepers then him, but he is allot better batter by far. I haven't seen enough of Karthik or Dhoni to comment, but from what i've heard their proabably as good with the gloves as Sangakkara. Well Patel, hmm i don't think i need to say too much, but he is only 19 (maybe 20 now) so he has plenty of time to improve.FaaipDeOiad said:Well I won't say with any certainty that I have seen him as much as you, but the last time I saw him in the Tsunami charity match he was simply awesome, and put in one of the best keeping performances I have seen in years, and he was very good in the series in Sri Lanka against Australia as well.
And what I saw from Akmal didn't impress me at all either. He seemed more of a part-timer than a true keeper, just like Patel does. Far too many errors.
Gilchrist is better than Sangakkara?FaaipDeOiad said:Eh? Sangakkara is a very, very good glovesman, Akmal is poor. He handles Murali and company with near perfection on difficult pitches. He's up there among the best straight keepers in the world even ignoring his batting, he simply is preferred as a batsman a lot of the time. And if it wasn't for Gilchrist he would be the best keeper-batsman too.
In ODIs? Dhoni.GladiatrsInBlue said:Who do you think is the best? Dhoni, K Akmal,P Patel or Karthick???