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Originally Posted by Ernest Come on Nikhil, who was, or is your favourite spin bowler?.
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This one is really really interesting. I can not put my finger on just a single person. Talentwise, Kumble will stand the last among the following from first to last
1. Subhash Gupte
2. Chandra
3. Bedi
4. Prasanna
5. Venkat
6. Kumble
7. Harbhajan
One may add Sivramakrishan in somewhere, but for the sake of it, let's forget him. He was a good spinner, but not in the category of the above.
Now, Subhash Gupte is perhaps the least known of the all, but take my word, from the accounts I have heard about him, he was a magician. He was more than just a leg-spinner. He was amazing. He had all the weapons a leg-spinner can dream of and could use them at will with a control, that can only be dreamed of. He could have been the best leg-spinner ever, but for faith.
The next three are well and truely legends. Harbhajan has a lot of skill and passion. Venkat was a very good offspiner, often over-shadowed by the other three.
But, for me Kumble has to be the best spinner for India. Not from the point of view of talent, but the sheer perseverance, commitement and ability to bowl long spells is unmatched. He has won India more matches than most of the others. He is the Sachin Tendulkar of Indian bowling.