DomainK Posted June 12, 2013 Author Posted June 12, 2013 Well predicted, Outlook. They did rule world cricket for quite a while. In 1998, Sachin was known as the best batsman in the world. 15 years later, he is still playing. :hatsoff:
don_corleone840 Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Sachin and Rahul did dominated the world.Not sure about ganguly.He has really poor record as test cricketer.
Sidhoni Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Dravid was only 2 years into his international career then. Great prediction! :hatsoff:
JaFanatic Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 one of the main reasons why we're too strong in our batting department :bow:
adi B Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 great trio ,changed the face of indian cricket :hatsoff:
SLICKR392 Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 They did dominate world cricket. :hatsoff: Though Laxman should be included as he was a far better Test player than Ganguly.
saket123 Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 BS prediction. Ganguly retired from ODIs in 2007.. so not 10 years.. and Ganguly averaged less than 35 in ODI 3 years before retirement and a meager 42 in tests 3 years before retirement. Dravid averaged 43 in tests from 2005 thru 2008 and 39 in ODI for the same duration. Great for India? Yes.. But I wouldn't call that as "World Domination" by a far shot. There have been only a few ATG in cricket... guys like Ponting, Sachin, Sobers, Murali, Warne etc all in that category... I hate it how desis put above average to average players on the pedastal. Blind Idolatry much?
CG Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Sachin and Rahul did dominated the world.Not sure about ganguly.He has really poor record as test cricketer. average of 42 is not poor for a no 5 and that too when he started out in 1990s
saket123 Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Dravid and Ganguly, each have had 3-4 good years in Tests and ODI respectively... None became #1 in rankings ever.. unlike SRT.. SRT is several notches above the two. See below of comparison of the greats during 1999 thru 2008. ICC ODI Rankings: Year Ranking of Ganguly/Dravid/SRT/Ponting/Inzaman 1999......................................7/17/2/14/18 2000......................................2/22/6/7/10 2001......................................3/26/2/6/10 2002......................................3/23/2/3/15 2003......................................14/19/1/3/29 2004......................................21/14/2/1/25 2005......................................31/9/8/1/13 2006......................................60/11/25/2/16 2007......................................43/15/22/2/na 2008......................................NA/29/3/2/na ICC TEST Rankings: Year Ranking of Ganguly/Dravid/SRT/Ponting/Inzaman 1999......................................11/4/3/40/20 2000......................................26/19/1/4/5 2001......................................37/5/1/16/4 2002......................................36/19/3/22/2 2003......................................39/9/3/2/8 2004......................................36/2/7/4/8 2005......................................37/3/12/4/8 2006......................................46/2/19/1/4 2007......................................33/8/16/1/11 2008.......................................18/14/13/4/na
SLICKR392 Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Saket is back in his Dravid bashing mode. :giggle:
FischerTal Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Saket is back in his Dravid bashing mode. :giggle: :giggle:
saket123 Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Saket is back in his Dravid bashing mode. :giggle: not bashing him.. I like the guy.. I just think he is over-estimated.. just like Ganguly is.
FischerTal Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 not bashing him.. I like the guy.. I just think he is over-estimated.. just like Ganguly is. ermm how many world batsmen average 52?
DomainK Posted June 12, 2013 Author Posted June 12, 2013 Dravid and Ganguly' date=' each have had 3-4 good years in Tests and ODI respectively... None became #1 in rankings ever.. unlike SRT.. [b']SRT is several notches above the two. See below of comparison of the greats during 1999 thru 2008. ICC ODI Rankings: Year Ranking of Ganguly/Dravid/SRT/Ponting 1999......................................7/17/2/14/18 2000......................................2/22/6/7/10 2001......................................3/26/2/6/10 2002......................................3/23/2/3/15 2003......................................14/19/1/3/29 2004......................................21/14/2/1/25 2005......................................31/9/8/1/13 2006......................................60/11/25/2/16 2007......................................43/15/22/2/na 2008......................................NA/29/3/2/na ICC TEST Rankings: Year Ranking of Ganguly/Dravid/SRT/Ponting/Inzaman 1999......................................11/4/3/40/20 2000......................................26/19/1/4/5 2001......................................37/5/1/16/4 2002......................................36/19/3/22/2 2003......................................39/9/3/2/8 2004......................................36/2/7/4/8 2005......................................37/3/12/4/8 2006......................................46/2/19/1/4 2007......................................33/8/16/1/11 2008.......................................18/14/13/4/na Dude, we don't need statistics and arguments to know that SRT is above the other two. SRT is a once in a century kind of cricketer and he is way above all his contemporaries, probably above every batsman in the history of the game. However, this thread is not about comparing the three or about proving a point. Can we not celebrate three great players that once gave us all such good entertainment without jumping into comparisons and arguments?
Crookbond Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Saket is back in his Dravid bashing mode. :giggle: If I'm not wrong, he even thinks Kapil Dev/Sunil Gavaskar are not legends. :cantstop:
vvvslaxman Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Dravid's controlled smile reminds me of Rahane's smile lol
Crookbond Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 BS prediction. Dravid averaged 43 in tests from 2005 thru 2008 and 39 in ODI for the same duration. Great for India? Yes.. But I wouldn't call that as "World Domination" by a far shot. Tendulkar averaged 44.7 in Tests from 2005 to 2008, and 41.7 in ODIs. Great for India - YES, I wouldn't call it "world domination" by any yardstick.
FischerTal Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Tendulkar averaged 44.7 in Tests from 2005 to 2008' date=' and 41.7 in ODIs. Great for India - YES, I wouldn't call it "world domination" by any yardstick.[/quote'] by saket's yardstick, even sir viv wouldnt be an ATG because of his average
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