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Can Yuvraj overtake Tendulkar and others as India's all time best ODI batsman?


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Can Yuvraj overtake Tendulkar and others as India's all time best ODI batsman?  

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:facepalm: like Bradman's tantalizing average of 99.94
realistically - he is unlikely to cross 46 also. As of now he is at 18111 @45.16. Taking best case ( as per our imagination) Lets say he targets 20000. i.e. another 1889 runs @ healthy average of 60 - it will take 32 innings. That would be about another 2 years ( assuming he wont play all ODIs). Then he would end up just above 46.
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Had a quick look at # of ODIs played in 2009 and 2010. Highest # of ODIs played by any player was 30 in 2009. And on average good players played 25 or so. Taking example of Kohli and considering, he gets to play 25 ODIs per year on an average. Kohli will need to play for another 16 years (injury free, in good form) to match the number of ODIs that Sachin has now. And Kohli is already 22+.
Actually number of ODI's being played has also come down in recent years. Around 2000, India used to play 35 to 40 ODI's per year. While nowadays it has come down to around 28-30 years. Looking at trends it will go down even further in coming years as bilateral and three nation ODI series are losing their charm.
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Since I made the second post in this thread (about 2 years ago!), Sachin has just destroyed his way through more records. The man just seems to go up a gear when you think he's out of gas. I stand by what I said, Yuvraj has no chance of ever being spoken of in the same regard as Sachin in ODIs, (by anyone sane), BUT, Yuvraj will now always be looked upon with fondness when discussing the rich history of Indian cricket, for his unbelieveable ability to raise his game out of nowhere, playing the biggest parts in our 2007 World T20 win, and our 2011 World Cup win... In conclusion. Sachin is way greater than Yuvraj or anyone else, but ironically, without Yuvraj, Sachin would never have achieved his World Cup dream...

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his avg as a non-striking opener - the position where he has batted the most - is a mind boggling 51 at a S/R of 88.9 and a mere 13370 runs to go with it . Plenty of good batsmen would be happy to have that sort of avg in Test match cricket. :hail:http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax2=2;batting_positionmin2=2;batting_positionval2=batting_position;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;template=results;type=batting
Nathan Astle, Guru Garry and AfRetard in the top 10 :woot: :woot:
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his avg as a non-striking opener - the position where he has batted the most - is a mind boggling 51 at a S/R of 88.9 and a mere 13370 runs to go with it . Plenty of good batsmen would be happy to have that sort of avg in Test match cricket. :hail:http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax2=2;batting_positionmin2=2;batting_positionval2=batting_position;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;template=results;type=batting
Second highest on that list is not even half!! And its more than Ponting's ODI career tally in about additional 100 matches. Good to see Ganguly also up there, well deserved.
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Since I made the second post in this thread (about 2 years ago!), Sachin has just destroyed his way through more records. The man just seems to go up a gear when you think he's out of gas. I stand by what I said, Yuvraj has no chance of ever being spoken of in the same regard as Sachin in ODIs, (by anyone sane), BUT, Yuvraj will now always be looked upon with fondness when discussing the rich history of Indian cricket, for his unbelieveable ability to raise his game out of nowhere, playing the biggest parts in our 2007 World T20 win, and our 2011 World Cup win... In conclusion. Sachin is way greater than Yuvraj or anyone else, but ironically, without Yuvraj, Sachin would never have achieved his World Cup dream...
And Yuvraj would not have achieved a world cup without Sachin and Dhoni's performance in the semis and finals. Its a team game after all
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Since I made the second post in this thread (about 2 years ago!), Sachin has just destroyed his way through more records. The man just seems to go up a gear when you think he's out of gas. I stand by what I said, Yuvraj has no chance of ever being spoken of in the same regard as Sachin in ODIs, (by anyone sane), BUT, Yuvraj will now always be looked upon with fondness when discussing the rich history of Indian cricket, for his unbelieveable ability to raise his game out of nowhere, playing the biggest parts in our 2007 World T20 win, and our 2011 World Cup win... In conclusion. Sachin is way greater than Yuvraj or anyone else, but ironically, without Yuvraj, Sachin would never have achieved his World Cup dream...
Excellent post! :hail: Put things in perspective!
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Ok ridiculous thread. But it does show what a great odi player he was and can still be But point is that if this fella is fit again and slimmed down, plus in good nick. He is a must for odi team wether dhoni likes it or not!

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Ok ridiculous thread. But it does show what a great odi player he was and can still be But point is that if this fella is fit again and slimmed down, plus in good nick. He is a must for odi team wether dhoni likes it or not!
Dhoni kaha se aa gaya beech mein? Infact he was being criticized for persisting with Yuvi when he was clearly out of touch.
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Yuvraj is just good enough to get those 40s/50s against the old ball once in every 10/15 matches. Thats it. As an Odi batsman, he is in the league of Jayawardena. No question of a comparison with the Greatest One.

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