Was virendra Sehwag an all-time great batsmen?

Flat track bully on home soil ......... not in the same league as players like Dravid who remains my #1 Indian player in recent years !!!

* Dravid was a statistical great----13K+ runs at a 52+ average

* But take a look at Dravid against teams with genuine quicks---Australia, South Africa and England:

* Actually Tendulkar is the only batsman in Indian history to average 50+ against Aus/SA/ENG---he averaged 50.67 in 86 tests against those 3 countries.

Rev

Veru is/was another stand and deliver batsman in the mold of Gayle and to some degree, Viv Richards.  They depended heavily on hand/eye coordination.  This works well in the early years but as the reflex diminishes, so too the success rate.

Why do you think Viv's average dropped to low 40s during the last 9 YEARS of his career?  Thanks to the thrashing he put on the mediocre England in 76, etc his average survived the 50 mark when he ended his career. 

I cant agree googs.  I watched a lot of Richards...Richards had strong technical pedigree.  ask Trevor Bailey if you could...or the old great commies who are in retirement now.  they will tell you abut Richards technique.

as I have said before when Richards decided to play defensively he had few equals.  he bat became a barn do so broad it was.  twice I can recall immediately Viv save west indies stonewalling. 

I remember whats his name..Jenkins ::confused:: ...english commentator remarking on it and being told by Bailey that " Viv is not usually called upon to play defense, to use his overall technique for anything but attack. which was why we never saw it..  but he has it"

Viv got old for cricket very fast that's all.  it happens!

Rev yuh is ah hard man!  dat is nutten to sneeze what you putting dong deh.  is 11 tons yuh know.....11!

and a 43 average!

how it end up 43?  was it high to start with and dropped down to respectable 43 with age ::confused::

tell us! ::confused::

I don't hate viru but not that i don't love his play too,but he doesn't qualify as a "GREAT" batsman.He was a entertainer but outside the sub cont he has been pathetic,not even a 40+ for a opener is horrendous.
He really is one of those awesome entertainers on a flat pitch.

He is an opener, has AMAZING strike rate, has 2 triple centuries. I don't even know how that doesn't make him one of the best Indian batsmen.

And oh, of course there are flaws - but you could say that about ANYONE in that list.

I don't even know how you compare across eras, but whatever criteria you use, Sehwag SHOULD rank as one of the Indian ATGs.

Two triple centuries on a flat track dude..
All his records have come on the Indian or sub-pitches.
He is a good batsman...and we should leave it at that probably.The term ATG doesn't fit him for what he has done...but he really was a great entertainer..You second me on that.??

what you mean Viv got old for cricket very fast?  9 years, Maps!  how do you explain that ?

* In his last 8 years in test cricket, Viv Richards played in 63 tests. He scored 3823 runs at an average of 44.97 with 9 hundreds and 25 fifties.

* Viv was an early bloomer---he did his magic early in his career and then lived on his reputation.

* Players like Shiv are late bloomers----Shiv averaged 44+ in his first 12 years in test cricket and  has averaged 71.71 in his last 8 years----and looks like he can average 71+ for another 8 years .

Rev