Trichromatic Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Had all types of performances ranging from 1st gear to 4th gear. He did almost everything you could ask for. 1. Seeing off new ball in tough conditions - check 2. Playing with tailenders and scoring quickly - check 3. Stonewalling - check 4. Big hundred - check 5. Dominating spinner - check 6. Not getting roughed up by pacers - check velu 1 Link to comment
zen Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) In a winning series overseas (outside subcon), Pujara’s this one and Gavaskar’s 750+ runs in WI in 71 .... consistent performances throughout the series At home (familiar conditions) in a winning series, VVS vs Aus in 2001 series .... but this was influenced by one major (ATG) inning In subcon, Sehwag in Pak Edited January 7, 2019 by zen Link to comment
G_B_ Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I would have said yes But looking at gavaskar in 1972 against that all time great bowling attack I think he should take that mantle CSK Fan 1 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 The best test series batting I watched was Sunny in 1971. ExtremeBrainfade 1 Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, G_B_ said: I would have said yes But looking at gavaskar in 1972 against that all time great bowling attack I think he should take that mantle That was a pop gun attack. Forget ATG, no bowler would even fall in category of very good bowler. Something similar to what India faced against England in 2016 where Rashid and Moeen were main bowlers. Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, G_B_ said: I would have said yes But looking at gavaskar in 1972 against that all time great bowling attack I think he should take that mantle That was not a all time great attack. Bernard Julien, Daniel , Sobers were the Pacers. Having said that it was the best batting I have seen. Sunny was on debut, finger infection made him miss first test. He scored 774 runs in 4 tests on debut tour that too overseas . More importantly we won 1-0 because of him. Since then we have toured WI many times and haven't won after that. Edited January 7, 2019 by Straight Drive zen 1 Link to comment
GolGappe Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: That was not a all time great attack. Bernard Julien, Daniel , Sobers were the Pacers. Having said that it was the best batting I have seen. Sunny was on debut, finger infection made him miss first test. He scored 774 runs in 4 tests on debut tour that too overseas . More importantly we won 1-0 because of him. Since then we have toured WI many times and haven't won after that. India have won their last 3 test series in WI. Link to comment
singhprakash72 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Pujara's knock remind me more of Amarnath than Dravid....Amarnath in test series with Pak and WI, the two toughest, in 1982-83 season was the probably the most phenomenal batting I ever saw (actually just saw vs Pak no Tv coverage at WI but it was probably the best pace attack ever) Straight Drive 1 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, GolGappe said: India have won their last 3 test series in WI. Which (years) apart from 1971 have we won. Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 minute ago, singhprakash72 said: Pujara's knock remind me more of Amarnath than Dravid....Amarnath in test series with Pak and WI, the two toughest, in 1982-83 season was the probably the most phenomenal batting I ever saw (actually just saw vs Pak no Tv coverage at WI but it was probably the best pace attack ever) Mohinder Amarnath did solve the number 3 problem then and played superbly against WI pace quartet in 1984 series. He was easily the best Indian batsman on that tour. Link to comment
GolGappe Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: Which (years) apart from 1971 have we won. 2006 - Captain Dravid 2011 - Captain Dhoni 2016 - Captain Kohli Straight Drive and express bowling 2 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, GolGappe said: 2006 - Captain Dravid 2011 - Captain Dhoni 2016 - Captain Kohli I see, totally missed it. Thanks. Link to comment
zen Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, GolGappe said: 2006 - Captain Dravid 2011 - Captain Dhoni 2016 - Captain Kohli Doing it in 71 for the first time with average batsmen (passengers?) was amazing .... We will win in Aus too in future but doing it for the first time is special Straight Drive 1 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, zen said: Doing it in 71 for the first time with average batsmen (passengers?) was amazing .... We will win in Aus too in future but doing it for the first time is special And we had to take 30 wickets considering home umpire bias, no DRS. We carried a squad of 14 at most due to cost factor of tours. Now we carry 16 to 17 players overseas as budget isn't issue. So we are well equipped on resources front. The only thing that was better than it is now is we played at least 5 practice matches on whole tour, some of them between tow test matches. Think we played 5 practice matches on that tour to WI. In England we played 8 practice matches at least iirc . Result was there to see. We won both those back to back test series. Now management don't want warmup or reduces one day from warmup. Edited January 7, 2019 by Straight Drive zen and GolGappe 2 Link to comment
ExtremeBrainfade Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 49 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: The best test series batting I watched was Sunny in 1971. This. SMG vs WI in 1971. Nothing comes close. GolGappe and Straight Drive 2 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 minute ago, ExtremeBrainfade said: This. SMG vs WI in 1971. Nothing comes close. He was very keen to improve his technique. Classic test match batsman. Loads of patience while batting. Kamal Bhandarkar modified his bat grip, Worthington too helped him made technical changes which helped him play pacers much better. velu and GolGappe 2 Link to comment
putrevus Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 This is best batting Indian batsmen in series win. Quality wise, Mohinder Amarnath batting in 1983 against WI would be my best batting ever by an Indian batsman against the best bowling attack in history of the game. His twin fifties in Barbados have to be rated the best against fearsome attack.Pujara 100 in first test was his best . Link to comment
putrevus Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Sunny 774 in 1971 was against pop gun attack which was nothing special. Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Kohli during last aussie tour hit 4 100s. Pujaras is special cause we won. Cricketics and mishra 2 Link to comment
Cricketics Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 minute ago, jf1gp_1 said: Kohli during last aussie tour hit 4 100s. Pujaras is special cause we won. Too bad our bowling wasn't as good that time. Link to comment
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