One man you can count on to murder Mendis in the future test series

[Cricketics]

u can add gambhir in the 1st list as well. he can play mendis with ease

no. he hasn't really proved himself that much. though i concur with anyone who say that he plays spin well but all these 4 greats dravid, tnedulkar, laxman and ganguly have played lot of tests and over and over they have played spinnerz from around the world with ease. however gambhir is yet to prove himself in test matches and hence i won't put his name down there as of now. he has shown patience to play spin in odi's and not in tests however you have to have a lot more patience to play spin in test matches when bowlers keep bowling for a long spell. i am yet to see that from gambhir. hence he can't be placed in class of dravid, tendulkar, laxman and ganguly

[punjabi_khota]

no. he hasn't really proved himself that much. though i concur with anyone who say that he plays spin well but all these 4 greats dravid, tnedulkar, laxman and ganguly have played lot of tests and over and over they have played spinner from around the world with ease. however gambhir is yet to prove himself in test matches and hence i won't put his name down there as of now. he has shown patience to play spin in odi's. however you have to have a lot more patience to play spin in test matches when bowlers keep bowling for a long spell. i am yet to see that from gambhir. hence he can't be placed in class of dravid, tendulkar, laxman and ganguly

When you 4 players surrounding the bat, playing spin suddenly becomes a much harder task.

[amits]

i think everyone is underrating gambhir out here

[Laaloo]

i think everyone is underrating gambhir out here

and ure overrating him wat did u say?? ghambhir was the best opener in odis in indian history or something along those lines?

[Cricketics]

i think everyone is underrating gambhir out here

i am the biggest gambhir fan around. but just can't put him in class of tendulkar, dravid, laxman, ganguly in playing spin until he proves in test cricket though i know he can but he has to play thoug

[THX_1138]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

thats just a hook and sinker (and a counter float for buoyancy)... you are missing "line"

[Holysmoke]

ganguly is good only against left arm offspinners. He didnt do great against Hogg either. I dont have much hope, although i dont know how good Mendis is against lefties.

[Dravid]

ganguly is good only against left arm offspinners. He didnt do great against Hogg either. I dont have much hope' date=' although i dont know how good Mendis is against lefties.[/quote'] murlie is left arm off? or darmasena, w.e his name is.. ask him or arvinda :D dada is the best player of spin bowling we got

[Holysmoke]

murlie is left arm off? or darmasena, w.e his name is.. ask him or arvinda :D dada is the best player of spin bowling we got

I beg to differ. Ask Shane Warne.

[Dravid]

did he said, am glad sachin wooped my ass and never gave ganguly a chance.. or else it would have been worse :D seriously.. how many times has warne gotten ganguly?? any1 got this?

[observer1]

tendulkar will be bowled after a tortuous 3 overs, or be lbw padding up dravid will be lbw back foot similarly ganguly, laxman and dhoni will score

[swami1984]

The man from W. bengal.

Yeah coz he totally tamed Brad Hogg

[punjabi_khota]

I watched Dada's batting down under and he struggled to break free against Hogg. I think Hogg got him 4 times and his overall haul was like 8 wickets in the whole series or something. So much for best player of spin. Hahaha. You could see Dada couldn't read him and it was actually painful to see him toil so hard against a not-A class spinner.

[swami1984]

I beg to differ. Ask Shane Warne.

or Brad Hogg

[flamy]

thats just a hook and sinker (and a counter float for buoyancy)... you are missing "line"

I typed it :winky:

[gs]

ganguly is good only against left arm offspinners. He didnt do great against Hogg either. I dont have much hope' date=' although i dont know how good Mendis is against lefties.[/quote'] He got both Yuvraj and Raina! Though I admit, Yuvraj getting bowled by a spinner is nothing new and Raina played a horrendous shot. But if you dont pick the ball from Mendis' grip/action, I think batsmen will get into trouble irrespective of whether they are RHB or LHB.

[observer1]

tendulkar will be bowled after a tortuous 3 overs, or be lbw padding up dravid will be lbw back foot similarly ganguly, laxman and dhoni will score

oops! got the dravid mode of dismisaal wrong - but got the back foot ok!

[punjabi_khota]

oops! got the dravid mode of dismisaal wrong - but got the back foot ok!

you got lots of other things wrong too. :-D

[diegovegaz]

sehwag is the man to count upon, if he just reads him for ac couple of overs, he'll b giving mengis nightmares!!!! but, he needs to spend some time at the crease, play some mendis delivieries, b4 lashing out

[observer1]

you got lots of other things wrong too. :-D

Hey I got Tendulkar's mode of dismissal right too - trying to leave the ball alone - he sometimes gets his mind into a muddle and it is usually in the first test of a series or against someone very innocuous. Dravid can be gettable on the back foot to a good spinner Disappointed in Ganguly - I had my money on him