Cricketics Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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.
Laaloo Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: thats just a hook and sinker (and a counter float for buoyancy)... you are missing "line"
Holysmoke Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 The man from W. bengal. Yeah coz he totally tamed Brad Hogg
punjabi_khota Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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.
flamy Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 thats just a hook and sinker (and a counter float for buoyancy)... you are missing "line" I typed it :winky:
gs Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 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 Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 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 Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 oops! got the dravid mode of dismisaal wrong - but got the back foot ok! you got lots of other things wrong too. :-D
diegovegaz Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 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 Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 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
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