The magnificent five

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Article Refered by Harshbhogle in his Twitter account

Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag, Ganguly who contributed the most during IndiaÃÔ Golden run in Test cricket It is now clear that the Golden era of Indian cricket is coming to an end. Or more likely, it ended in 2011 itself; it has just taken us this long to confirm it. By all accounts, that period began during the early days of GangulyÃÔ captaincy and ended last year in South Africa under DhoniÃÔ leadership, with India still the official No. 1 Test side. The World Cup victory that immediately followed was the last hurrah. Besides bowlers like Kumble, Harbhajan and Zaheer Khan, batsmen like Gambhir and wicketkeeper/captain Dhoni, the five people most responsible for this were the members of the famed batting line-up Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag. Impact Index does a Test cricket analysis here to determine who contributed the most, in which period, how they combined with each other and what it all really means at the end of it. We examine certain truisms, identify some myths and confirm some facts. We divide the entire analysis into 5 phases 1) November 1989 to June 1996: when Tendulkar began and gradually became IndiaÃÔ most important batsman. 2) June 1996 to November 2000: when Tendulkar, Ganguly and Dravid played alongside in the early days under AzharuddinÃÔ and TendulkarÃÔ captaincy. 3) November 2000 to September 2005: India under GangulyÃÔ leadership. 4) September 2005 to October 2008: India under Dravid and Kumble. 5) October 2008 to January 2012: India under Dhoni. The Golden Age constitutes all of phases 3 and 4, and a good part of phase 5. But what came before it, and a little bit of what happened after, helps in understanding the contributions much better. Listing the 5 highest impact batting performances from each phase sharpens the picture even more.

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[Andrew Peter]

Its an insult to include that bald ftb with other 4 champions . Whats his highest score in an overseas win please ?

[vvvslaxman]

First they said Fab 4 (Tendulkar, laxman, Dravid, Ganguly) then big 3 (Tendulkar, laxman, Dravid) what next

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First they said Fab 4 (Tendulkar, laxman, Dravid, Ganguly) then big 3 (Tendulkar, laxman, Dravid) what next

Double dumbs ( Gambhir and Sehwag)

[BeautifulGame]

Honestly our best run in overseas test cricket was under Dravid's leadership.Unfortunately it was completely overshadowed by the disastrous world cup 2007.

[Lurker]

Honestly our best run in overseas test cricket was under Dravid's leadership.Unfortunately it was completely overshadowed by the disastrous world cup 2007.

++ What the Australia and England fiasco has done is basically give backbone to experts like Harsha and co. These guys should have done an Ian Chappell and shouted hoarse about the big guns retiring atleast 2-3 years ago. They become cheeleaders themselves, writing articles about SRT's 100 before the series started.

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++ What the Australia and England fiasco has done is basically give backbone to experts like Harsha and co. These guys should have done an Ian Chappell and shouted hoarse about the big guns retiring atleast 2-3 years ago. They become cheeleaders themselves, writing articles about SRT's 100 before the series started.

what they will do when BCCI dangle loads of money in front of their eyes :giggle:

[Lurker]

what they will do when BCCI dangle loads of money in front of their eyes :giggle:

Maybe drop down their pants and moon BCCI? :whack::whack: Seriously though, it is not BCCI's fault if all these folks - players, Administrators, experts - are more than willing to sell their soul for money?? Why is Lalit Mody a chewtiya and not a Bhogle? Kind of reminds me Lewis Black skit where he blasted Cliton and Bush alike, "Neither of them ever took responsibility for anything". These Maharathis, and Marathis, are like that :blink:

[Yoda-esque]

Maybe drop down their pants and moon BCCI? :whack::whack: Seriously though, it is not BCCI's fault if all these folks - players, Administrators, experts - are more than willing to sell their soul for money?? Why is Lalit Mody a chewtiya and not a Bhogle? Kind of reminds me Lewis Black skit where he blasted Cliton and Bush alike, "Neither of them ever took responsibility for anything". These Maharathis, and Marathis, are like that :blink:

Lagta hai koi Marathi tera TCS mein Manager thaa ...:winky:

[Lurker]

Lagta hai koi Marathi tera TCS mein Manager thaa ...:winky:

:hysterical::hysterical: arre wehan to mast Marathi sab the. Kuch khaas Mumbai ke kuch ghaati paar. Nothing like these haramkhors (I include Harsha, Manjrekar, Shastri and other cheerleaders in this group by the way). Wo sab mil jaaye to misal-paav kha ke in sabko double gaali dega.

[Yoda-esque]

:hysterical::hysterical: arre wehan to mast Marathi sab the. Kuch khaas Mumbai ke kuch ghaati paar. Nothing like these haramkhors (I include Harsha' date= Manjrekar, Shastri and other cheerleaders in this group by the way). Wo sab mil jaaye to misal-paav kha ke in sabko double gaali dega.

I miss misal pav :((

[singhprakash72]

I miss misal pav :((

me too and also Vada Pav with lasun chutney.

[NeutralCat]

Shitwag included in that list degrades the rest of them, disgraceful.