Whether Jadeja is the best ever indian fielder?

[rkt.india]

7 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Azhar and it isn't even close. That guy could field everywhere, deep, circle, close in (without helmet), slip cordon. The most complete fielder of all time along with Ponting, and his rocket throws just by flicking wrists...magic !!!  He was on the verge of being dropped for the 1989-90 Pakistan tour, Cheeka the captain forced the selectors to pick him, bola ki if not Azhar, fielding kaun karega?

 

Pity his amazing fielding feats aren't available on YT, but those who saw him will vouch for his all round skills. I remember a Sportstar issue in the 2000s which carried a story abut fielding and many of the interviewees talked about Azhar, IIRC Ponting called him his idol as far as fielding was concerned. 

 

Jaddu as good as he is...very limited, never seen him do miracles in slip cordon or forward short leg, leg slip, silly point etc. 

 

 

 

 

 

A couple at the start:

 

Honestly this is nowhere near the best collection, I wish it were available somewhere. I remember him running a Pakistani batsman out with a flick of his wrist from outside the 30 yard circle, flat rocket released in no time....like that Rohit Sharma run out in 2007 WT20 (RSA) but from a longer distance, can never forget that piece of genius. 

How many bowlers field at short leg, silly point. Overseas, he doesn't play enough to show his skills in the slip.

[Real McCoy]

Jadeja is the best ever Indian fielder. But honorable mentions to Yuvi, Kaif, Raina, Dravid, Laxman, Ganguly, Sachin, Azhar, Jadeja (the fixer), Robin Singh, Kapil, Gavaskar, Eknath Solkar, and Hemu Adhikari.

[SrinjayDutta]

Not ganguly in my view, even though I am a Bengali.

[Clarke]

I think so; did see Azhar in late 90s and although he had those moments (i recall a runout in the 96 WC semifinal, magical) I still feel RJ is the most awesome fielder in Indian colors. Ajay Jadeja was pretty neat as well. 

[King Tendulkar]

By miles best indian fielder ever, not even a contest

 

The question is more.  Is Jadeja the best fielder the world has ever seen?  Amazing that we can consider having best fielder of all time, particularly for those who watched a lot of indian team back in the day

[jalebi_bhai]

Some of the best all-round Indian fielders I've seen:

 

Ravindra Jadeja

Ajay Jadeja 

Robin Singh 

Yuvraj Singh

Md. Kaif

Manish Pandey

Suresh Raina

Azhar

Ajinkya Rahane

 

Kohli is actually a very good ground fielder but poor in slips so he only gets an honourable mention. 

 

Dravid and Laxman were not necessarily the most athletic across the turf but they were very good slip catchers. 

 

I've heard that even Kapil Dev was a very good fielder but I never saw him play live.

 

[bowl_out]

Easily the best.. Azhar was a good and safe catcher.. But swiftness in field, powerful throws (both from outfield and in circle), direct hits, Jadeja easily beats Azhar and everybody else

[Vijy]

2 hours ago, Gollum said:

Azhar and it isn't even close. That guy could field everywhere, deep, circle, close in (without helmet), slip cordon. The most complete fielder of all time along with Ponting, and his rocket throws just by flicking wrists...magic !!!  He was on the verge of being dropped for the 1989-90 Pakistan tour, Cheeka the captain forced the selectors to pick him, bola ki if not Azhar, fielding kaun karega?

 

Pity his amazing fielding feats aren't available on YT, but those who saw him will vouch for his all round skills. I remember a Sportstar issue in the 2000s which carried a story abut fielding and many of the interviewees talked about Azhar, IIRC Ponting called him his idol as far as fielding was concerned. 

 

Jaddu as good as he is...very limited, never seen him do miracles in slip cordon or forward short leg, leg slip, silly point etc. 

 

 

 

 

 

A couple at the start:

 

Honestly this is nowhere near the best collection, I wish it were available somewhere. I remember him running a Pakistani batsman out with a flick of his wrist from outside the 30 yard circle, flat rocket released in no time....like that Rohit Sharma run out in 2007 WT20 (RSA) but from a longer distance, can never forget that piece of genius. 

has to be azhar as you said. he could do almost everything to a high degree. he may not be the best slip fielder, the best short-leg or close-in fielder to spinners, and the best outfielder, but as a package he was the most complete that I've seen.

[putrevus]

Azhar was best allround fielder , he was excellent in slips and close in too but outfield Jadeja is the best in world along with Symonds.

Edited January 15, 2019 by putrevus

[Yoda-esque]

Yes closely followed by kaif

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[Yoda-esque]

Worst fielder would be ryudu

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[velu]

21 minutes ago, Yoda-esque said:

Worst fielder would be ryudu

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thats chahal

 

[Deleted_User_1]

Yes Jadeja is the best fielder from India ever except close in fielding positions. For that there was no one better than Eknath Solkar. His catches at forward short leg to the spin quartret of the 70s were legendary. This was the era of no helmets and he stood so close to the batsmen he could smell their auss!

Edited January 15, 2019 by Audiophile

[maniac]

Here is my Top 10

Rhodes

Ponting

Jadeja

Symonds

Kaif

Gibbs(despite the famous drop catch)

Yuvraj

Ab dev

Azhar

Chris Harris 

 

 

 

 

[putrevus]

48 minutes ago, Audiophile said:

Yes Jadeja is the best fielder from India ever except close in fielding positions. For that there was no one better than Eknath Solkar. His catches at forward short leg to the spin quartret of the 70s were legendary. This was the era of no helmets and he stood so close to the batsmen he could smell their auss!

Solkar was very good at shortleg and silly point but I don't think he was better than Azhar in slips or outfield.

[Deleted_User_1]

4 hours ago, putrevus said:

Solkar was very good at shortleg and silly point but I don't think he was better than Azhar in slips or outfield.

I was talking strictly very close in like short silly point or forward short leg. I do not remember Solkar in slips. I have only seen footage of him as I was too young to have seen him live. However, growing up my Dad used to rave about how he literally snatched balls from close to batsmen’s pads or bats. Considering there were no helmets back then, it was very brave to stand so close to the batsman. The modern day fielders do not stand so close.

[Real McCoy]

8 hours ago, SrinjayDutta said:

Not ganguly in my view, even though I am a Bengali.

he is not a good ground fielder but he has taken some spectacular catches diving and also had some direct hits. He was as bad as Kumble when it came to ground fielding. Kumble used to dive after the ball has passed him

[rkt.india]

7 hours ago, Audiophile said:

Yes Jadeja is the best fielder from India ever except close in fielding positions. For that there was no one better than Eknath Solkar. His catches at forward short leg to the spin quartret of the 70s were legendary. This was the era of no helmets and he stood so close to the batsmen he could smell their auss!

He got the benefit of less attacking batsmen.

[rkt.india]

9 hours ago, Real McCoy said:

Jadeja is the best ever Indian fielder. But honorable mentions to Yuvi, Kaif, Raina, Dravid, Laxman, Ganguly, Sachin, Azhar, Jadeja (the fixer), Robin Singh, Kapil, Gavaskar, Eknath Solkar, and Hemu Adhikari.

Ganguly, Laxman?

[rkt.india]

6 hours ago, maniac said:

Here is my Top 10

Rhodes

Ponting

Jadeja

Symonds

Kaif

Gibbs(despite the famous drop catch)

Yuvraj

Ab dev

Azhar

Chris Harris 

 

 

 

 

You forgot Warner?