MechEng Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 How different were they technically from each other? Tendulkar is often quoted as the technically most perfect batsman, I never hear the same for Dravid and Gavaskar. How true is this claim about Tendulkar? Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, MechEng said: How different were they technically from each other? Tendulkar is often quoted as the technically most perfect batsman, I never hear the same for Dravid and Gavaskar. How true is this claim about Tendulkar? Technically Tendulkar is more copybook than the other two. He had all the shots in his repertoire. Gavaskar did not have the backfoot game that SRT had. Also his weakness just outside the off stump was more prominent than SRT. SRT was supposed to be a freak, but did not live up to his potential compared to other modern day batsman. MechEng, nevada, sandsaims and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Stan AF Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thalaivar Tendulkar. I dare say he achieved much lesser than what he was capable of. There was never a batsman more joy to watch than him. His back foot punches bludgeoning the ball were a statement of strength. maniac, sandsaims and raki05 3 Link to comment
FischerTal Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Is this even a question? hands down midget was the perfect Textbook batsman.. if not for tennis elbow and the whole fixing saga that affected his mental game, he would have achieved far greater heights. sandeep and Rasgulla 1 1 Link to comment
Stan AF Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, FischerTal said: Is this even a question? hands down midget was the perfect Textbook batsman.. if not for tennis elbow and the whole fixing saga that affected his mental game, he would have achieved far greater heights. And a better team with him. FischerTal 1 Link to comment
MechEng Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 2 hours ago, FischerTal said: Is this even a question? hands down midget was the perfect Textbook batsman.. if not for tennis elbow and the whole fixing saga that affected his mental game, he would have achieved far greater heights. I thought Dravid played swing/seam better than Tendulkar. Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, MechEng said: I thought Dravid played swing/seam better than Tendulkar. Like in SA? Link to comment
Gollum Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Tendu, his drawback was in the mental department otherwise perfect textbook technique. Link to comment
MechEng Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 53 minutes ago, Trichromatic said: Like in SA? England! Broad and Anderson in prime! Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Gavaskar Aila Dravid you can’t have inferior technique, be an opener and average 50 in an era , where it is rare. Tendulkar might be on par, but was not tough mentally. 96 on a minefield against 2 spinners. Performance against pace quartet. People needed different set of skills to be successful in the 70s. Instead of batsmen who look like gladiators with broad heavy bats Link to comment
zen Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Mental strength can be considered a part of technical strength too Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 53 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Gavaskar Aila Dravid you can’t have inferior technique, be an opener and average 50 in an era , where it is rare. Tendulkar might be on par, but was not tough mentally. 96 on a minefield against 2 spinners. Performance against pace quartet. People needed different set of skills to be successful in the 70s. Instead of batsmen who look like gladiators with broad heavy bats Oh boy! You don't wanna go there . coffee_rules and Gollum 1 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 4 hours ago, MechEng said: I thought Dravid played swing/seam better than Tendulkar. No, not even close. Its only when you compare both of them post 2005, when Tendy was a shadow of his best, and Dravid had hit his absolute prime, that it gets close. And even then, you have multiple examples like Tendy vs Steyn in SA etc. raki05 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, zen said: Mental strength can be considered a part of technical strength too Dravid's 'mental strength' is overhyped. If he was so 'mentally strong' why did he consistently **** the bed against Aus, both home and away, until the 2nd innings of that Kolkata test? Not many remember that John Wright demoted his ass down to #6 in Kolkata, and kept him there for better part of a year. And deservedly so. raki05, Stan AF, sandsaims and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
sandeep Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, coffee_rules said: Gavaskar Aila Dravid you can’t have inferior technique, be an opener and average 50 in an era , where it is rare. Tendulkar might be on par, but was not tough mentally. 96 on a minefield against 2 spinners. Performance against pace quartet. People needed different set of skills to be successful in the 70s. Instead of batsmen who look like gladiators with broad heavy bats Gavaskar himself has gone on record to say that Tendy has better technique than him, that while his defence was solid, he didn't possess the ability that Sachin had, to dispatch really good balls to the boundary. Of course there was a bit of forced humility in that, and SMG himself was good enough to hit many a good ball for 4, but there was truth in it as well. MechEng and raki05 2 Link to comment
Gollum Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, coffee_rules said: Gavaskar Aila Dravid you can’t have inferior technique, be an opener and average 50 in an era , where it is rare. Tendulkar might be on par, but was not tough mentally. 96 on a minefield against 2 spinners. Performance against pace quartet. People needed different set of skills to be successful in the 70s. Instead of batsmen who look like gladiators with broad heavy bats Misleading. His record against WI and Aus, both paint the wrong picture. Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, sandeep said: Gavaskar himself has gone on record to say that Tendy has better technique than him, that while his defence was solid, he didn't possess the ability that Sachin had, to dispatch really good balls to the boundary. Of course there was a bit of forced humility in that, and SMG himself was good enough to hit many a good ball for 4, but there was truth in it as well. Gavaskar also says, Vishvanath was a better batsman than him. He doesn’t know how to be a critique like Benaud or even Chappelli. Gavaskar is the last one I will go for his opinion on Tendulkar. His bias shows up every time he speaks. In the 90s his commentary was always Tendulkar- centric. By technique, I mean defence When to leave when to block When to duck How to play shots on offside without going uppish hook shots on the ground Legside or onside play Tendulkar is god when it comes to playing perfect shots even on good deliveries and get 4s, but there is more to that in batting technique. Tendulkar had developed a weakness on playing offside , when he used to reach out to play. His highest 241 was played without a boundary on the offside. Link to comment
Gollum Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, sandeep said: No, not even close. Its only when you compare both of them post 2005, when Tendy was a shadow of his best, and Dravid had hit his absolute prime, that it gets close. And even then, you have multiple examples like Tendy vs Steyn in SA etc. Sachin better against seam, Dravid better against swing. Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, Gollum said: Misleading. His record against WI and Aus, both paint the wrong picture. If you are taking about 1982 WI, he was at fag end playing for his 10000 runs only Link to comment
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