India All time fielding Squad

[maniac]

Squad of 14 -pick your X1

Pandey

Jadeja

Pandya

Yuvraj

Azhar

Kaif

Robin Singh

Solkar

Umesh Yadav 

Kapil Dev

Dravid

Laxman

Saha (WK)

Agarkar

 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2020 by maniac

[maniac]

Also I personally think Pandey is the greatest out fielder ever produced by India. I rate him above Jadeja. However close in fielding Jadeja is better.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Where is raina ?

Rohit and kohli also have been very good in the field. Kohli n raina job in 2011 wc was to stop runs at boundaries 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Ajay jadeja was also a very good fielder 

[maniac]

4 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Where is raina ?

Rohit and kohli also have been very good in the field. Kohli n raina job in 2011 wc was to stop runs at boundaries 

Rohit and Kohli are safe fielders. Rohit is a better catcher and Kohli the better ground fielder but no way they will make it to the all time fielding list. Yes agree on Raina and Jadeja sr

[maniac]

Let me break it down

 

Fast bowlers: Umesh Yadav, Agarkar, Vinay Kumar  (good fielder)

 

Allrounders: Pandya,Robin Singh,Kapil and Jadeja

 

Batsman/ Close in and inner circle fielders : Yuvraj,Kaif,Solkar,Azhar,A.Jadeja,Raina,Pandey
 

Slip catching: Gavaskar,Dravid,Laxman and Sehwag

 

Keeper: Saha

 

Lets pick the best possible X1 with focus solely on fielding ability

[Ankit_sharma03]

19 minutes ago, maniac said:

Rohit and Kohli are safe fielders. Rohit is a better catcher and Kohli the better ground fielder but no way they will make it to the all time fielding list. Yes agree on Raina and Jadeja sr

kohli has had some great direct throw and they have both have taken brilliant catches as well , we cannot count how quickly kohli runs and makes double into singles. 

Surely rohit flexibilty has declined but still very safe, in that way even yuvi fielding declined post his knee injury in 2006 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2020 by Ankit_sharma03

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2020 by Ankit_sharma03

[maniac]

The catch that changed international cricket forever. @zen you can pick holes in Kapil Dev’s career with whatever stat manipulation but once in a generation you get a player that changes cricket itself 

 

 

[Rasgulla]

No Raina 

[sandeep]

2 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Ajay jadeja was also a very good fielder 

Only on a relative scale.

[Mariyam]

3 hours ago, maniac said:

Squad of 14 -pick your X1

Pandey

Jadeja

Pandya

Yuvraj

Azhar

Kaif

Robin Singh

Solkar

Umesh Yadav 

Kapil Dev

Dravid

Laxman

Saha (WK)

Agarkar

 

Dhoni in his prime was a great keeper with razor sharp reflexes. Yet you choose to include a relatively lesser player like Saha.

Also, as many here have mentioned, Raina deserves a shout out.

From what I've heard even the Nawab of Pataudi was a great fielder. At least for the era he played in. 

[Rightarmfast]

3 hours ago, maniac said:

Let me break it down

 

Fast bowlers: Umesh Yadav, Agarkar, Vinay Kumar  (good fielder)

 

Allrounders: Pandya,Robin Singh,Kapil and Jadeja

 

Batsman/ Close in and inner circle fielders : Yuvraj,Kaif,Solkar,Azhar,A.Jadeja,Raina,Pandey
 

Slip catching: Gavaskar,Dravid,Laxman and Sehwag

 

Keeper: Saha

 

Lets pick the best possible X1 with focus solely on fielding ability

Arrey, Vinay Kumar se zyada fast to Robin Singh tha :) Category change karo

[Rightarmfast]

Gavaskar

Sehwag

Dravid

Azhar

Yuvi

Saha

Pandya

Kapil

Jadeja

Agarkar

Umesh Yadav

 

12th man - Kaif

13th - Robin Singh

 

I think Kumble was a good fielder. If yes, then I'd replace Pandya with Kumble.

 

[maniac]

32 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

Dhoni in his prime was a great keeper with razor sharp reflexes. Yet you choose to include a relatively lesser player like Saha.

Also, as many here have mentioned, Raina deserves a shout out.

From what I've heard even the Nawab of Pataudi was a great fielder. At least for the era he played in. 

Sure Dhoni is a great keeper and you said it his strength is laser sharp reflexes and overall safe catching but he is not someone who will pull off acrobatic catches. There is a reason why there are memes and videos of Dhoni’s stumpings but you won’t find too many great catches by him.

 

Saha is the best when it comes to being safe and also acrobatic.

 

Raina I agree, I rectified that by mentioning him in the follow up post

[Gollum]

43 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

From what I've heard even the Nawab of Pataudi was a great fielder. At least for the era he played in. 

Yes he was. The first great fielder in Indian cricket history and the best in the world for a considerable period of time, that too with one eye. His nickname was 'Tiger' because whenever he would chase balls he would invariably stop them before hitting the ropes, and he would patrol like the big cat....that is what Wadekar said. Used to field at covers, often instead of bending and stopping the ball he would flick it up with his foot and pouch with one hand. Royal blood, swag/arrogance, combined with footballing talent (also a brilliant hockey player). He used to play football in MACT (now NIT Bhopal) whenever he visited the city. His presence would draw huge crowds, my father was one among many such fans who would bunk classes to watch him in action.

Edited August 11, 2020 by Gollum

[Gollum]

48 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

Dhoni in his prime was a great keeper with razor sharp reflexes. Yet you choose to include a relatively lesser player like Saha.

Wanted to give trollvote for this. 'Lesser', excuse me?

 

48 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

From what I've heard even the Nawab of Pataudi was a great fielder. At least for the era he played in. 

Great reco, deserved great post button.

 

So yeah upvote it is. 2-1=1

[maniac]

12 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Wanted to give trollvote for this. 'Lesser', excuse me?

 

Great reco, deserved great post button.

 

So yeah upvote it is. 2-1=1

But then Dhoni was called better than Saha. So that cancels out 1 point

 

+
 

Mention of Dhoni and Raina which reeks of  bias  gets another -1

 

So I think you should give her a troll vote :)

 

 

 

 

[Gollum]

Platinum: Solkar (God of close-in), Saha, Azhar

 

Gold: Jaddu (if only he could prove himself in slips and/or close-in like Azhar he'd be in top tier), Kaif, Pandey, Tiger Pataudi (once upon a time best in the world)

 

Silver: Pandya (has higher ceiling), Yuvraj, Raina, Robin, Kapil, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (huge underachiever)

 

Bronze: Gavaskar, VVS, Dravid, Sehwag, Srikkanth, Ajay Jadeja, ...note some are strictly specialists...someone like VVS outside slip cordon was mediocre, Umesh and Agarkar as well since squad needs quicks

 

No Kohli cos of his catching, Rohit misses out, even Sachin who was a very safe catcher.

 

Special GPL to

Edited August 11, 2020 by Gollum

[maniac]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Platinum: Solkar (God of close-in), Saha, Azhar

 

Gold: Jaddu (if only he could prove himself in slips and/or close-in like Azhar he'd be in top tier), Kaif, Pandey

 

Silver: Pandya (has higher ceiling), Yuvraj, Raina, Robin, Kapil, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (huge underachiever)

 

Bronze: Gavaskar, VVS, Dravid, Sehwag, Srikkanth, Ajay Jadeja, ...note some are strictly specialists...someone like VVS outside slip cordon was mediocre, Umesh and Agarkar as well since squad needs quicks

 

No Kohli cos of his catching, Rohit misses out, even Sachin who was a very safe catcher.

 

Special GPL to

No Manish Pandey? He is better than Jadeja in the outfield with almost similar athletic ability.