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    Who is the most overated player from the subcontinent, ever?

    Nope -- Tendulkar averages 46 in South Africa and 53 in Australia. Laxman 40 in South Africa and 44 in Australia.
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    Who is the most overated player from the subcontinent, ever?

    I am not at all suggesting that he is not an excellent batsman, it's just that he is not one of the all time great batsmen.
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    Who is the most overated player from the subcontinent, ever?

    His substandard performances in 4 (not one or 2, but 4!) countries - England, South Africa, West Indies, and India - indicate that the quality of his renown is greater than the quality of his feats.
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    Who is the most overated player from the subcontinent, ever?

    If one were to define overrated as hysterical overvaluation of skills and performances by some pundits - better than Bradman, etc. - I'd go with Tendulkar. A case of some high amplitude nonsense, from those who should know better, tainting one's appreciation of an awesome cricketer. Otherwise...
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    Your Top 20 Cricketers of all time

    I quite liked CMJ's list. Here's mine: Bradman Sobers Tendulkar Warne Lara Richards Marshall Murali Gilchrist Kallis Khan Lillee Ambrose Hobbs Hadlee McGrath Gavaskar Hutton Ponting Akram with the sincerest apologies to the other Richards, who was to my eyes, even better than Viv when on song.
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    gupte, qadir, chandrashekhar (though he was sui generis)?
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    Most aesthetically pleasing batsmen

    in terms of pure batting perfection, i have to give it to tendulkar. marginally ahead of kallis. in terms of just beautiful strokes, i must say that my list would be martyn moyo vvs gower amla waugh jayawardene with amla slowly and steadily climbing the list. and lara and richards (b) also...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    following on from sjs's have seen 11, my live at the ground one would be: gavaskar smith richards tendulkar lara sobers (i was far too young, but hey!) gilchrist marshall ambrose warne murali my live, including on tv gavaskar richards richards tendulkar lara sobers gilchrist marshall lillee...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    haven't you had the great good fortune to see lara and khan live, assuming it is live at the ground that you are talking about?
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    the problem is his record in countries. in india, in saf, in england, in the windies, his record is poor.
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    Clash of the titans, Dhoni vs Bevan

    one parameter that could possibly be used in this debate is who faced better bowling attacks. i have seen it argued that it was bevan, but is that really the case? perhaps one of the more statistically proficient on here can calculate both players' avearge batting ratings since these do, to an...
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    Ranking the great fast bowlers

    that is true, though uneven bounce is, arguably, even more important. that said, the truly important issue is, in my 'umble, the fact that they were his own conditions....conditions he grew up in and hence was used to. that is why subcontinental batsmen can play spin in subcontinental...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    lillee spoke highly of majid. in the anecdote about knocking off, or trying to, his trusted cap. both engineer and khan were highly charismatic blokes, and apparently rather dab hands with the ladies.
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    Ranking the great fast bowlers

    what a clever response. better record in a diverse variety of conditions over a longer period of time. handled pace well. handled spin -- two of the best of all time, actually - well. did well in conditions most inimical to the style of play of subcontinental batsmen - england, saf, aus. did...
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    Ranking the great fast bowlers

    noone would argue that chappell was not a great batsman, but by criterion is he a bit better than tendulkar? or even as good? ditto hammond, the batsman?
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    Ranking the great fast bowlers

    because murali's stats are up there with warne's. i suppose in the same way that hammond's are with tendulkar.
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    Clash of the titans, Dhoni vs Bevan

    but, apart from finals performances per se, tendulkar's world cup record is quite a bit superior to both that of ponting's or gilchrist's. u don't end up top scoring in 2 and being the second highest scorer in another, otherwise.
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    Ranking the great fast bowlers

    would have tendulkar in the team in a flash. what irritates me is the inclusion of warne over murali in all time teams.
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    Ranking the great fast bowlers

    think that warne and tendulkar polled 3rd and 4th behind bradman and sobers. hobbs was behind them. ESPNcricinfo all-time World XI: Voting trends | All-time XIs | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo
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    Clash of the titans, Dhoni vs Bevan

    why is it ironic? given that their records in general, as well as in the wc, are inferior to tendulkar's?

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