India's best opening pair in ODIs

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

Gambhir- Sehwag were so underrated , always loved them. Nightmare for bowlers

Their running together was amazing which made sehwag better and gambhir stepping down the pitch to fast bowler despite being 2nd fiddle 

 

[BacktoCricaddict]

The only thing that gives me pause with some stats (avg being one) is the one-dimensional nature.  Can we really compare average across eras?

 

Would it be better to normalize it on some basis - maybe the cumulative opening batting average during that era?  Even that won't be ideal - with only 8-10 teams, it can get skewed easily.  Am sure there are some high power-stats that will give a better idea.   

[Ankit_sharma03]

5 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

The only thing that gives me pause with some stats (avg being one) is the one-dimensional nature.  Can we really compare average across eras?

Avg can be still but S/r is the issue across era 

 

[BacktoCricaddict]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Avg can be still but S/r is the issue across era 

 

Not to keep quibbling, but haven't total ODI scores been creeping up over the decades?  If that is the case, individual and partnership averages would also be increasing.  Oh well, interesting stuff.  

[Ankit_sharma03]

12 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Not to keep quibbling, but haven't total ODI scores been creeping up over the decades?  If that is the case, individual and partnership averages would also be increasing.  Oh well, interesting stuff.  

yea but avg have made a diff of 5-10

where s/r have made 15-25 diff 

[zen]

2 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

The only thing that gives me pause with some stats (avg being one) is the one-dimensional nature.  Can we really compare average across eras?

 

Would it be better to normalize it on some basis - maybe the cumulative opening batting average during that era?  Even that won't be ideal - with only 8-10 teams, it can get skewed easily.  Am sure there are some high power-stats that will give a better idea.   

You can look at an attempt at adjusting avg (termed as WBA) and SR in the thread below (other parameters on that list can be ignored)

 

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by zen

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

7 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Gambhir- Sehwag were so underrated ,

Gambhir-Sehwag would be 1st for me but I don't think they're underrated at all.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Just now, TNAmarkFromIndia said:

Gambhir-Sehwag would be 1st for me but I don't think they're underrated at all.

Underrated im a way ppl mostly talk ganguly sachin , sachin sehwag or dhawan rohit, these 2 hardly gets mention