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Vivian Richards is the greatest ODI player ever : The Impact Index


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Dude' date='Sachin's match winning ratio is better than Flintoff and Hooper.what about that?[/quote'] I'm going to go out on a limb and say that match winning ratio doesn't indicate much. See, a person could be a part of a very strong playing XI, like Brad Hogg was of the Australian wonder team. He would have a very high win % in the ODIs he played in simply because his team was awesome, and not because he contributed much. Thats what I think anyways.
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I think what goes against Sachin is the win percentage. I haven't read Varma's article in the past (or may have w/o realizing who wrote them) but based on what you say, he could have invented the criteria to show that Tendulkar isn't in the top 5 or it could be a case where when Tendulkar doesn't top it's a conspiracy. I don't know!
Viv Richards had an invincible team and the Indian team was'nt exactly "invincible" or world beaters in the last 20 years, so Goddy's winning percentage has got to be low. But this article is pure comedy :winky:
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I think what goes against Sachin is the win percentage. I haven't read Varma's article in the past (or may have w/o realizing who wrote them) but based on what you say, he could have invented the criteria to show that Tendulkar isn't in the top 5 or it could be a case where when Tendulkar doesn't top it's a conspiracy. I don't know!
If it's win %age,then how come Kapil Dev,Flintoff,Hooper,Cairns are ranked above Sachin?And there are no Pontings or Bevan. Impact index is about how much role a player has played in his Team's wins.In that case,you must know that all 56 winning MOM Awards are deserving by Sachin,and not to forget many matches where players less deserving than him bagged the MOM.
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Viv Richards had an invincible team and the Indian team was'nt exactly "invincible" or world beaters in the last 20 years, so Goddy's winning percentage has got to be low. But this article is pure comedy :winky:
Hmm..ok...Any article that does not have Sachin=GOD as No.1 has got to be comedy. Only if the article swapped the positions of Richards and Tendulkar then it would gospel.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that match winning ratio doesn't indicate much. See, a person could be a part of a very strong playing XI, like Brad Hogg was of the Australian wonder team. He would have won a very high win % in the ODIs he played in simply because his team was awesome, and not because he contributed much. Thats what I think anyways.
If that's the case,then Sachin must be ranked high,because most of India's ODI series wins were possible because of Sachin!
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Hmm..ok...Any article that does not have Sachin=GOD as No.1 has got to be comedy. Only if the article swapped the positions of Richards and Tendulkar then it would gospel.
Ok,just touch your conscience and tell me where would you rank Sachin.
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Good observation. I went through their criteria again. Here is how the rating is done. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/icc-world-cup-2011/top-stories/Understanding-the-Impact-Index/articleshow/7349927.cms #11 In a career context, the figures from all heads are tallied. All numbers are necessarily between 0 and 5, up to two decimal points. I didn't quite follow what they mean when they say all heads are tallied, but it does seem that they've taken the entire career/longevity into account.
I think they mean they have taken into account all the matches and then come to an average rating. If they had taken the longevity factor also i.e. the total number of runs scored, sachin would have been #1 or atleast in top 3 in any fair ODI rating.
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To me the most feared of ODI cricketers that are monsters with the bat- Viv Richards and Adam Gilchrist.
Ofcourse, coz you are an indian. Ask the non-indian fans, they will tell you how much they fear sachin. He is one of the only few batsmen who can bat through an entire 50over odi innings
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Ok' date='just touch your conscience and tell me where would you rank Sachin.[/quote']Without getting into the funny ranking systems I will take Gilchrist and Richards over Tendulkar as an overall ODI package without an iota of a doubt.
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Without getting into the funny ranking systems I will take Gilchrist and Richards over Tendulkar as an overall ODI package without an iota of a doubt.
Richards, maybe. But Gilly?
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If it's win %age,then how come Kapil Dev,Flintoff,Hooper,Cairns are ranked above Sachin?And there are no Pontings or Bevan. Impact index is about how much role a player has played in his Team's wins.In that case,you must know that all 56 winning MOM Awards are deserving by Sachin,and not to forget many matches where players less deserving than him bagged the MOM.
Didn't you read about the other variables? And didn't you realize yet that all-rounders would do better in such rankings. Even bowlers as if they pick a 5-er in a win than that's like doing 50% ( 5 out of 10 wkts) of the work with 20% (10 overs out of 50 overs) resources. No point in getting all worked up because of some list.
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5) The pressure II only kicks in when a batsman comes in to bat in a tough situation and scores more than the base runs. Tough situations are defined as per the base runs.
:rotfl: Too many *******s with SQL knowledge pretending to be analysts!
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If Imran Khan is no2 on this list then the list along with the author of list should be banned. Imran Khan was useless odi batsmen, I don't think he changed any game with his bat for sure. His bowling okay nothing special in odis .

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