Gavaskar in a league of his own!

[zen]

A list of many of the key Test batsmen from India:

 

 

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
V Kohli	2011-2020	82	140	10	6848	254*	52.67	25	22	9
SM Gavaskar	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
SR Tendulkar	1989-2013	184	306	28	14183	241*	51.01	43	65	13
R Dravid	1996-2012	147	261	27	11726	270	50.11	30	57	6
V Sehwag	2001-2013	96	168	4	8151	319	49.70	23	28	16
CA Pujara	2010-2020	73	123	7	5559	206*	47.92	18	21	7
VVS Laxman	1996-2012	125	213	32	8384	281	46.32	16	55	14
M Azharuddin	1984-2000	96	143	9	6156	199	45.94	22	21	5
DB Vengsarkar	1976-1992	116	185	22	6868	166	42.13	17	35	15
GR Viswanath	1969-1983	91	155	10	6080	222	41.93	14	35	10
SC Ganguly	1996-2008	99	169	16	6311	239	41.24	13	31	12
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	129	182	15	5172	163	30.97	8	26	16

 

 

The top ones all average around the same so we can look into a few factors mentioned below, where Gavaskar stands out:

 

 

• 500 or more runs in a series: Gavaskar - 6 times most by an Indian batsman
• 3 or more 100s in a series: Gavaskar - 3 times, most by an Indian batsman 
• 4th innings performance: Gavaskar - Avg 76 outside subcon, the highest among key Ind batsmen. Memorable performances include 221 in Eng and a 100 to help India chase 400+ in WI 
• Performance at the point of entry of 100 or less runs: A top order batsman 

 

 

Among Indian test batsmen, I think Gavaskar is in a league of his own .... Among world ATG openers, he is one of those who can play both pace and spin well .... Gavaskar! 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2020 by zen

[cricketfan28]

Wow Sehwag is a suprise for me.

 

I hope Kohli comes close to Gavasker.

[zen]

18 minutes ago, cricketfan28 said:

Wow Sehwag is a suprise for me.

 

Sehwag is special with his avg & sr combination esp. in Asia and Australia .... His ability to hit spinners is probably unmatched 

 

 

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I hope Kohli comes close to Gavasker.

 

Kohli is getting close to Gavaskar in many of the categories: 

 

• 500 or more runs in a series: 4 times (2 more needed)
• 3 or more 100s in a series: 2 times (1 more needed)
• 4th innings performance: Avg 48 outside subcon (well below Gavaskar's 76 but Kohli should try to improve)

Edited September 3, 2020 by zen

[zen]

Below Gavaskar's 100 in Brisbane w/ Ind chasing 340 odd .... lost by 16 runs:

 

 

 

[zen]

Superb batting:

 

 

[zen]

Cricket Australia posted the below: 

 

 

[Majestic]

Gavaskar was brilliant but he got to inflate his stats a bit between 1977-1982 as lot of main players went to WSC and international cricket quality went down. 

 

I will rate SRT higher as in terms of runs tally, he is way ahead of the pack and in averages, he is comparable to the best.

 

On Virat, we will see his stats once he retires. 

 

Dravid is great too but below the mentioned three names.

 

Rahane is still behind Ganguly, haha.

[ravishingravi]

On 9/7/2020 at 6:17 PM, zen said:

Superb batting:

 

 

This was just stuff of legends. The strokes he played. Under pressure after strings of failures. Against arguably the greatest attack ever. 

[kirkutfan]

 

[kirkutfan]

I think when he started his career, the Indian record for the highest number of runs in tests belonged to Polly Umrigar at approximately 3600 runs and an average of 42. Gavaskar practically tripled that bench mark at an over 50 average. He really took Indian batting to another level. I think it’s great that we produced very nice batsmen after Gavaskar retired, but in my mind he was the first among India’s world class batsmen.

[kirkutfan]

2 hours ago, Majestic said:

Gavaskar was brilliant but he got to inflate his stats a bit between 1977-1982 as lot of main players went to WSC and international cricket quality went down. 

 

I will rate SRT higher as in terms of runs tally, he is way ahead of the pack and in averages, he is comparable to the best.

 

On Virat, we will see his stats once he retires. 

 

Dravid is great too but below the mentioned three names.

 

Rahane is still behind Ganguly, haha.

The series where he really was able to take advantage was when Kallicharan’s West Indians visited India in 1978, when he scored over 700 runs. There were a couple of Australian second elevens too. But at that time, Australia’s fast bowling depth was really good. Those squads had Thompson, Hogg, Wayne Clark etc. Not easy pickings. England and Pakistan, if I recall correctly  played full strength squads v India. Overall, especially relative to other Indian batsmen of his time or before, Gavaskar was streets ahead of the rest. SRT took things to another level. The best was when we had Sehwag, Dravid, SRT, VVS and Ganguly in the same line up. That might have been our strongest batting combo. But in my mind we needed a Gavaskar to start things off and show what was possible.

[kubrickian]

Gavaskar is a genius. I dont think many people realize how tough it is to open the innings in SENA countries. Because after a few failures, everyone keeps asking someone to be dropped. As though we have some ready made opener in bench who will immediately score runs. You need to ear mark some openers and give them a proper go(say, a couple of years) because it takes time to also develop the skills to be able to do well consistently as an opener in overseas conditions. Just to put in perspective, Gavaskar, and later maybe Gambhir or Vijay or Sidhu (that too only to an certain extent) come to my mind who succeeded consistently as openers in overseas. That shows you how tough it is.

[Real McCoy]

Why did you leave tests against bhangbros? Don't you value a 240 against such a tough opposition. Unfair I tell you

[Gollum]

53 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:

Why did you leave tests against bhangbros? Don't you value a 240 against such a tough opposition. Unfair I tell you

Sachin and Sanga benefitted so much thanks to BD lol. Against the current BD they wouldn't have scored so many 100s, 200s for sure. 

 

Coming to topic Gavaskar has to be the most overrated cricketer in Indian test history. Made merry in Packer years, otherwise would have averaged 44-45 with 8-9 100s less. And no way would he have scored 10k runs. 

[Gollum]

@Jimmy Cliff this myth about Gavaskar's record against WI, Aus will never end, will it? People don't want to know more about which bowling attacks he plundered to boost his stats. And his appalling record against top bowlers those days, no wonder Lillee, Hadlee, Roberts rated Vishy higher. 

 

And in any other country no way would he have escaped punishment after that 36*

Edited January 1, 2021 by Gollum

[sage]

16 minutes ago, Gollum said:

@Jimmy Cliff this myth about Gavaskar's record against WI, Aus will never end, will it? People don't want to know more about which bowling attacks he plundered to boost his stats. And his appalling record against top bowlers those days, no wonder Lillee, Hadlee, Roberts rated Vishy higher. 

 

And in any other country no way would he have escaped punishment after that 36*

What was the media reaction after the 36*?

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

By this logic even Richards is overrated  ,how many great attacks did he face?

Did very well in WSC

[Gollum]

10 minutes ago, sage said:

What was the media reaction after the 36*?

Dunno about papers....and only DD those days. Did they even telecast 1975 and '79 WCs in India? 

[Jimmy Cliff]

45 minutes ago, Gollum said:

@Jimmy Cliff this myth about Gavaskar's record against WI, Aus will never end, will it? People don't want to know more about which bowling attacks he plundered to boost his stats. And his appalling record against top bowlers those days, no wonder Lillee, Hadlee, Roberts rated Vishy higher. 

 

And in any other country no way would he have escaped punishment after that 36*

 

 

[Gollum]

5 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

Wsc was marketing hype ,so one of the greatest test batsman of all time  can't base his greatness out of just test match cricket.

Ok