Best Indian ODI Batsman of All Time.

[Leggie]

Dravid had the potential to play an aggressive innings though, he played a few in England in the 7 match series in 2007. I remember one shot off one of the quicks where he back cutted them for six, was an immense shot.

Yeah, I remember that shot too. He just leaned back to a half volley outside off stump and it practivally flew off his bat. I think after Dravid hit that ball Nasser Hussain went on about Indian bats have low middles...

 

[Aditya]

Afcaus sachin tendulkar.

 

[aditya123]

The poll choices are laughable.Nawab Pataudi,Shastri,Gavaskar,Vengsarkar ?? Are you even serious.I see no reason why they would make it to a list of best ODI batsmen ahead of Azharuddin and Dravid, both of whom are ODI batting greats in my opinion.

 

[rockyrakster]

Of course Sachin Gambhir will rank 12th in my rating.But If he continues in this form he will break into top 5 soon:happy

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

Tendulkar without a doubt. He is one of the best in the world along with Ponting and maybe Lara.

 

[usy]

wa'easy Sachin Tendulkar fo sho.

That guy is amazing, I guess.

 

[King Cricket]

Sachin without a doubt. Although right now, Gautam Gambhir is nowhere, but I think if he can continue his current form for the next 6 years, he will for sure come into the race.

 

[King Pietersen]

Gambhir will never score 40 ODi hundreds. No-one will ever be in the same league as Tendulkar in terms of ODi openers. Hayden's the only one that comes even remotely close! Gambhir certainly won't get near Tendulkars record.

 

[metallics2006]

Gambhir will never score 40 ODi hundreds. No-one will ever be in the same league as Tendulkar in terms of ODi openers. Hayden's the only one that comes even remotely close! Gambhir certainly won't get near Tendulkars record.

Ganguly was way better than Hayden in ODIs. He has over 11,000 ODI runs and 22 100s iirc. Hayden is not even remotely close to Sachin in ODIs. He has just 10 100s to his name.

 

[King Cricket]

Gambhir will never score 40 ODi hundreds. No-one will ever be in the same league as Tendulkar in terms of ODi openers. Hayden's the only one that comes even remotely close! Gambhir certainly won't get near Tendulkars record.

Hayden!!! Hayden comes close to Tendulkar!

Anway, this thread is not about Hayden. So, back to topic. How come you are so sure that Gambhir won't be regarded as one of the best Indian batsmen of all-time? He might not be another Tendulkar, but he has every ability to come close to Tendulkar. Check his last year's ODI stats. If, there is a big IF, if he continues to score at the rate he is scoring now, for the next five or six years, who can say what will happen?

 

[King Pietersen]

Hayden averaged 43 in ODi cricket, and the only reason Ganguly scored more hundreds is because he played over double the amount of games as Hayden. Hayden's got a better average, and a better strike rate and in his prime in ODi cricket was unstoppable. World Cup 2007 he was glorious, hell for the whole of 2007 he was supreme.

I just don't rate Gambhir that highly from what I've seen of him. He's a very talented young guy, but I do not rate him anywhere near as highly as Tendulkar. I rate Sehwag far higher than Gambhir. He had a good year last year and has started well this year, but I don't think he'll ever be regarded as anywhere near Sachin in terms of his record or his ability. Against the top sides in the world his average drops considerably. He only averages 32 with a strike rate of 81 and although he's still performed well in his last 2 seasons, his record last season wasn't superb, averaging just over 40 striking at 84, he's certainly no Tendulkar. He'll probably end his career known as a very good player, but not in the same bracket as Tendulkar, Hayden, Gayle, Ganguly or Gilchrist.

 

[metallics2006]

Hayden averaged 43 in ODi cricket, and the only reason Ganguly scored more hundreds is because he played over double the amount of games as Hayden. Hayden's got a better average, and a better strike rate

Ganguly played double the amount of games and still the difference in average is only 1 between them. Ganguly averages 42 in ODIs. Hayden's SR is about 78 and Ganguly's SR is 73 -after playing double the amount of matches compared to Hayden. Ganguly was way better than Hayden in ODIs.

 

[King Pietersen]

Against top opposition Ganguly averages 37 with 14 hundreds, striking at 73 from 236 innings. Hayden averages 43 with 10 hundreds in 136 innings, striking at 78. I rate Hayden higher.

 

[metallics2006]

Against top opposition Ganguly averages 37 with 14 hundreds, striking at 73 from 236 innings. Hayden averages 43 with 10 hundreds in 136 innings, striking at 78. I rate Hayden higher.

Wait a minute, are you telling me that Hayden never played ODIs against minnows?

 

[King Pietersen]

No, but he did, but didn't rely on scoring his runs against them, with all his hundreds coming in games against top opposition. Check out the stats yourself.