gator Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 The big 3 in my opinion is actually made of big 2(Sachin & Dravid) and 2 halves - lax and Ganguly.... Judging by the various opportunities i have gotten to observe our youngsters, my next big 2 would be Manoj Tiwary and Rohit Sharma... The 2 halves could be any of Badrinath, Yuvi, and Raina. Of em all, Tiwary excites me the most... I have seen some rather dumb criticisms of his inability to handle short ball and stuff... i watched the entire ranji finals where a real miffed Aggy and Zak were clocking 140+ and aiming short balls at him, added to which whas as the pressure under which he was batting..... he has terrific talent and best of all, he plays effortlessly.... Badrinath will end his career as a decent bat, with around 4500 runs at 45 average.... Yuvi too, around 4000 odd runs at 40 averge.... One thing is for certain, none of em are ready for test cricket yet... if anything, Badri and Yuvi can be fast-tracked mainly because they are more experienced and time is running out for them fast... a judgement needs to be made on them real quick... i would phase out Lax out of the side first and experiment with these 2.... Lax has been providing 40s and 50s for too long and it aint gonna cut it anymore.... Ganguly is in good form now, though without any big scores yet... it might jus be between him and lax... as for odis, nothing is stopping Uthappa is the top runner among the youngsters... he is a certainty for now... Tiwary and Rohit will have to man the 3 and 5 slots.... Link to comment
Cricketics Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Virat Kohli, Badrinath, Suresh Raina Link to comment
gator Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 Virat Kohli has a much longer way to go from what i have seen... he has the goods, but he needs atleast another 2-3 yrs of experience... Link to comment
dial_100 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Gato.... I agree on those 2. I haven;t seen MT playing but RS.... is a definite in next 2-3 years.. earlier they realize this quicker they will mature in the international arena. As with Yuv and Bradi, we are expecting way too much from them. IMO, they will achieve 35+ at the most. I am talking of Test here... Link to comment
Dirty_South Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Badri will b a superb test bat , I believe. Link to comment
Yuvraj4Captaincy Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 yuvraj will be a superb test bat, I believe. Link to comment
THX_1138 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 curious: why is yuvraj is not in the test squad? Link to comment
ludhianvi Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 the question in place of who? Link to comment
siddhu Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 To be honest.. i don't want big 2 or big 3 or big 4.. i want a consistent team with even decent performers who can win matches consistently. too much to ask but...(fill in the blanks) Link to comment
gator Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 To be honest.. i don't want big 2 or big 3 or big 4.. i want a consistent team with even decent performers who can win matches consistently. too much to ask but...(fill in the blanks) never in history has there been a consistent world beating side with just consistent decent performers... to win test matches all over the world, u need to have atleast 3 top class batters unless u have a bowling attack of akram, waqar and saqlain at their prime... Link to comment
sachin_fan Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Question 1: Big 3 - in ODI's or tests Yuvi is one for sure, Raina and Mahi are my choices for the other 2 Link to comment
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