Three Captains, Three ODI innings of 183, Your Favourite?

[BCCI]

4 minutes ago, jalebi_bhai said:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65090.html

 

Look at how much we made when we won our first WC.

So 183 is the golden number in our cricket history 

[jalebi_bhai]

1 minute ago, BCCI said:

So 183 is the golden number in our cricket history 

Yes, pretty much.

[Gambit]

Easily Ganguly. Came against defending world champions in a do or die world cup game at a time when 300+ scores were rare.

[jalebi_bhai]

21 minutes ago, Gambit said:

Easily Ganguly. Came against defending world champions in a do or die world cup game at a time when 300+ scores were rare.

I have a question. Would we have made it to the semis if we had beat Zimbabwe in the super six? Was only six when 99 WC happened.

[Gambit]

1 minute ago, jalebi_bhai said:

I have a question, would we have made it to the semis if we had beat Zimbabwe in the super six? Was only six when 99 WC happened.

It would have made it much easier as then the game v NZ would have been a live one. 

[zen]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

May be the greatest but i havent seen it 

I don't think anyone except those at the stadium saw .... I can't find any highlights as well 

[jalebi_bhai]

2 minutes ago, zen said:

I don't think anyone except those at the stadium saw .... I can't find any highlights as well 

There was a broadcast strike that day. No telecast.

[Number]

Kohli's was against a raging chuckmal in a must-win-to-stay-in-tournament game while chasing 330. 

Little biased as I am quite fond of that match, two of our young guns battering our arch rivals.

 

[Pollack]

1.Ganguly

2.Kohli

3.Dhoni

[Magneto]

2 hours ago, zen said:

I don't think anyone except those at the stadium saw .... I can't find any highlights as well 

BBC was on strike that day. No coverage happened.

[Magneto]

4 hours ago, kira said:

Are you fking kidding? Over any odi innings by an Indian batsman? Were you not born when sachin played the sharjah gold? Ah kids these days 

He is just a toddler. Don’t be rude. I am surprised he saw Dhoni’s innings. Must be some recording.

[Ultimate_Game]

1. Kohli

2. Dhoni

3. Ganguly

 

[Trichromatic]

Ganguly's inning wasn't even most dominating inning of the match.

[BeautifulGame]

The comparison becomes biased if many of the guys hv not watched the Dada's innings in 1999 WC.. I vote for Dada's 183 as it came in England, not on an Asian batting paradise. I agree the field was small, still given the pitch condition, the big stage of a World Cup game, against quality bowlers like Chaminda Vaas and Muralitharan, I will rate that innings higher than the other two..

 

The only think I would say is Ganguly was incredibly lucky during that game.He was repeatedly dropped by Lankans in that knock.

 

Even the Dravid run out was after Murali had dropped a catch of Ganguly.

 

But agree overall that was the best knock.Just the situation, pressure and the context of the game.

 

Both Kohli's and Dhoni's came in meaningless games.

[rkt.india]

Dhoni one

[rkt.india]

11 hours ago, DDfan2017 said:

The comparison becomes biased if many of the guys hv not watched the Dada's innings in 1999 WC.. I vote for Dada's 183 as it came in England, not on an Asian batting paradise. I agree the field was small, still given the pitch condition, the big stage of a World Cup game, against quality bowlers like Chaminda Vaas and Muralitharan, I will rate that innings higher than the other two..

That game was played at Tauntan, Somerset, one of the flattest pitch in the world and small ground. Being played in England does not matter in this case. Sl also didnt have bowling to suit those conditions. Murli wasn't the same Murli at that time without the Doosra which he developed later.

[Trichromatic]

2nd highest score by an Indian in Dhoni's match was 39. 

[Pollack]

1 hour ago, Trichromatic said:

2nd highest score by an Indian in Dhoni's match was 39. 

Lmao. What kind of logic is this?

[Gollum]

Dhoni's knock shouldn't even be on that list.

 

Kohli's was awesome because it helped us humiliate Pakistan in front of a hostile Dhaka crowd in a must win match.

 

Dada's was awesome because in that era(specifically that WC) such huge scores were unheard of. He did it in Taunton(overseas) and against the defending champs. Come to think of it, his knock was as good as Kohli's . 

 

Dhoni's 183 was one of the most inconsequential knocks in a forgettable series. That too on an Indian patta. Give me a break.

 

Out of 10 I will grade them as:

Kohli=9.5

Dada=9.5

Dhoni=6

 

The former 2 will be among top 10 ODI knocks by an Indian ever, Dhoni's 100 won't find a place in top 50  top 100. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 hours ago, rkt.india said:

That game was played at Tauntan, Somerset, one of the flattest pitch in the world and small ground. Being played in England does not matter in this case. Sl also didnt have bowling to suit those conditions. Murli wasn't the same Murli at that time without the Doosra which he developed later.

Exactly in many interviews even dravid has mentioned it was a flat deck and ball was coming so easily on bat. And then the small ground .