Dhondy Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Boss will correct me if I am wrong, but I think India's current top 5 is statistically the greatest ever batting line up of the modern era in terms of averages, ahead of the Aussies & West Indians. They'll probably trail the Aussie side led by Waugh narrowly in terms of total runs scored because of Gambhir's late flowering, but it'd be touch and go.
champ Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 GAMBHIR DRAVID SEHWAG LAXMAN TENDULKAR our batting rocks :yay:
Dhondy Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Hope it doesn't turn into a jinx!!! It will, these threads always do. Murphy's law (Sod's law for Brits here). But it's still delightful to see Boss back and in form.
vvvslaxman Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted by: Saqib at January 6, 2010 4:35 PM I only wish both sets of my grandparents decided to stay in India during August 1947. Look at this comment under this article :haha: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/pakspin/archives/2010/01/fear_and_dread_in_sydney.php
Lurker Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted by: Saqib at January 6, 2010 4:35 PM I only wish both sets of my grandparents decided to stay in India during August 1947. Look at this comment under this article :haha: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/pakspin/archives/2010/01/fear_and_dread_in_sydney.php :hysterical:
Sachinism Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted by: Saqib at January 6, 2010 4:35 PM I only wish both sets of my grandparents decided to stay in India during August 1947. Look at this comment under this article :haha: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/pakspin/archives/2010/01/fear_and_dread_in_sydney.php :omg: WOW That must be an Indian posing as a Paki
graphic23 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Great stuff BossBhai. We have been spoiled for riches in the last decade with our middle order. I dread the day the middle will not have any of these stalwarts - but I guess it will be interesting to see if they can continue the legacy of having technically brilliant batsmen who can bat on the minefields of the West Indies and the flat tracks of Pakistan. As part of my infinite-part series to promote the articles section (and myself :hehe:) on the forums, I had written a thank you note to our seniors a while back: http://indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=149804 Either way, to the thread and :hatsoff: to our batsmen.
Bumper Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Absolutely! We are too spoilt with a batting line up like that. More than the individual talent, its the way our seniors & juniors have gelled together (setting aside politics & other agendas) as a team, that is more commendable. I havent watched too many of our test matches live in the 90s. Watching our padosees bat helps me recall the 90s, but fortunately I can do this with a bit of popcorn and giggles.
The Outsider Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted by: Saqib at January 6, 2010 4:35 PM I only wish both sets of my grandparents decided to stay in India during August 1947. Look at this comment under this article :haha: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/pakspin/archives/2010/01/fear_and_dread_in_sydney.php :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: This is the funniest thing I've read the entire day, by far!!
kabira Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted by: Saqib at January 6, 2010 4:35 PM I only wish both sets of my grandparents decided to stay in India during August 1947. Look at this comment under this article :haha: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/pakspin/archives/2010/01/fear_and_dread_in_sydney.php :haha::haha: I have similar thoughts. I thank my grandparents for leaving that *****y country in spite of many of our relatives stayed there. :--D:--D:--D
Params7 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted by: Saqib at January 6, 2010 4:35 PM I only wish both sets of my grandparents decided to stay in India during August 1947. Look at this comment under this article :haha: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/pakspin/archives/2010/01/fear_and_dread_in_sydney.php No I actually think that's a genuine Paki just really hurt by the loss. Kinda' sad but :hysterical:
fineleg Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 GAMBHIR DRAVID SEHWAG LAXMAN TENDULKAR our batting rocks :yay: Nice! Thanks to the the above 5 folks and to SG as well. Out of the 6, Sehwag, Dravid and Tendulkar are irreplaceable. There will be no one who can replace them, and match their uniqueness (Sehwag-blistering, Dravid-Mr.Dependable, Tendulkar-sublime) in the future. However, I do hope we get some replacements who can bring their own uniquenes after 2011/2012. Hopefully we get good bowlers! (and a good bowling coach) also.
Dhondy Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Grrenidge, Haynes, Richards, Kallicharan, Rowe and Lloyd at the turn of the decade as 70s gave way to 80s. Langer, Hayden, Ponting, Martyn, Mark and Steve Waugh in the early 2000s. A comparison that must be made. Averages at a notional time point, and career aggregates when the batting order was replaced by new men.
The Outsider Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Grrenidge, Haynes, Richards, Kallicharan, Rowe and Lloyd at the turn of the decade as 70s gave way to 80s. Langer, Hayden, Ponting, Martyn, Mark and Steve Waugh in the early 2000s. A comparison that must be made. Averages at a notional time point, and career aggregates when the batting order was replaced by new men. Somehow you will have to normalize for the fact that WI and Australian line ups never faced the best bowling attacks of their times.
Dhondy Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 You wont believe this ... The current Indian batting line up as of today totals a cool 49308 career runs (including Ganguly but excluding Yuvraj) whereas the Lineup under Steve waugh in his last test match had 39,810 career runs of the top 7. Keep in mind that I included Mark Waughs runs also although he had retired long before that.... Our Galacticos will still come up top even if we take out Ganguly's runs .... how cool is that http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;qualmin2=2000;qualval2=runs;spanmax1=10+Jan+2004;spanmin1=14+Nov+1984;spanval1=span;team=2;template=results;type=batting http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;qualmin2=2000;qualval2=runs;spanmin1=14+Nov+1989;spanval1=span;team=140;team=6;template=results;type=batting Yeah, that figures. **** the modern era, even without Ganguly, the current top five are the most prolific runscorers in the history of the game, with averages to match.
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