Comparing Kapil dev and Imran Khan

[vandokkum]

Imran Khan is one of the greatest cricketers ever, it's the same reason I rate Sobers as the greatest cricketer ever along with Bradman. It's hard enough to be ATG batsman/ bowler, but to also be a quality batsman/ bowler deserves extra recognition.

[sherpatenzig]

There is no comparison. I have watched both of them play but there is more to this game then what Imran supporters talk about. Imran was a self admitted cheat, Kapil is a gentleman. Imran use to lift seam and tamper the ball and there should be a asterisk beside his record. kapil never descended to that level. Imran Khan is a chauvinist and believes in the superiority of his race. He spouts off crap even when the answer is not related and is a mental midget and whatever is left i think he lost it when he took the fall few weeks back. There is no comparison.

[diga]

There is no comparison. I have watched both of them play but there is more to this game then what Imran supporters talk about. Imran was a self admitted cheat, Kapil is a gentleman. Imran use to lift seam and tamper the ball and there should be a asterisk beside his record. kapil never descended to that level. Imran Khan is a chauvinist and believes in the superiority of his race. He spouts off crap even when the answer is not related and is a mental midget and whatever is left i think he lost it when he took the fall few weeks back. There is no comparison.

welcome buddy... first post :two_thumbs_up:

[vandokkum]

There is no comparison. I have watched both of them play but there is more to this game then what Imran supporters talk about. Imran was a self admitted cheat, Kapil is a gentleman. Imran use to lift seam and tamper the ball and there should be a asterisk beside his record. kapil never descended to that level. Imran Khan is a chauvinist and believes in the superiority of his race. He spouts off crap even when the answer is not related and is a mental midget and whatever is left i think he lost it when he took the fall few weeks back. There is no comparison.

This might be the greatest first post in the history of this forum :yay:

[Pakistan]

Is there cure for bitterness?

[Muloghonto]

Is there cure for bitterness?

Bitterness over what ?

[FischerTal]

Is there cure for bitterness?

when there is one, you will be given one first dibs :giggle:

[Asim]

There is no comparison. I have watched both of them play but there is more to this game then what Imran supporters talk about. Imran was a self admitted cheat, Kapil is a gentleman. Imran use to lift seam and tamper the ball and there should be a asterisk beside his record. kapil never descended to that level. Imran Khan is a chauvinist and believes in the superiority of his race. He spouts off crap even when the answer is not related and is a mental midget and whatever is left i think he lost it when he took the fall few weeks back. There is no comparison.

Bas kar dey saalay, rula dia... Pehlay kahan tha tu?

[rtmohanlal]

Is there cure for bitterness?

what bitterness? mate... there are certain facts w.r.t Kapil's and Imran's batting more than the stats reveal.i assume if you went thru my description clearly, you could have got an idea of why i am saying this.

[Hafeez]

i has stop comparing Kapil with Imran on this thread Imran was far better Imran khan 29 Test series,s 8 Man of the series award Kapil dev 41 test serie,s 4 Man of the series award Sachin Tendulkar 64 test series 5 Man of the series award Imran khan is greatest crickter from Asia not Sachin we should compare Murli/Wasim and Sachin with Imran as greates crickter of Asia

[FischerTal]

i has stop comparing Kapil with Imran on this thread Imran was far better Imran khan 29 Test series,s 8 Man of the series award Kapil dev 41 test serie,s 4 Man of the series award Sachin Tendulkar 64 test series 5 Man of the series award Imran khan is greatest crickter from Asia not Sachin we should compare Murli/Wasim and Sachin with Imran as greates crickter of Asia

ready for another mauling at the hands of Ireland today?

[Hafeez]

ready for another mauling at the hands of Ireland today?

everyday is not sunday and 1st odi was Tied not defeat

[rtmohanlal]

i has stop comparing Kapil with Imran on this thread Imran was far better Imran khan 29 Test series,s 8 Man of the series award Kapil dev 41 test serie,s 4 Man of the series award Sachin Tendulkar 64 test series 5 Man of the series award Imran khan is greatest crickter from Asia not Sachin we should compare Murli/Wasim and Sachin with Imran as greates crickter of Asia

i think this cannot be taken as a criteria for over all brilliance

[rtmohanlal]

another striking matter w.r.t Kapildev .. the all time great dominant Viv Richards has 35 scores of >=75.that is understandable him being a specialist batsman.his avarage score/inns is 127.26(excluding not outs) .but to my utter shock his str: rate in these inns is only 69.41(only 0.13 difference from his career str: rate).but for Kapil it is a murderous 96.45 Kapil(score >= 75) no: of inns :15(8.15 % of total inns played) runs : 1578 avg: 105.2(excluding not outs) str: rate :96.45(not exact as str: rate for 1 inns is not available Viv(score >= 75) no: of inns :35(19.23 % of total inns played,understandable for a batsman) runs : 4454 avg: 127.26(excluding not outs) str: rate :69.41(not exact as str: rate for 7 inns is not available,though based on the minutes value of these inns, it is sure that it does not make much of a difference) ) so when ever they scores huge(>= 75 score) Kapil's index value = 105.2 * 96.45= 10146.54 Viv's index value = 127.26 * 69.41= 8833.12 so even the great Viv was only (8833.12/10146.54) 87.06 % an impact batsman that Kapildev was.

[sherpatenzig]

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[sherpatenzig]

i has stop comparing Kapil with Imran on this thread Imran was far better Imran khan 29 Test series,s 8 Man of the series award Kapil dev 41 test serie,s 4 Man of the series award Sachin Tendulkar 64 test series 5 Man of the series award Imran khan is greatest crickter from Asia not Sachin we should compare Murli/Wasim and Sachin with Imran as greates crickter of Asia

He is the greatest ball tamperer ever born. We don't think about him or care about him. To me it is a sacrilege to mention his name in the same breath as Kapil. End of the day what does Imran has to show for that kapil does not have? Individual record in this case do not matter as Imran altered the aerodynamics of the ball. Kapil has a world cup victory and Imran has a tainted one because we ***** slapped your team in that cup and once again put an asterisk beside his win because you lost to your glorious neighbors in that match.

[sherpatenzig]

Is there cure for bitterness?

Yes, it is called objectivity and pulling your heads out of your you know what.

[diga]

Yes' date=' it is called objectivity and pulling your heads out of your you know what.[/quote'] :hysterical:

[Marut]

i has stop comparing Kapil with Imran on this thread Imran was far better Imran khan 29 Test series,s 8 Man of the series award Kapil dev 41 test serie,s 4 Man of the series award Sachin Tendulkar 64 test series 5 Man of the series award Imran khan is greatest crickter from Asia not Sachin we should compare Murli/Wasim and Sachin with Imran as greates crickter of Asia

India won only 24 of the 131 Tests that Kapil played, which indicates the team's overall lack of strength. Pakistan won 26 of the 88 tests that Imran played. Comparison of man of the match and man of the series for playing in teams with different overall strength is nonsensical.

[vandokkum]

another striking matter w.r.t Kapildev .. the all time great dominant Viv Richards has 35 scores of >=75.that is understandable him being a specialist batsman.his avarage score/inns is 127.26(excluding not outs) .but to my utter shock his str: rate in these inns is only 69.41(only 0.13 difference from his career str: rate).but for Kapil it is a murderous 96.45 Kapil(score >= 75) no: of inns :15(8.15 % of total inns played) runs : 1578 avg: 105.2(excluding not outs) str: rate :96.45(not exact as str: rate for 1 inns is not available Viv(score >= 75) no: of inns :35(19.23 % of total inns played,understandable for a batsman) runs : 4454 avg: 127.26(excluding not outs) str: rate :69.41(not exact as str: rate for 7 inns is not available,though based on the minutes value of these inns, it is sure that it does not make much of a difference) ) so when ever they scores huge(>= 75 score) Kapil's index value = 105.2 * 96.45= 10146.54 Viv's index value = 127.26 * 69.41= 8833.12 so even the great Viv was only (8833.12/10146.54) 87.06 % an impact batsman that Kapildev was.

:giggle: By your BS standards, Afridi was more of an "impact" batsman than Viv