Sourav Vs Rahul

>> I WILL NOW DISCLOSE THROUGH STATS WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY OF CLOSING THE DEBATE AS TO WHO IS THE NUMBER 2 CRICKETER OF INDIA.

>>GANGULY AND RAHUL DRAVID SEEM TO BE THE CONTENDERS FOR THIS POSITION AND HERE I BRING STATS TO PROVE MY POINT.

>> I WOULD NOT LIKE TO COMPARE GANGULY AND DRAVID IN ODIS AS IN TERMS OF NUMBERS AND IN TERMS OF WINNING THE MATCH FOR THE COUNTRY GANGULY IS ONLY BEHIND THE GREATEST BATSMEN IN WORLD CRICKER SACHIN TENDULKAR.

>> I WOULD ALSO NOT LIKE TO COMPARE GANGULY WITH DRAVID IN TERMS OF CAPTAINCY .


>> SO THE CRUX OF THE DEBATE IS WHO IS BETTER IN TESTS??



GANGULY RECENTLY IN AN INTERVIEW TO CNN-IBN SAID THAT HE MISSED QUITE A LOT OF HUNDREDS SINCE HE WAS BATTING DOWN THE ORDER AND WHICH IS OVERWHELMINGLY TRUE.

IF GANGULY WOULD HAVE BATTED AT NO 4 HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE GREATEST LEFT HANDER COZ HE AVERAGES AN OVERWHELMING 71 .



HE RIGHTLY POINTED OUT THE UNAVAILIBILTY OF WICKET KEEPER BATSMEN.WHEN GANGULY USED TO PLAY BEFORE 2005 THEN HE HAD LIKES OF MSK PRASAD VIJAY DAHIYA DEEP DASGUPTA AND MANY MORE MAKESHIFT WICKET KEEPERS. THEN THE BOWLERS COULDNT EVEN BAT LOWER DOWN THE ORDER TO HELP HIM BAT.

BY THE TIME GANGULY CAME IN TO BAT ,SEHWAG ,DRAVID OR SACHIN WOULD HAVE ALREADY PUT 300 RUNS AND THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF DECLARING THE INNINGS FOR WHICH SOURAV HAD TO WHACK THE BALL AND EVENTUALLY LOST HIS WICKET.

THE ABOVE STATEMENT LOOKS VERY STALE .ISNT IT?OK LET US COMPARE THE PLAYERS IF THEY WERE BATTING AT NO 4.

ANALYSIS NO 1-
Ø SOURAV GANGULY AT NO 4
Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0

14 18 2 1143 239 173 101* 71.43 3 4 0

Ø AT NO 4 BEFORE THIS SERIES

Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0
12 15 2 767 173 101* 98* 59.00 2 3 0

Ø RAHUL DRAVID AT NO 4.
Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0


12 17 2 901 146 118 86 60.06 2 6 0


FROM THE ABOVE DISCUSSION YOU CAN FIND OUT THAT SOURAV HAS AN AMAZING MINBLOWING AVERAGE OF 71 AT NO 4.SOURAV HAS SCORED 534 RUNS THIS SERIES WHEN INDIA WERE TOTTERING WITH A COUPLE OF BATSMEN ALREADY IN THE PAVILION.BUT THEN IF YOU GUYS STILL DO NOT GIVE CREDIT TO THIS PERFORMANCE HE STILL NOTCHES AN AVERAGE OF 59 BATTING AT NO 4 ..WHICH IS SECOND BEST TO DON BRADMAN

WHAT ABOUT DRAVID.HIS AVERAGE AT NO 4 IS ONLY 60 WHICH MEANS THAT A PLAYER WHOM WE SUPPOSEDLY KNOW AS THE WALL AND SCORES SO HEAVILY STILL CANNOT OUTDO GANGULY WHO BEATS HIM BY 11 AVERAGE POINTS WHICH IS A VERY VERY BIG MARGIN..

WHICH MEANS THAT SOURAV IS WAY BETTER THAN DRAVID .

ANALYSIS NO 2-
NOW ACCORDING TO SOURAV,HE SAYS HE DIDN’T HAVE MORE OPPURTUNITIES TO SCORE HUNDREDS AT NO 5.IS THIS REALLY TRUE…LET US SEE HOW BOTH OF THEM FARE BATTING AT NO 5 WHICH MEANS VERY VERY LESS OPPURTUNITIES.


SOURAV GANGULY

AT NO 5 .
Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0

58 84 7 2933 144 128 125 38.09 6 14 3

DRAVID BATTING AT NO 5

Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0

9 9 2 277 144* 53 27 39.57 1 1 0


ANALYSIS AT BATTING POSITION NUMBER 5- OH MY GOSH .THERE IS NOTHING TO COMPARE AS THE DIFFERENCE IS A MERE ONE POINT…A MAN OF DRAVID’S SO CALLED CALIBRE BATTING ONLY AT 39 ..

It is continued...Look out for it