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Originally Posted by Milo For instance, Dravid has to be strictly speaking one of the most under-rated batsman in the world ever simply because he is never talked about as being anywhere near the class of Tendulkar, although he has been more prolific and more reliable and consistent for the last five years now. All time top XIs always put Lara and Tendulkar in the mix, but NEVER discuss him. Hopefully history will judge him well and that we will mention his name in 30 years. Somehow I very much doubt it.. |
Yeah i agree with you, Dravid is under-rated to the world, his achievements are acknowledged but he is never seen as a great batsmen even though he has scored on all types of wickets, in all conditons and against every team.
Looking at his batting achievements he should be condisered one the greatest batsmen of the modern era.
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Originally Posted by Milo The same applies for Jayawardene. Never mentioned in the same breadth as the far more unreliable and frankly worse Jayasuriya. When we are discussing the great players in Sri Lanka's history in 30 years, I'm sure De Silva (quite rightly) and Jayasuriya will be alleviated up to the top, with Mahela never given the same credit. Clearly under rated. |
I will never consider Jayawardene to be a world class batsman, simply because he doesn't perform away from home. A world class batsmen should be able to perform at home as well as away.
Just look at his batting stats of his home and away record.
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