The batsman with the best technique is.....???

[gaurav92]

The man with the greatest technique is.........any guesses........ NO ITS NOT RAHUL DRAVID NO IT ISNT SACHIN TENDULKAR OK SCROLL DOWN V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V:eyedance:V V V V V V V V V V V V V V

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[gaurav92]

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[fineleg]

To answer the Orig Q: In Indian team: Dravid and Tendulkar - the best technique. Dravid - copybook perfect Tendulkar - some innovations are part of it. Both have their claim to great technique. Relatively speaking - poor technique - Sehwag and Yuvi - they have their strengths which compensate for poor technique. Dhoni - thats some funny batting style :cantstop:

[flamy]

I was gonna come in and complain. But, you were saved by using the name Dhoni. :two_thumbs_up:

[gaurav92]

To answer the Orig Q: In Indian team: Dravid and Tendulkar - the best technique. Dravid - copybook perfect Tendulkar - some innovations are part of it. Both have their claim to great technique. Relatively speaking - poor technique - Sehwag and Yuvi - they have their strengths which compensate for poor technique. Dhoni - thats some funny batting style :cantstop:

absolutely rite finey i totally agree with u on that context dravid is technically more sound while sachin has included some of his innovations in considerations into considerations while hes batting laxman is good but some of the wristy shots like the whips and the flicks are his own trademark shots...hes a good against the turn player....:two_thumbs_up: sehwag murders the bowler anyway possible yuvraj uses his power along with left handers GRACE while hes batting dhoni has got his own unusual style of batting but credit must be given to him for being consistent in the middle order :hatsoff:

[Show_stopper]

Haha wtf? Dravid has a better technique than Sachin?:hysterical: For the first and the last time..stop being a cricketing naive. Boring gameplay != better technique. You can talk to any number of people who have played cricket at any competant level..and they will tell you Sachin has the better technique(defensive and offensive).

[Dark Warrior]

Samir Dighe rocks........... :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:

[SachDan]

Haha wtf? Dravid has a better technique than Sachin?:hysterical: For the first and the last time..stop being a cricketing naive. Boring gameplay != better technique. You can talk to any number of people who have played cricket at any competant level..and they will tell you Sachin has the better technique(defensive and offensive).

Good post Just coz Dravid tends to play a pefectly defensive shot to a good ball, people get carried away with his technique. Whereas for the same ball, Sachin would play a well manufactured shot and SCORE some runs for the team! Good technique alone won't bring any laurels to you as a batsman. Anyways ever since Sehwag started scoring consistently at the top, the term- 'technique' is used very less by Commentators and fans alike :haha:

[The Outsider]

Errr.....Sehwag has an unique technique but it's not poor by any means. You don't score so many international runs with a poor technique. Sehwag's strength and technique is his still head while executing his strokes which negates the requirement to move his feet all that much. Wright has mentioned in his book that he has never seen any batsman have a more stable head position while playing a stroke and rubbishes the notion that Sehwag has a poor technique.

[Sachinism]

wtf is this sheet

[graphic23]

Haha wtf? Dravid has a better technique than Sachin?:hysterical: For the first and the last time..stop being a cricketing naive. Boring gameplay != better technique. You can talk to any number of people who have played cricket at any competant level..and they will tell you Sachin has the better technique(defensive and offensive).

You can talk to any number of people and they will tell you that you can't get better than Rahul Dravid in terms of batting technique. Apart from that awesome/strange ball from Akhtar when they toured India in 2007 and Steyn's delivery in March 2008, he has been bowled only when he's brought his bat down from an angle. You can't get past his defense. Any bowler will vouch for that. And what is this about not being able to score if you have a tight technique? Just because Sachin scores runs with his technique at a faster clip doesn't mean he has a better technique - he's just a genius that he can transform himself into any sort of technique he wants. It doesn't make Dravid any lesser though.

[Show_stopper]

I never said Dravid has a poor technique(he is comfortably among the top 5 batsmen from India in terms of technique.) Just that Sachin is better..and no not because he scores at a faster clip. Look i realize that Dravid is called 'The Wall' but lets not get carried away with nicknames here. The fact is Sachin has the better defensive technique of the two.This difference is clearly magnified when they are facing spinners.Just to reiterate i'm talking of pure defense here.

[fineleg]

if ur talking pure defense , then ur talking dravid, raina-rocks just watch the matches

[h4te]

Yuvi

[DomainK]

You can talk to any number of people and they will tell you that you can't get better than Rahul Dravid in terms of batting technique. Apart from that awesome/strange ball from Akhtar when they toured India in 2007 and Steyn's delivery in March 2008, he has been bowled only when he's brought his bat down from an angle. You can't get past his defense. Any bowler will vouch for that. And what is this about not being able to score if you have a tight technique? Just because Sachin scores runs with his technique at a faster clip doesn't mean he has a better technique - he's just a genius that he can transform himself into any sort of technique he wants. It doesn't make Dravid any lesser though.

Dravid has got a solid defensive technique. But technique is not all about that. I think Dravid has an overdose of perfection that results in defensive cricket. He gets so close to the ball that defense becomes a natural shot. A batsman with a great technique should be able to defend as well as attack with good technique. Tendulkar can get into position so fast that he can defend or attack at will. Thats great technique. Perfection is Dravid's weakness. Its Tendulkar's strength.

[DomainK]

if ur talking pure defense ' date= then ur talking dravid, raina-rocks just watch the matches

That raises the question- whats good defense? Is scoring slow knocking the ball dead into the ground good defense? A good defensive batsman is one who can attack a bit not to allow great bowlers settle down to a good line and length. If your technique does not allow you to do that, you are not great in defending. However, if you are talking about playing a defensive shot to a great delivery- Dravid is very good in that.

[Holysmoke]

To answer the Orig Q: In Indian team: Dravid and Tendulkar - the best technique. Dravid - copybook perfect Tendulkar - some innovations are part of it.

Actually Dravid's technique is NOT copybook perfect. When dravid defends, he is side on, which is NOT how it is supposed to be done. Tendulkar does it perfectly, with the body being almost front on.

[DomainK]

I think the best definition of perfect technique is : "The way Tendulkar plays." And Dravid is behind Tendulkar in that. I still remember in the last Australia tour some coach brought his students to the nets to stand and watch Tendulkar. When asked he said "Where else can I show them a better demonstration of copybook stroke play?"

[fineleg]

As I already said, IMO - they both can lay claim to great technique, each in his own way. Different style batsmen, but absolutely the best we have in terms of technique. Ofcourse if we include Indian past greats, then Gavaskar is arguably at the very top in terms of best technique. Could not have played on the minefield of B'lore without that, and against rampaging WI fearsome bowlers as well.

[The Outsider]

However, if you are talking about playing a defensive shot to a great delivery- Dravid is very good in that.

This is what is usually implied when talking about defensive techniques - the ability to defend your wicket against a good/great ball.