Who is the better batsman between Ganguly, Yuvraj and Dhawan?

[Austin 3:!6]

So these are the 3 prolific left handed batsmen India has produced in past 3 decades. But how do you rate them and who is better among the three?

 

Statistics

Ganguly

Tests:

Matches - 113

Runs - 7217

Avg - 42.17

Centuries - 16

 

ODIs:

Matches - 311

Runs - 11363

Avg - 41.02

Centuries - 22

 

Yuvraj

Tests:

Matches - 40

Runs - 1900

Avg - 33.92

Centuries - 3

 

ODIs:

Matches - 304

Runs - 8701

Avg - 36.55

Centuries - 14

 

Dhawan

Tests:

Matches - 34

Runs - 2315

Avg - 40.61

Centuries - 7

 

ODIs:

Matches - 149

Runs - 6284

Avg - 45.53

Centuries - 17

 

 

 

[kohli]

Ganguly 

[Austin 3:!6]

2 minutes ago, kohli said:

Ganguly 

Is it just based on stats or impact wise as well?

 

People may argue Yuvraj was instrumental for us winning 2 WCs and Gabbar always performed well in ICC events.

[Chakdephatte]

Not ideal to compare among formats. You should change it to ODIs only.

[Majestic]

Tests: 

 

Ganguly - 7

Dhawan - 6

Yuvraj - 5.5

 

Odis:

 

Ganguly - 8

Dhawan - 8( only 6k runs aggregate compared to other two but won us 2013 CT)

Yuvraj - 8.5( destructive in final 15 overs and won us 2011 WC)

 

T20s:

 

Yuvraj

Dhawan

Ganguly( too late for it)

Edited April 25, 2022 by Majestic

[Lord]

if I had to pick one for all formats, would be Ganguly

 

will bat him at 7 in T20

[kohli]

6 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Is it just based on stats or impact wise as well?

 

People may argue Yuvraj was instrumental for us winning 2 WCs and Gabbar always performed well in ICC events.

Yuvraj & dhwan are nobody in test cricket, ganguly didn’t played t20  . In odi ganguly was better than both.ganguly was top 3 best odi batsman from 1996 to 2000. Yuvraj was impact player but inconsistent & dhwan is low version of ganguly.

[Norman]

Ganguly. 

 

Thigh slapper shouldn't even be in the discussion. Better comparison would have been Gautam Gambhir? 

[Austin 3:!6]

7 minutes ago, Norman said:

Ganguly. 

 

Thigh slapper shouldn't even be in the discussion. Better comparison would have been Gautam Gambhir? 

Agree Gambhir should be in the mix as well. Can someone post his stats pls

[Mariyam]

Yuvraj

[Adamant]

Ganguly in tests. 

Dhawan in odis

Yuvraj t20s

 

Overall Ganguly. 

[jusarrived]

You walks into all time Indian 11 for T20s and ODI . Other two are no where close.

Tests, all of them are pretty average 

[Majestic]

If you add Gambhir,

 

Tests -

 

Ganguly - 7

Gambhir - 6.5

Dhawan/Yuvraj - Fail

 

ODIs -

 

Yuvraj - 8.5( Rohit - 9, MSD - 9, SRT/Kohli - 9.5)

Ganguly - 8

Dhawan - 8

Gambhir - 7.5( least runs among all but a special knock in finals)

 

T20Is :

 

Yuvraj- 8.5

Gambhir- 7.5

Dhawan- 7

Ganguly - Fail( can't fault him though)

 

 

 

[DarkProfile]

Ganguly's grit, Yuvraj's elegant strokeplay and Dhawan's ability to perform at the big stage???

 

We have Angaara of batting!

 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Dnt think its right to put yuvi in this category

 

ODI - Gambo vs Dhawan vs Ganguly (right comparison coz yuvi was a middle order)

Test- Ganguly vs Yuvi (dhawan is an opener)

 

Neways in ODI - Ill take both yuvi and dhawan over ganguly (ganguly wudnt even make it to my 2nd ATG indian ODI XI) 

In Test - ganguly 

[dilliboy]

Dhawan in ODIs, Ganguly in Tests, and Yuvi in T20s if talking about pure batting ability. 

Though I will put Yuvraj ahead of both in white ball cricket for his all round skills

[Rightarmfast]

On 4/25/2022 at 9:28 PM, Austin 3:!6 said:

So these are the 3 prolific left handed batsmen India has produced in past 3 decades. But how do you rate them and who is better among the three?

 

Statistics

Ganguly

Tests:

Matches - 113

Runs - 7217

Avg - 42.17

Centuries - 16

 

ODIs:

Matches - 311

Runs - 11363

Avg - 41.02

Centuries - 22

 

Yuvraj

Tests:

Matches - 40

Runs - 1900

Avg - 33.92

Centuries - 3

 

ODIs:

Matches - 304

Runs - 8701

Avg - 36.55

Centuries - 14

 

Dhawan

Tests:

Matches - 34

Runs - 2315

Avg - 40.61

Centuries - 7

 

ODIs:

Matches - 149

Runs - 6284

Avg - 45.53

Centuries - 17

 

 

 

Ganguly and Dhawan were openers. Yuvraj came down the order. Stats can be misleading. For the position Yuvi used to play at, his stats are legendary. He played multiple impact knocks which neither Ganguly or Dhawan ever did. There is no comparison. Yuvraj was an almost all time great when it comes to batting in ODI.

[cricketfan28]

Dhawan for me, played well in ICC tournaments and ipl as well.

[maniac]

Yuvraj as the impact player.

 

Dada for leadership and taking in tough battles

 

Dhawan.

 

unfair to compare the 3 but since that is the option those are my rankings

[Suhaan]

Dhawan is a good odi batsman

But Ganguly as a package was better than him

Yuvraj being man if the series of India's last major odi triump and the impact he had in our inaugural wt20 win ,mkes him level above the two,plus like Ganguly can give you handful of overs

So both of them for me over Dhawan