Who is Indias 5th Greatest Test Batsman

[vamos_rafa]

I would rate VVS ahead of Virender Sehwag. Sehwag IMO needs to step up his game a bit more in the 2nd innings of a Test Match. I am not trying to demean his efforts by any mean but he has more or less transformed into a player who gets you off to fliers but in the 2nd innings is found wanting a bit. And I intend to include even the 3rd innings of the Test matches as well. I think Sehwag has not been at his belligerent best in India's 2nd innings. I think he has scored very few telling innings in them.

[Sooda]

Thongale..possibly, but...

The issue with Vengsarkar is that the only centuries he scored overseas are those 3 hundreds at Lords. The rest of his tons- 14 I think- came at home. Bit of an home pitch bully. His ave away from home is very poor compared to his career one- think its about 32. Id rate Laxman Vijay Hazare Gundappa Vishawanath Mohinder Amarnath All ahead. Possibly even Azhar and Ganguly too

[gaurav92]

Tendulkar VVS laxman Gavaskar Dravid Sehwag

[Andy]

Tendulkar VVS laxman Gavaskar Dravid Sehwag

My Fav batsman at 5th :((

[Laaloo]

Tendulkar Gavaskar Sehwag Laxman Dravid

[IT_Anxiety_NJIT]

Gavaskar Tendulkar Dravid Ganguly Sehwag

[spectre]

I dont bother with the order, as all are equally great Some would say Gavaskar is the best, some Sachin and some Dravid But this would be my All-time top5 batting order Sehwag Gavaskar Dravid Sachin Laxman

[King Tendulkar]

The top 4 is locked down. Well batted laxy but not in contention at all for top 4 batters. Amazing how easy people forget the brilliance of Dravid and how brilliant he was a few years back. Laxman is no way better the Dravid. Stick to wether Laxy is 5th best

[Sooda]

^Yep. All that remains to be seen is whether Sehwag can end up being 2nd or 3rd greatest, if he hasnt already i.e :D

[King Tendulkar]

^Yep. All that remains to be seen is whether Sehwag can end up being 2nd or 3rd greatest' date=' if he hasnt already i.e :D[/quote'] At the moment I would still have him at 4th. 1. God 2. Sunnny 3. Rahul 4. Veeru 5. So many contenders

[zen]

GAvaskar, Sehwag, Dravid and Tendulkar seperate themselves from the rest. The #5 is pretty tough to pick considering how we have managed to come up with quality batsmen over the years. But to name a few contenders for #5 spot: CK Naydu, Merchant, Hazare, Vishwanath, Amarnath, VVS

[Manny_Pacquiao]

mohinder amarnath. an UNREAL batting average of 52 away from home. batting average of 55 in WI and Pakistan - these two teams had the best bowling attack in his day. amazing player of fast bowling.

[jusarrived]

Dravid Laxman Shewag Tendulkar Gavaskar

[coffee_rules]

I vote for Laxman over late-career heroics. His average went up from 43 to 47 in the last 2/3 ys I think.

98 161 22 6054 281 43.55 12 35 10 12 1 2nd Test v Aus 2008/09 [1889] 98 161 22 6054 281 43.55 12 35 10 - 3 99 162 23 6254 281 44.99 13 35 10 200* 1 3rd Test v Aus 2008/09 [1891] 99 163 24 6313 281 45.41 13 36 10 59* 3 100 164 24 6377 281 45.55 13 37 10 64 1 4th Test v Aus 2008/09 [1892] 100 165 24 6381 281 45.25 13 37 10 4 3 101 166 24 6405 281 45.10 13 37 10 24 2 1st Test v Eng 2008/09 [1898] 101 167 24 6431 281 44.97 13 37 10 26 4 102 168 24 6431 281 44.65 13 37 11 0 1 2nd Test v Eng 2008/09 [1901] 102 169 24 6446 281 44.45 13 37 11 15 3 103 170 24 6476 281 44.35 13 37 11 30 2 1st Test v NZ 2008/09 [1915] 103 170 24 6476 281 44.35 13 37 11 - 4 104 171 24 6552 281 44.57 13 38 11 76 2 2nd Test v NZ 2008/09 [1917] 104 172 25 6676 281 45.41 14 38 11 124* 3 105 173 25 6680 281 45.13 14 38 11 4 1 3rd Test v NZ 2008/09 [1918] 105 174 25 6741 281 45.24 14 39 11 61 3 106 175 25 6741 281 44.94 14 39 12 0 1 1st Test v SL 2009/10 [1933] 106 176 26 6792 281 45.28 14 40 12 51* 3 107 177 26 6855 281 45.39 14 41 12 63 1 2nd Test v SL 2009/10 [1935] 108 178 26 6917 281 45.50 14 42 12 62 2 3rd Test v SL 2009/10 [1937] 109 179 26 6924 281 45.25 14 42 12 7 1 1st Test v BD 2009/10 [1949] 109 180 27 6993 281 45.70 14 43 12 69* 3 110 181 28 7136 281 46.64 15 43 12 143* 2 2nd Test v SA 2009/10 [1952] 111 182 28 7158 281 46.48 15 43 12 22 2 1st Test v SL 2010 [1964] 111 183 28 7227 281 46.62 15 44 12 69 3 112 184 28 7256 281 46.51 15 44 12 29 2 2nd Test v SL 2010 [1966] 113 185 28 7312 281 46.57 15 45 12 56 2 3rd Test v SL 2010 [1968] 113 186 29 7415 281 47.22 16 45 12 103* 4 114 187 29 7417 281 46.94 16 45 12 2 2 1st Test v Aus 2010/11 [1972] 114 188 30 7490 281 47.40 16 46 12 73* 4

[Rajma Chawal]

Tendulkar Gavaskar Dravid Laxman Sehwag