Cricket Tragic Posted May 31, 2012 Posted May 31, 2012 I was watching the PoS test from 2002 last night and right at the moment when Ashish Nehra got Brian Lara, I thought of the forgettable test in the same series when Ajay Ratra made a test hundred on that road in Antigua. Is Ratra the worst Indian batsman to score a test ton? I'm sure Aggy will get a few votes but there was no doubt that he had some ability with the bat. Ratra was a just a mug. :facepalm: So who is the worst Indian batsman to score a test ton?
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2012 Posted May 31, 2012 yea.. i won't put Aggy there as he is not a proper batsman. It was a road. Sachin made first ball duck there though . He could have scored a 300 there.. but missed out big time.
Number Posted May 31, 2012 Posted May 31, 2012 Ratra is the only Indian Wicket Keeper batsman to score a hundred outside Subcontinent and first one to do it outside India. :)
Cricketics Posted May 31, 2012 Posted May 31, 2012 Reaching to the test team of a country which has a billion population, i hate to use the term worst Indian batsman to score century. Also keeping in mind he was the only Indian keeper then to score century overseas.
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2012 Posted May 31, 2012 Poor Chetan chauhan was partner for Sunny for a while. Couldn't score even a single century.
Clarke Posted May 31, 2012 Posted May 31, 2012 I remember that test, reckon one commentator was critical of Ratra & Ravi got back to him since this guy got his first hundred in his 3rd test while the critical commy got his first one in fourth. Zak actually tried slow left arm in the nets and Ravi hyped it up as if Bedi was back. Not that it made any difference to the match result.
vamos_rafa Posted May 31, 2012 Posted May 31, 2012 yea.. i won't put Aggy there as he is not a proper batsman. It was a road. Sachin made first ball duck there though . He could have scored a 300 there.. but missed out big time. The best part about that test was that Sachin and Lara scored a grand total of 4 runs amongst them while every tom dick and harry scored runs.
Old guy Posted May 31, 2012 Posted May 31, 2012 The best part about that test was that Sachin and Lara scored a grand total of 4 runs amongst them while every tom dick and harry scored runs. :hysterical:
The Outsider Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 Confining to only specialist batsmen, I would say Abbas Ali Baig, Bangar, Raina, and Mooli Vijay.
Raghav_12 Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 Its Harbhajan surely? Harbhajan is definitely a better bat than Kumble.
Khalpat Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 Talking about specialist Batsman, Nayan Mongia is the name comes to my mind but what an inning it was: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63721.html Then Sadgopan Ramesh, he made two centuries but I never liked his batting style.
Sidhoni Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 You can not be called worst when you have got a test century.
MCcricket Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 Prabhakar, Mongia for sure, two most selfish, worst players to score a ton.
vvvslaxman Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 Prabhakar' date=' Mongia for sure, two most selfish, worst players to score a ton.[/quote'] But Mongia's 152 was a match winning one.
MCcricket Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 But Mongia's 152 was a match winning one. We are talking about their career , attitude, game not one solitary inning, phew.
The Outsider Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 If Bradmanath had fluked a few more edges at Nagpur he would have been the undisputed winner.
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