Babar Azam is the best Asian batsman now

[Suhaan]

2 hours ago, putrevus said:

Sure he lacks firepower like Rahul or Rohit in shorter formats.

The only argument which used to go for Kela doesn't hold truth anymore,the firepower all he had got extinguished from"strike rate is overrated in t20s "days

He has become meeker than Akash Chopra at the crease these days

[cricketfan28]

agree, great knock.

[Jay]

7 hours ago, GeeGaw said:

And that goat pace attack and team have won exactly f' all of consequence during that time.

Number 1 for 5 years straight. That's better than a WC or same lame as one off shitty wtc title.

[Jay]

5 hours ago, sandeep said:

back to back test series in Australia, 2-1 in England - yeah I guess if you are a greenbro these are of "no consequence" since you can't even fantasize of such wins.  Hey, even a draw against Australia is like iftaar party of the decade apparently.  And no wonder, greenbros can't even buy a draw in Australia for last what 40 years? Keep losing every single test.

Forget about all that. World number 1 in tests for 5 years. That's more than a title. 

 

Done *nall apparently Lel. 

Edited March 16, 2022 by Jay

[Vijy]

I don't agree with OP. Babar Azam is not only the best batter currently around in WC, he is also the best Asian batter of all time, and is arguably better than Bradman too. He is so great that all the whiney posters throwing hissy fits should simply accept these incontrovertible facts and bow down to the greatness of Babar Akbar (i.e., Babar the Great) Azam and devote themselves to his batting day and night. To do anything less would be the deepest sacrilege.

Edited March 16, 2022 by Vijy

[raki05]

10 hours ago, rtmohanlal said:

knee jerk reaction ......he needs to do lot more to claim that  title from Virat  , who as of now holds that title. His record is  way  too skewed  towards  'home  domination'.

An abroad average of 37 with a lone 100+ under lines this  fact. Having said that his 196 has been a  great knock    given the adverse match situation.

ya once Roston chase and one more keeper batsmen from wi played for 2 days to save test against India in 2018 i suppose.

[Dery]

I would argue Rizwan too is better than Vihari, Rahane & Iyer currently 

[QuarantineTormentino]

He’s a great test batter and is extremely high quality, but best the title of “best Asian test batsman” is a bit debatable imo. However, if somebody comes up with relevant statistics to back up their claim, I’m willing to concede

[QuarantineTormentino]

13 minutes ago, Dery said:

I would argue Rizwan too is better than Vihari, Rahane & Iyer currently 

First it was Rizwan vs Pant and once Pant won that battle by a landslide it’s now Rizwan vs Vihari, Rahane, Iyer? 

 

Anyways Rizwan is better than Rahane and how can you compare him with Iyer who has just played his 4th test match lmao. It’s like saying Pat Cummins > Marco Jansen

[rollingstoned]

Their fans tried to pump him up and compare him with Kohli. His ability to play spin and choke is something he emulates well in that case. Ofc with Kohli this is a recent thing, he used to be very clutch at his peak. 

 

Mamoon is right when he says this guy js more in the category of Rahul, Iyer and Agarwal rather than Kohli/Sharma. Being the alpha dog both while batting and bowling has obvious benefits as opposed to being 5th/6th choice. 

 

[QuarantineTormentino]

19 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Their fans tried to pump him up and compare him with Kohli. His ability to play spin and choke is something he emulates well in that case. Ofc with Kohli this is a recent thing, he used to be very clutch at his peak. 

 

Mamoon is right when he says this guy js more in the category of Rahul, Iyer and Agarwal rather than Kohli/Sharma. Being the alpha dog both while batting and bowling has obvious benefits as opposed to being 5th/6th choice. 

 

Yeah imagine if we hyped KL Rahul as the BeSt AsIaN tEsT bAtSmAn after his knock of 199 vs England in that 2016 series which actually helped us win lol

[deathmonger]

1 hour ago, QuarantineTormentino said:

First it was Rizwan vs Pant and once Pant won that battle by a landslide it’s now Rizwan vs Vihari, Rahane, Iyer? 

 

Anyways Rizwan is better than Rahane and how can you compare him with Iyer who has just played his 4th test match lmao. It’s like saying Pat Cummins > Marco Jansen

Rizwan isn’t better than rahane. You are comparing rizwan at his peak vs a rahane who has passed his.

 

rizwan is averaging in the 40s and has 0 overseas 100s. Rahane has multiple including lords and mcg masterclasses.

during his peak he was averaging in the 50s.

 

Rizwan will end up like yasir, sarfaraz, abbas, amir, shafiq etc - good ish players with a short peak.

[vvvslaxman]

1 hour ago, Dery said:

I would argue Rizwan too is better than Vihari, Rahane & Iyer currently 

 

Washington Sundar > Babar, Rizwan

[deathmonger]

Babars average is purely propped up by his 88 average at home. Overseas he averages 37.

kl hasn’t played a home test since 2017.

 

[deathmonger]

Number of away hundreds by Ashwin> number of away hundreds by babar and Rizwan combined

[Majestic]

Both Babar and Rizwan will walk into current Indian test XI.

 

Rohit

Choker

Babar

Kohli

Pant

Rizwan(wkt)

Jadeja

Ashwin/ Shardul

Shami

Shaheen

Bumrah

[QuarantineTormentino]

13 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Both Babar and Rizwan will walk into current Indian test XI.

 

Rohit

Choker

Babar

Kohli

Pant

Rizwan(wkt)

Jadeja

Ashwin/ Shardul

Shami

Shaheen

Bumrah

Too soon for Shaheen, he doesn’t make it over Axar if it’sa home test and if we are playing in SENA his averages are awful so I would pick Ishant/Siraj over him.

 

He has to improve his bowling with the old ball, because he looks toothless with it at the moment. However he’s very young so he has a lot of time to learn obviously

[Majestic]

3 minutes ago, QuarantineTormentino said:

Too soon for Shaheen, he doesn’t make it over Axar if it’sa home test and if we are playing in SENA his averages are awful so I would pick Ishant/Siraj over him.

 

He has to improve his bowling with the old ball, because he looks toothless with it at the moment. However he’s very young so he has a lot of time to learn obviously

Left arm seamer so just gives an extra option, probably more suited to NZ, SA and England.

Edited March 17, 2022 by Majestic

[SK_IH]

11 hours ago, Autonomous said:

See you in australia for another thumping this year. :) 

Bhajaan agar haar gaye tou yaha aana zaroor, most of you Pakistan trolls disappear when your junooni team gets into trouble. Few days your coterie was not visible here when Aus were on top, only Virat ki luli guy was holding the Pak flag with his spamming

[HamHindustani]

even Dimuth is a better batsman. Roflmao