Virender Sehwag, Diana Edulji and Aravinda de Silva inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

[Lord]

https://www.icc-cricket.com/video/3784337

[putrevus]

Sorry how is Arvinda in hall of fame.No offense to him, along with David Gower, Graham Gooch. These players should not have been in hall of fame.

 

Another Joke is Zaheer Abbas. How is Zaheer Abbas in Hall of fame and Vishy not in hall of fame.

[Real McCoy]

I can understand Sehwag and De Silva. But how the hell is Edulji in HOF. What did she do apart from doing politics with the Indian team. Is she in because of that. I'm sure ICC rewards anyone who goes against India

[BlueBlood]

23 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Sorry how is Arvinda in hall of fame.No offense to him, along with David Gower, Graham Gooch. These players should not have been in hall of fame.

 

Another Joke is Zaheer Abbas. How is Zaheer Abbas in Hall of fame and Vishy not in hall of fame.

Arvinda and Ranatunga single handedly won them the 1996 WC.

 

Definitely deserved.

[Lord]

33 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Sorry how is Arvinda in hall of fame.No offense to him, along with David Gower, Graham Gooch. These players should not have been in hall of fame.

 

Another Joke is Zaheer Abbas. How is Zaheer Abbas in Hall of fame and Vishy not in hall of fame.

 

Aravinda was their best bat in 1996. Single handedly responsible for their rise in world cricket

[Tillu]

12 minutes ago, BlueBlood said:

Arvinda and Ranatunga single handedly won them the 1996 WC.

 

Definitely deserved.

 

You shouldn't get inducted into HOF through one off matches or tournaments.

[putrevus]

20 minutes ago, BlueBlood said:

Arvinda and Ranatunga single handedly won them the 1996 WC.

 

Definitely deserved.

Gambhir won India two trophies , he does not belong in hall of fame.

 

Hall of fame is not about winning ICC tournament.

 

Mohinder Amarnath won 1983 world cup, he was MOM in both semifinal and finals why is he not in Hall of fame then.

[putrevus]

12 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Aravinda was their best bat in 1996. Single handedly responsible for their rise in world cricket

Hall of fame should be about a career not in one off tournament or one good year.

 

if they did not bat in dew in 1996, they were not winning that match either. Aussies were literally bowling with wet ball.

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Hall of fame should be about a career not in one off tournament or one good year.

 

if they did not bat in dew in 1996, they were not winning that match either. Aussies were literally bowling with wet ball.

 

He averaged 43 in 93 Tests too. When he started SL was still not a top side. He was one of the big reasons they moved up a level.

[Lord]

7 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Gambhir won India two trophies , he does not belong in hall of fame.

 

Hall of fame is not about winning ICC tournament.

 

Mohinder Amarnath won 1983 world cup, he was MOM in both semifinal and finals why is he not in Hall of fame then.

 

Gambhir failed in semis of both the cups. Also was poor in league phase in 2011 IIRC.

 

He did well but career was just not long enough.

[putrevus]

2 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

He averaged 43 in 93 Tests too. When he started SL was still not a top side. He was one of the big reasons they moved up a level.

Yes,He was very good player but I would not put him a great player.

 

Vishwanth,Chandra were equally responsible for making India into a force..Chandra was responsible for India winning in England and WI. Why are they not in hall fame.

 

How the hell is Qadir in Hall of fame and not Chandra.

 

It is hall of fame not hall of good.

[putrevus]

3 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Gambhir failed in semis of both the cups. Also was poor in league phase in 2011 IIRC.

 

He did well but career was just not long enough.

I am not saying Gambhir should be in hall of fame. I disagree that one or two matches should dictate a player for being in hall of fame.

 

Jayasurya had more impact than Arvinda.He was the one who started their batting revolution .

[Lord]

11 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Yes,He was very good player but I would not put him a great player.

 

Vishwanth,Chandra were equally responsible for making India into a force..Chandra was responsible for India winning in England and WI. Why are they not in hall fame.

 

How the hell is Qadir in Hall of fame and not Chandra.

 

It is hall of fame not hall of good.

 

Chandra deserves it too. Maybe will get it later. Vishy while a great was not even best batsman of his team. That was SMG.

 

Agree Qadir didnt deserve it.

[putrevus]

13 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Chandra deserves it too. Maybe will get it later. Vishy while a great was not even best batsman of his team. That was SMG.

 

Agree Qadir didnt deserve it.

Vishy was like Dravid to Sachin.

 

Dravid was never the best batsman on Indian team in any format.

 

IMO ICC hall fame  should be reserved for ATG players or it becomes worthless.

 

Will they add Yousuf Youhana also in future as he holds record for most runs scored in one calendar year.

 

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by putrevus

[IndiaWC8311]

De Silva was instrumental in transforming a nothing team like SL to world cup winners. True underdog story. He was also effective with the ball in ODI cricket.

 

Above is his main achievement but he is still top 3 batsman in SL history.

[Serpico]

3 hours ago, putrevus said:

Sorry how is Arvinda in hall of fame.No offense to him, along with David Gower, Graham Gooch. These players should not have been in hall of fame.

 

Another Joke is Zaheer Abbas. How is Zaheer Abbas in Hall of fame and Vishy not in hall of fame.

Their stats look decent? Aravinda averages about the same as Sehwag in ODIs and is wc winning player with century in final? What is the issue here

 

And zaheer and viswanath has same average and centuries almost 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Serpico

[straighttalk]

On 11/13/2023 at 7:12 AM, putrevus said:

Sorry how is Arvinda in hall of fame.No offense to him, along with David Gower, Graham Gooch. These players should not have been in hall of fame.

 

Another Joke is Zaheer Abbas. How is Zaheer Abbas in Hall of fame and Vishy not in hall of fame.

You high mate or too young to not watch De Silva

[Cloud9]

I'm still surprised that Pollock and Graeme Smith still didn't get inducted in hall of fame.

Edit: only Greame Smith.

Edited November 15, 2023 by Cloud9

[Adamant]

On 11/13/2023 at 8:42 PM, putrevus said:

Sorry how is Arvinda in hall of fame.No offense to him, along with David Gower, Graham Gooch. These players should not have been in hall of fame.

 

Another Joke is Zaheer Abbas. How is Zaheer Abbas in Hall of fame and Vishy not in hall of fame.

I don’t believe in the idiotic explanation that he won a world cup and hence he should be in hall of fame but still Aravinda belongs there.

The reason for that is he was a quality test and odi cricketer and at that time he was leagues ahead of any other Srilankan batsman and carried them singlehandedly for quute some time, I agree he is not an ATG but his impact on SRI LANKAN cricket makes him a legendary cricketer 

Hall of fame is not about stats

Edited November 15, 2023 by Adamant

[Adamant]

Also, century in world cup final is not the reason Aravinda is inducted in icc hall of fame, he would have been there even if he scored zero.