Babar Azam v Rishabh Pant - who is better test batsman?

[Serpico]

I wouldn't play pant at 4, given his unpredictable nature. But pant at 6 offers excellent value, whereas babar needs to step up to justify no.4. If he still averages early 40s after next 2-3 years, he'll be considered a flop

[Vijy]

47 minutes ago, Serpico said:

I wouldn't play pant at 4, given his unpredictable nature. But pant at 6 offers excellent value, whereas babar needs to step up to justify no.4. If he still averages early 40s after next 2-3 years, he'll be considered a flop

babar being a fairly attacking batter is better suited for no. 5 when the ball has become old. Pak's best test batter as of now should play at no. 4 - Fawad Alam.

[Serpico]

Pant enters top 10. Hope he scores a big century next match and move upwards. Should be our top rated batsman by this time next year

 

 

[sachintrufan]

He was the vice-captain of the India U-19 team for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

[Adamant]

Virat is still ranked number 5 in test cricket and the highest ranked Indian batsman. 

Lol at the other batsmen, can't even take over Kohli in his worst days. 

[Majestic]

That tells more about the Indian batting lineup to be fair. Guys like Rohit and Rahul are injured half of the times and Pujara and Rahane have vacated their spots only now.

[AuxiliA]

9 minutes ago, Adamant said:

Virat is still ranked number 5 in test cricket and the highest ranked Indian batsman. 

Lol at the other batsmen, can't even take over Kohli in his worst days. 

 

That's because Kohli, Pujara and Rahane are the only test batsmen that have played nearly all Indian tests in the last 3-4 years.

 

Rankings drop considerably if a player misses a series. Jadeja would have broken into the top 10 if he hadn't missed so many matches. 

[Jay]

Valiant varoot kolee at number. What a champion he is. He will regain form this year and become the best again. He is destined to be number 1. 

 

 

 

Only issue is He has to wake up eventually

 

 

 

 

[Jay]

I genuinely believe shabaz nadeem would run through Kohlee in ranji with ease. 

[Adamant]

2 hours ago, AuxiliA said:

 

That's because Kohli, Pujara and Rahane are the only test batsmen that have played nearly all Indian tests in the last 3-4 years.

 

Rankings drop considerably if a player misses a series. Jadeja would have broken into the top 10 if he hadn't missed so many matches. 

What's stopping other countries Batsman from overtaking him? 

Similarly Sharma who is supposedly in his best form as a test opener is still behind Kohli? What kind of a peak is this? 

As for Rahul, he is not consistent enough to get into top 5, there's very less chance of him ever entering top 7 let alone top 5.

[Vijy]

2 hours ago, Adamant said:

What's stopping other countries Batsman from overtaking him? 

Similarly Sharma who is supposedly in his best form as a test opener is still behind Kohli? What kind of a peak is this? 

As for Rahul, he is not consistent enough to get into top 5, there's very less chance of him ever entering top 7 let alone top 5.

I would be very surprised to see KLR break into top 5 and more importantly stay there for a while: his biggest issue is inconsistency

[putrevus]

On 3/8/2022 at 6:11 AM, rkt.india said:

Kohli does look his age, maybe one year at best. Not more.

If he looks his age, what do you think is the reason for his slump.You cannot even call it as slump anymore. 3 years is long time to be slumping.

[Suhaan]

3 hours ago, Vijy said:

I would be very surprised to see KLR break into top 5 and more importantly stay there for a while: his biggest issue is inconsistency

He is fragile and reeks timidity

[Serpico]

10 hours ago, Adamant said:

Virat is still ranked number 5 in test cricket and the highest ranked Indian batsman. 

Lol at the other batsmen, can't even take over Kohli in his worst days. 

Rohit missed 5 tests which caused him to lose around 30 points

[SRT100]

1 hour ago, Suhaan said:

He is fragile and reeks timidity

 

Nothing disgusts me more than seeing fragile timid Indian cricketers.

 

I thought Ganguly captaincy, ensured this mindset was from a previous generation.

[AuxiliA]

8 hours ago, Adamant said:

What's stopping other countries Batsman from overtaking him? 

Similarly Sharma who is supposedly in his best form as a test opener is still behind Kohli? What kind of a peak is this? 

As for Rahul, he is not consistent enough to get into top 5, there's very less chance of him ever entering top 7 let alone top 5.

 

Test top 10 rankings are dominated by players who play regularly. That's why you see someone like Babar Azam still hanging in the top10 despite being below par.

 

Jadeja has better test batting performances than BA (& even our trimurti) over the last few years but cannot break into the top10 due to missing multiple series. 

 

Edited March 9, 2022 by AuxiliA

[Vijy]

6 hours ago, SRT100 said:

 

Nothing disgusts me more than seeing fragile timid Indian cricketers.

 

I thought Ganguly captaincy, ensured this mindset was from a previous generation.

mental midgetry has always been our specialization, along with saffers in WCs

[Adamant]

8 hours ago, Serpico said:

Rohit missed 5 tests which caused him to lose around 30 points

Yes, 3 of them in Difficult SouthAfrican conditions. 

Where he averages worse than Bhuvi.

 

Can't really hail him for missing difficult SENA tours. 

[Jay]

2 hours ago, Vijy said:

mental midgetry has always been our specialization, along with saffers in WCs

Pressure of 1 billion vs literally no one gives a * about Aussies or Kiwis if they win the WC because the fans really don't care. In saying that first stop the sir culture. Just staphh lol. 

Edited March 10, 2022 by Jay

[putrevus]

19 hours ago, SRT100 said:

 

Nothing disgusts me more than seeing fragile timid Indian cricketers.

 

I thought Ganguly captaincy, ensured this mindset was from a previous generation.

Ganguly's teams had biggest mental block of any team in finals .Kohli's team were indentical replica of Ganguly's team in finals.