Ajit Agarkar vs Manoj Prabhakar vs Irfan Pathan vs Ravindra Jadeja - Better LOI bowling all rounder?

[Majestic]

Who was the better ODI/LOI bowling all rounder of the four?

 

Discuss!

[Majestic]

Prabhakar is underrated in ODIs. He has got good numbers.

[Lord]

Irfan

[vvvslaxman]

When you mention Prabakar for some reason i think of Jayasuriya lol

[Majestic]

19 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

When you mention Prabakar for some reason i think of Jayasuriya lol

That's Venkatesh Prasad. He was the one Jayasuriya feasted a lot on.

[Lord]

4 minutes ago, Majestic said:

That's Venkatesh Prasad. He was the one Jayasuriya feasted a lot on.

 

Nah, Prabhakar resorted to bowling off spin in league game in 96  WC.after getting pasted by Jayasuriya and Kalu.

[vvvslaxman]

56 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Nah, Prabhakar resorted to bowling off spin in league game in 96  WC.after getting pasted by Jayasuriya and Kalu.

 

That was one of the most humiliating moment for him. 22 runs in one over

[Majestic]

4 hours ago, Lord said:

 

Nah, Prabhakar resorted to bowling off spin in league game in 96  WC.after getting pasted by Jayasuriya and Kalu.

 

3 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

That was one of the most humiliating moment for him. 22 runs in one over

Okay. I was referring to that 189 which Jayasuriya got at Sharjah. Tough time really watching that game for an Indian fan.

[Nikhil_cric]

Pathan potentially. Wickets in the powerplay and had the talent to bat as an opener. That's ridiculously good. Prabhakar was a good LOI bowler for his time but was done by 96 WC and it showed.

[singhvivek141]

As an allrounder...I will go with

 

1. Irfan (we really need someone like him at no 8)

2. Jadeja (not very skilled, but as an overall package he has utility)

3. Agarkar (can't classify him as an allrounder, but a very good new ball bowler)

4. Prabhakar (proper bits & pieces player)

[Jaydev_Unadkat]

Robin Singh
Iqbal Siddiqui

Hemang Badani
Vijay Bharadwaj

[Texan]

Irfan Pathan

[Majestic]

16 hours ago, Jaydev_Unadkat said:

Robin Singh
Iqbal Siddiqui

Hemang Badani
Vijay Bharadwaj

Jaydev Unadkat 

Fixed.

[Majestic]

21 hours ago, singhvivek141 said:

As an allrounder...I will go with

 

1. Irfan (we really need someone like him at no 8)

2. Jadeja (not very skilled, but as an overall package he has utility)

3. Agarkar (can't classify him as an allrounder, but a very good new ball bowler)

4. Prabhakar (proper bits & pieces player)

Prabhakar was proper A/R between 1989-1994.

[singhvivek141]

20 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Prabhakar was proper A/R between 1989-1994.

I was too young, so my opinion can be limited. 

But my memory of Prabhakar was getting smashed off Jayasuria, by Anwar and then forming that partnership with Mongia which was just a form of cowardice all all levels. 

 

But all those elders with whom I have interacted with and talked about cricket. Never anyone had any good points to say about Manoj Prabhakar. He was utterly mediocre with both skills, but was backed because he was supposedly seen as successor of Kapil Dev.

 

In comparison Agarkar, despite his limitations with bat was actually a very handy lower order bat. His 50(21) balls vs Zim, then his handy knock of 95 at no 3, Lords 100 and then the knock of 17* vs Pakistan in 2007 T20 WC when we needed quick runs down the order. 

Edited September 15, 2023 by singhvivek141

[mani sha]

Prabhakar in his prime was an amazing bowler and v steady batter. Him and shastri were the shardul - jadeja of that era .

 

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

Robin singh has helped India win 2 memorable matches for India. First ever ODI win in Pakistan. First ever successful 300 chase by India that too against Pakistan. Both memorable wins.

[Mesky99]

Prabhakar was a genuine all rounder in all formats, Irfan was a bowler whose batting improved immensely, Prabhakar was terrific, gutsy cricketer, Yusuf I think was the biggest underachiever, a proper offie with control and guile, perfect fit at number 7.

[R!TTER]

Irfan - daylight - Sobers lite - rando guy from the list above!

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 9/13/2023 at 3:12 PM, vvvslaxman said:

When you mention Prabakar for some reason i think of Jayasuriya lol

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