Rank the Indian part timers on their bowling

[Majestic]

Sachin Tendulkar

Yuvraj Singh

Saurav Ganguly

Virender Sehwag

Suresh Raina

[Forward Defence]

Yuvraj Sachin Ganguly Sehwag Raina

[Majestic]

Yuvi and Sachin were definitely more than just part timers.

[R!TTER]

SRT, SCG, Sehwag, Yuvraj & then Raina.

[putrevus]

Yuvraj , he was the fifth bowler in most intense matches in 2011. Sachin, Sehwag or Raina never had to bowl 10 full overs under that pressure match after match.

 

He ended up bowling far better than Bhajji who was the main spin bowler for that world cup.Without Yuvraj India was not winning that world cup.

 

SRT had more variety but he also could go for runs, same with Sehwag, he nearly cost India t20 world cup in 2007.

Edited September 19, 2023 by putrevus

[vvvslaxman]

SRT in terms of pure skill. He bowled seam up at Perth. Bowled leg spin to righties, off spin to lefties.  Heck he even played a major part in Kolkatta test win with 3 wickets.  Yuvraj is pretty good in middle overs who can provide some control. But Yuvi can be targetted like Mascarenhas targeted him in a match. Sachin in crunch time even in slog overs can provide control. He has defended a few times purely with his ball. There was one time where he bowled like 5 dots in a row to Inzamam giving nervousness to Pak fans.

[Lord]

Sachin

Yuvi

Ganguly

Viru

Raina

Kohli

[Nikhil_cric]

Until 2007, it was Sachin. Used to bowl off breaks to lefties, leg breaks to RHBs,  googlies, seam up quicker ball - complete package.

 

After that, Yuvraj. 

[Vijy]

On 9/18/2023 at 11:55 PM, Majestic said:

Sachin Tendulkar

Yuvraj Singh

Saurav Ganguly

Virender Sehwag

Suresh Raina

most talented by far was sacchu. most consistent was Yuvi followed by sehwag.

 

gangu was only good in certain conditions, and raina was the weakest of the lot (in bowling).

[cricspirit]

Sachin << Easy win.

 

Yuvraj

Sehwag

Ganguly/Raina.

[Nikhil_cric]

What is interesting to note is that Yuvraj was actually even the 4th bowler from around 2003 to 2011. Took a lot of wickets and had a much better strike rate than Harbhajan in the middle overs.

[Vijy]

8 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

What is interesting to note is that Yuvraj was actually even the 4th bowler from around 2003 to 2011. Took a lot of wickets and had a much better strike rate than Harbhajan in the middle overs.

no, he wasn't 4th bowler throughout that period. it was only in the latter part than he bowled more.

 

and having better SR than bhajji doesn't mean much, what matters more is the overs per match (an indicator of whether someone is reliable). yuvi was never as regular a bowler as, say, viv richards

[Nikhil_cric]

33 minutes ago, Vijy said:

no, he wasn't 4th bowler throughout that period. it was only in the latter part than he bowled more.

 

and having better SR than bhajji doesn't mean much, what matters more is the overs per match (an indicator of whether someone is reliable). yuvi was never as regular a bowler as, say, viv richards

He took more wickets than anyone not named bhajji in the middle overs between 2003 and 2011. His strike rate suggests that he was under used. 

 

His workload especially started building up around mid 2008. He was used as a part timer until then  you are right. But in the 3 years before the World Cup, he was pretty much a full bowler.

Edited September 25, 2023 by Nikhil_cric

[Majestic]

8 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

What is interesting to note is that Yuvraj was actually even the 4th bowler from around 2003 to 2011. Took a lot of wickets and had a much better strike rate than Harbhajan in the middle overs.

 

31 minutes ago, Vijy said:

no, he wasn't 4th bowler throughout that period. it was only in the latter part than he bowled more.

 

and having better SR than bhajji doesn't mean much, what matters more is the overs per match (an indicator of whether someone is reliable). yuvi was never as regular a bowler as, say, viv richards

Yuvi was a proper all rounder between 2007-11. Before that, he was just a part timer.

 

Wickets taken by year :-

 

2003- 6

2004-4

2005-6

2006-7

2007-13

2008- 10

2009- 14

2010-11

2011- 20

[Nikhil_cric]

1 minute ago, Majestic said:

 

Yuvi was a proper all rounder between 2007-11. Before that, he was just a part timer.

 

Wickets taken by year :-

 

2003- 6

2004-4

2005-6

2006-7

2007-13

2008- 10

2009- 14

2010-11

2011- 20

Yeah I clarified above. It was actually from 2007/08 season that he almost became a complete bowler.  Around the time Sachin stopped bowling regularly actually.  

 

 

[IndiaWC8311]

Assuming all formats - Yuvi, Ganguly, Sachin, Sehwag, Raina

 

Dont forget Ganguly used to open bowling in test matches to remove shine of the ball

[Vijy]

12 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

He took more wickets than anyone not named bhajji in the middle overs between 2003 and 2011. His strike rate suggests that he was under used. 

 

His workload especially started building up around mid 2008. He was used as a part timer until then  you are right. But in the 3 years before the World Cup, he was pretty much a full bowler.

well, since you edited it now, the post is more accurate. yuvi was not a regular MO operator until 2007-08, which I agree with

[Majestic]

On 9/25/2023 at 10:03 AM, cricspirit said:

Sachin << Easy win.

 

Yuvraj

Sehwag

Ganguly/Raina.

I liked Ganguly 's run-up and celebrations.

[vvvslaxman]

Piyush chawla

[Majestic]

6 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Piyush chawla

Mohinder Amarnath also a useful part time seamer. Also, Shastri.

Edited September 26, 2023 by Majestic