Ganguly vs Gambhir vs Dhawan -Who was the Better ODI opener ?

[Ankit_sharma03]

Sachin was the greatest

Rohit is an ATG ODI player now.....many may not agree but suck it he is now 

 

Since we have this obsession of making ATG XI.....Whom among these 3 left handers was better or whom would you pick ?

 

 

Dhawan as opener 

131 innings- 5518 runs at an avg of 44.50 , s/r 94.02

 

Ganguly as opener 

236 innings - 9146 runs at avg of 41.57 with s/r of 73.59

 

Gambhir as opener 

91 innings - 3367 runs at an avg of 39.61, s/r of 86.49

 

• Ganguly does give the additional option of Captaincy n Bowling
• Gambhir does give the option of captaincy to
• Gambhir peak was shortest and due sehwag n sachin at his peak he had to bat mostly at 3
• In terms of fielding i dont think any of was great , may be ganguly n gambhir might be better at catching and dhawan running in outfield
• Running between the wkts wud go to dhawan n gambhir, specially in middle over gambhir was great with dhoni n kohli with his running
• Dhawan attacking game is far more evolved due to t20s .Having said that ganguly during that 96-2001 was quite good to. Even gambhir at his peak was quick to get runs 
• Acc to me gambhir was a better player of Spin and Dhawan better player of pace 
• Ganguly had an advantage of 15 over PP, Even gambhir time had 15-20 over PP
• Dhawan as opener has faced 2 new balls but also wkts have become a lil more flatter and many sides attack have gone down

 

 

After considering all the factor ill go for Dhawan but this wud be a very small margin decision 

 

So who would be your choice ?

 

 

 

[wanted_desi]

A batsman who was the highest scorer in 2 WCs we won.

Edited November 30, 2019 by wanted_desi

[Ankit_sharma03]

10 minutes ago, wanted_desi said:

A batsman who was the highest scorer in 2 WCs we won.

the 2 WCs we won was 1983 n 2011 no same player was a part of both of them 

[Ankit_sharma03]

About ODI WCs

 

Ganguly played 3

1999- was great in it

2003- good, got 100s against minnows 

2007- player poor innings

 

Gambhir played only 

2011 -Played well against Sa, ENG, Aus but most importantly played the most important knock in final

 

Dhawan

2015- was the highest scorer for India in that Wc

2019- he was started to have another good one before he got injured

 

(Was India's best batsman i think in Both CT as well )

[Laaloo]

Dhawan

 

most times he has to attack since rohit Sharma is at the other end

 

ganguly had the luxury of batting with Sachin and sehwag and still only managed a strike rate of 73

 

 

[SecondSlip]

All 5 of Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Dhoni & Bumrah would be included in the Greatest Indian ODI Team 

[Khota]

Dhawan, easily the best in the world.

[maniac]

1 hour ago, Laaloo said:

Dhawan

 

most times he has to attack since rohit Sharma is at the other end

 

ganguly had the luxury of batting with Sachin and sehwag and still only managed a strike rate of 73

 

 

You mean he can play freely because even if he gets out there is Rohit right? I mean this is a guy who can score a team par score all by himself :)

[maniac]

Need to also take the new rules into account. But still I would take Dhawan over Ganguly in ODIs.

 

Scoring  100s in the middle order is way easier now though with the new rules but 2 new balls makes opening marginally more difficult.

[sandeep]

Gangu was a selfish ball hog, and shyte runner of singles. Watching Veeru run singles with Tendulkar as opener was like bright sunshine after a 3 year long night.  

 

Gangu was a class batsman and scored a ton of ODI 100s in the late 90s.  But his starts in ODI innings would make Rohi's slowpoke starts look like a T20 on steroids.  

[rahulrulezz]

Gambhir. The most underrated south paw we have had. 

 

T20 wordcup final He single handedly scored all the runs

 

50 world up final. New swinging ball, Sehwag and Sachin out, Malinga bowling with new ball, guess who took us from 16-2 to 180-3, it was Gambhir

 

Underrate him as much as you want, but the guy has his heart bleedfor India. Donates his salary for war martyrs families

 

 

in short, Gambhir over both Ganguly and Da1

[SK_IH]

Gauti, he had a magical run for 3-4 years and he helped India win two world tournaments in that time frame. Absolute Clutch 

Edited December 1, 2019 by SK_IH

[Vijy]

gambhir at his peak could score briskly and also hunker down and see off tough conditions. the issue is that he had a sharp peak, and did not do much in the career either before or after that. but during this peak, I would take him over ganguleee and dhawan.

[sandeep]

26 minutes ago, Vijy said:

gambhir at his peak could score briskly and also hunker down and see off tough conditions. the issue is that he had a sharp peak, and did not do much in the career either before or after that. but during this peak, I would take him over ganguleee and dhawan.

Our Justin Langer, but better.  If he had a better team around him, he would have been celebrated even more.  

[maniac]

9 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Our Justin Langer, but better.  If he had a better team around him, he would have been celebrated even more.  

Bharat ke sipahi

 

While obviously Gambhir is a better white ball player than Langer who hardly played in that format for Australia, how is he better than Langer as a test bat?

 

I think (atleast hope) that you are smart/competent  enough to look at Langer’s stats yourself in test cricket.

 

Its not apples to apples, don’t throw around a comparison because it sounds fancy 

Edited December 1, 2019 by maniac

[sandeep]

2 minutes ago, maniac said:

Bharat ke sipahi

 

While obviously Gambhir is a better white ball player than Langer who hardly played in that format for Australia, how is he better than Langer as a test bat?

 

I think (atleast hope) that you are smart/competent  enough to look at Langer’s stats yourself in test cricket.

 

Its not apples to apples, don’t throw around a comparison because it sounds fancy 

Not all comparisons are about "stats".  Go google why Ravi Jadeja is such an effective bowler in test cricket.

[Suhaan]

Gambhir for not being choker

Then Dhawan

[maniac]

Just now, sandeep said:

Not all comparisons are about "stats".  Go google why Ravi Jadeja is such an effective bowler in test cricket.

Langer was a very good batsman, if anything he is underrated just like Damien Martyn because of all the other star studded names in the side. They were the right pieces in the puzzle that made Aussies what they were. 

 

Also Gambhir too played with one of the best batting line ups assembled in test history. So how did Langer have more advantages than Gambhir.
 

Firstly it is a ridiculous comparison. both were very good batsmen with different skill sets and strengths and formats.

[maniac]

Back to the thread Gambhir, Dhawan and Ganguly in that order 

[The Dark Horse]

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