Temujin Khaghan Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 :two_thumbs_up: just noticed it. he has beaten jack hobbs to get into the list. i really hope he ends up in the 60s by the time he completes his career. :--D:--D:--D Link to comment
DomainK Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 That's great. He will keep climbing up on that chart and will finish much higher. Link to comment
Sooda Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 he should retire now!!! Quit while he's ahead and all. Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 he should retire now!!! Quit while he's ahead and all. rahul dravid experience eh?:haha: Link to comment
Sachinism Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Currently his average is 57.25 Link to comment
DomainK Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 he should retire now!!! Quit while he's ahead and all. :poink: Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 Currently his average is 57.25 gambhir supporters will have a field day when he overtakes sobers. :cantstop: Link to comment
Guest Gunner Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 ^^He just did, Gambhir now averages more than sobers. :haha: Link to comment
Sachinism Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Now he's out, what has it come down to? Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Wow good to see him in such an elite list. Link to comment
riya Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 It is indeed amazing that he is doing so well in tests and looks inconsistent ODIS(which doesn't matter at all). Link to comment
gaurav92 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 gambhir is a good confident player and unlike most openers hes an excellent oplayer of spin, he chips down the track to dismantle bowlers line and length, hes an all round performer Link to comment
Aaku Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Gautiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ! :yay: Link to comment
champ Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 i think he should bat in middle in ODIs .. he looks so good against spinners .. Link to comment
dial_100 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Well played. He was in control all the time... It is hard to see anything with VS is shinning. O/w Gauti as usual did exceptionally well.. B-> Link to comment
SachDan Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Gambhir best Indian opener after Gavaskar: Sehwag KANPUR: Virender Sehwag has forced many a bowlers into submission by his explosive batting but now he doffed his hat to Gautam Gambhir describing him as the best Indian opener after the legendary Sunil Gavaskar. Gambhir (167) slammed his fourth successive century on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka and Sehwag, who himself scored a blistering 131, said his younger opening partner can score another hundred in the next match. "He (Gambhir) is best opener India had after Gavaskar. He has hit four successive Test centuries and already has eight Test centuries in 25-30 Tests. I think with the kind of form he is in, he can slam a ton in the next Test as well," Sehwag said after India piled on 417 for two on the opening day. "He was in good form and hitting well. So we were still scoring at over three and his boundaries took the pressure off me and I could wait before playing my shots," he said. Sehwag was seen interacting with Gambhir after the left-hander foozled a shot against Muttiah Muralitharan in the morning session. Asked what he told his Delhi team-mate, Sehwag said, "I told him to think big. You are good enough to score four successive centuries. Stay three hours and you will automatically get a hundred." Sehwag said India would look to pile up 700 plus runs tomorrow and put enough pressure on Sri Lanka so that the visitors crumble. Sehwag and Gambhir were involved in a blistering 233-run opening stand that proved the bedrock of India's stunning batting display on the opening day of the second Test and the right-hander insists his teammates cannot relax or relent yet. "We are in a positive frame of mind. We have scored a good total for opening day and scored at a good rate (4.63) to boot. Tomorrow, we will try to get 700-800 and then put pressure on the Lankans and get those 20 wickets," he said. Sri Lanka managed just two wickets after a hard day's toil but Sehwag believes his bowling colleagues can overcome the lack of life on the track and bowl his side to victory. "We bowled out Australia twice in a placid Mohali track (last year) and there is no reason why we cannot do it here. I hope Zaheer (Khan), Harbhajan (Singh), (S) Sreesanth and (Pragyan) Ojha will do it for us," he said. Sehwag's own knock was a well-paced compilation as the Delhi dasher overcame a wobbly morning hour before blooming into his aggressive self. "With little moister in air, I knew the ball would do something and I have to be careful. They had three spinners and I fancied my chance against them. So I took time and concentrated a lot before playing my shots," he said. "In Ahmedabad they dropped me and here too they grassed one. I told myself to play first 8-10 overs and concentrate hard. I tried to leave balls outside off-stump and it's only after first hour that I played my shots," said the explosive opener, who got a life on zero when Mahela Jayawardene dropped him off Chanaka Welegedara." LINK Link to comment
jusarrived Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 hope viru hasn't jinxed GG here Link to comment
ViruRulez Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I hope he specifically meant tests because Sachin is surely the best opener overall in ODIs for sure. BTW Veeru goes on to say too much sometimes. He told Nannes was the fastest in the world in this year's IPL I suppose and that too after facing Lee etc. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 What a modest guy Sehwag is. Link to comment
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