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Azhar Ali vs Cheteshwar Pujara - Who is better in Tests?

Ronaldo7 said:
What's wrong in what he wrote?
What has Pujara done in ODIs?
Azhar Ali scored a 50 in the CT final also he's scored a double hundred in Aus as well.

You should refrain from judging him based on this current form.
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You are really using one Azhar Ali innings to prove his ODI credentials? Lol. Azhar Ali was an extremely ordinary ODI player. So ordinary that even a Pakistan team with a third class ODI top order couldn't accommodate him. Not to forget he brought his team down to its knees in ODIs as captain.

Pujara hasn't played a lot of ODIs because breaking into the Indian batting line up wasn't easy when Pujara was young. Not saying that he would have done well, but let's be honest we are talking about breaking into the Indian top order before 2015 - and you needed to be exceptional to be able to achieve that.
 
Captain caveman said:
Azhar has scored centuries in england and australia!
Pujara ia a home track bully, just because his done well in one series in australia on flat tracks does not make him a legend.
Azhar is ruining his reputation and should retire.
Truth is both are boring as heck to watch!
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Pujara a HTB and Azhar not? Lol. So which SENA country does Azhar average better than Pujara and by how much?

Just one series in Oz? Pujara won India that test series in Australia by becoming the match winner with the bat against Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood, and Lyon. He isn't perfect but the likes of Azhar Ali can't do that in their dreams
 
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BreadPakoda said:
You are really using one Azhar Ali innings to prove his ODI credentials? Lol. Azhar Ali was an extremely ordinary ODI player. So ordinary that even a Pakistan team with a third class ODI top order couldn't accommodate him. Not to forget he brought his team down to its knees in ODIs as captain.

Pujara hasn't played a lot of ODIs because breaking into the Indian batting line up wasn't easy when Pujara was young. Not saying that he would have done well, but let's be honest we are talking about breaking into the Indian top order before 2015 - and you needed to be exceptional to be able to achieve that.
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If you can use Munaf Patel's contribution to your WC win, why can't I use Azhar Ali's match winning performance in an ODI tournament? A performance which Pujara could never replicate

Hypocrisy isn't good.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
If you can use Munaf Patel's contribution to your WC win, why can't I use Azhar Ali's match winning performance in an ODI tournament? A performance which Pujara could never replicate

Hypocrisy isn't good.
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When did I do that? Any way, you're making no sense and I don't have time to waste helping you understand things.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
What's wrong in what he wrote?
What has Pujara done in ODIs?
Azhar Ali scored a 50 in the CT final also he's scored a double hundred in Aus as well.

You should refrain from judging him based on this current form.
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Forget current form, what are their respective career averages?
 
Pujara is miles ahead of any active Pakistan batsmen, lol on posters debating for Azhar Ali.

He is undoubtedly better than any Pakistani batsmen in tests bar Miandad, Inzamam and Younis in their overall history. That means he is better than Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Yousuf, Zaheer Abbas, Hanif Mohammad, Misbah-ul-haq and lastly Azhar Ali.
 
Ab Fan said:
Pujara is miles ahead of any active Pakistan batsmen, lol on posters debating for Azhar Ali.

He is undoubtedly better than any Pakistani batsmen in tests bar Miandad, Inzamam and Younis in their overall history. That means he is better than Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Yousuf, Zaheer Abbas, Hanif Mohammad, Misbah-ul-haq and lastly Azhar Ali.
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Agreed and by time he retires if he can get 3 more great years he will most likely surpass them all.
 
Hitman said:
And that talentless hack Azhar Ali has an average of 36 away from UAE.
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Stop using the word "hack" if you don't know what it means.

Also, as Abdullah719 correctly pointed out, he had an average of 42 away until 2018.
One good series in Aus doesn't mean much.
Even Azhar was the one of the reasons why we drew 2-2 in England
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Stop using the word "hack" if you don't know what it means.

Also, as Abdullah719 correctly pointed out, he had an average of 42 away until 2018.
One good series in Aus doesn't mean much.
Even Azhar was the one of the reasons why we drew 2-2 in England
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There's a big difference is the past and present. It's completely irrelevant what he averaged until 2018 or 2014. What matters is what he averages now away from home, a pathetic 36. That's what counts.

That one good series in Australia for Pujara does mean a lot because India became the first team from the subcontinent to win a Test series there. The reason it doesn't mean much to you is because of sour grapes.

Pujara has a career average of close to 50, while Azhar has a career average of 42. Anyone with a brain would know what is a better batsman based on that and their averages away from home. Azhar Ali isn't good enough to lace Pujara's boots.
 
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Ronaldo7 said:
Stop using the word "hack" if you don't know what it means.

Also, as Abdullah719 correctly pointed out, he had an average of 42 away until 2018.
One good series in Aus doesn't mean much.
Even Azhar was the one of the reasons why we drew 2-2 in England
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Finally, here are their numbers (Enjoy!)-

Azhar Ali - 145 innings; 5767 runs; 100's - 15; 42.12 ave

Pujara - 124 innings - 5740 runs; 100's - 18; 49.48 ave


Azhar Ali has played 21 innings more and is ahead by just 27 runs, and is behind by 3 centuries.
 
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Put it this way. If Pujara was a Pakistani, he would be in the top 3 Pakistani Test batsmen ever. Azhar Ali at this rate would struggle to make it to Pakistan's top 10 by the time he retires. Pujara is in another league entirely
 
Globama said:
Put it this way. If Pujara was a Pakistani, he would be in the top 3 Pakistani Test batsmen ever. Azhar Ali at this rate would struggle to make it to Pakistan's top 10 by the time he retires. Pujara is in another league entirely
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That's just a claim
Back it up with stats.

Pujara is a HTB. Scoring on dead Aussie pitches doesn't mean anything
 
Hitman said:
There's a big difference is the past and present. It's completely irrelevant what he averaged until 2018 or 2014. What matters is what he averages now away from home, a pathetic 36. That's what counts.

That one good series in Australia for Pujara does mean a lot because India became the first team from the subcontinent to win a Test series there. The reason it doesn't mean much to you is because of sour grapes.

Pujara has a career average of close to 50, while Azhar has a career average of 42. Anyone with a brain would know what is a better batsman based on that and their averages away from home. Azhar Ali isn't good enough to lace Pujara's boots.
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Lol at pathetic 36.

Pujara averages 39 away and by the time he's near his retirement he'll probably average around 36 too.

Pujara is a HTB. If Azhar was playing in Pakistan, he would have averaged a lot more.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
That's just a claim
Back it up with stats.

Pujara is a HTB. Scoring on dead Aussie pitches doesn't mean anything
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"Scoring on dead Aussie pitches"

How many tons did Azhar score last month on the dead Aussie pitches? Heard one of the Aussies got a triple ton on those dead pitches :yuvi
 
Globama said:
"Scoring on dead Aussie pitches"

How many tons did Azhar score last month on the dead Aussie pitches? Heard one of the Aussies got a triple ton on those dead pitches :yuvi
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He scored a 200 in 2016/17 when he was in his prime.

So you're now gonna compare Pujara's prime with Azhar's downfall? :)))
 
Ronaldo7 said:
He scored a 200 in 2016/17 when he was in his prime.
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Yes he did and Pakistan still ended up losing that series badly.

So you're now gonna compare Pujara's prime with Azhar's downfall?
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You raised the point of dead Aussie pitches. I'm just bringing up their records from their most recent Aussie tours. Besides, if you want to look at their overall stats, Pujara is comfortably ahead.
 
Globama said:
Yes he did and Pakistan still ended up losing that series badly.



You raised the point of dead Aussie pitches. I'm just bringing up their records from their most recent Aussie tours. Besides, if you want to look at their overall stats, Pujara is comfortably ahead.
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How's Pakistan losing related to what he scored?

Did he bowl for us too??
 
Ronaldo7 said:
That's just a claim
Back it up with stats.

Pujara is a HTB. Scoring on dead Aussie pitches doesn't mean anything
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Pujara also has 150 in South Africa. Azhar's 200 in Australia also came on a pretty flat deck.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Lol at pathetic 36.

Pujara averages 39 away and by the time he's near his retirement he'll probably average around 36 too.

Pujara is a HTB. If Azhar was playing in Pakistan, he would have averaged a lot more.
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Like I said before, 'would have, should have, might have, could have' don't have a place in the real practical world.

And yes, an average of 36 away from home is pathetic. Your prophecy of Pujara averaging that much away from home by the end of his career is your fantasy, not the practical truth.

Azhar is a far bigger HTB than Pujara, and is not good enough to lace Pujara's boots.

BTW, why did you not respond to the stats I posted above? Could it be because you can't argue against them?
 
Oh wow. :broad

In what world is Azhar Ali even close to Pujara let alone better than him.
 
Hitman said:
Like I said before, 'would have, should have, might have, could have' don't have a place in the real practical world.

And yes, an average of 36 away from home is pathetic. Your prophecy of Pujara averaging that much away from home by the end of his career is your fantasy, not the practical truth.

Azhar is a far bigger HTB than Pujara, and is not good enough to lace Pujara's boots.

BTW, why did you not respond to the stats I posted above? Could it be because you can't argue against them?
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Coz I don't like to repeat myself.
To find the answer look at my previous posts
 
Pujara now obviously but Azhar was very good during his peak. It’s a shame he’s been finished for more than a year now.
 
What does it matter whose better between pujara and azhar, personally i think azhar was better, but hes destroying his legacy by not retiring. Pujara had a great aussie series but iirc azhar has a double century in aus.
Anyway, both are boring as heck to watch, at least agree on that!
 
A better comparison would be Pujara Vs YK. Currently YK is slightly ahead but will be interesting to see how that thread develops over next 3-4 years. Very high chance Pujara might surpass YK in next 3-4 years.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
That's just a claim
Back it up with stats.

Pujara is a HTB. Scoring on dead Aussie pitches doesn't mean anything
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scoring on a BOUNCY flat road like the regular bouncy pitches in australia means alot. It wasn't flat low bouncy. it was a normal flat deck with high bounce. typical aussie wicket.
 
tyron_woodley said:
scoring on a BOUNCY flat road like the regular bouncy pitches in australia means alot. It wasn't flat low bouncy. it was a normal flat deck with high bounce. typical aussie wicket.
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Just believe me azhar was better than pujara, i had the misfortune of watching them both play!
 
Ab Fan said:
Pujara is miles ahead of any active Pakistan batsmen, lol on posters debating for Azhar Ali.

He is undoubtedly better than any Pakistani batsmen in tests bar Miandad, Inzamam and Younis in their overall history. That means he is better than Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Yousuf, Zaheer Abbas, Hanif Mohammad, Misbah-ul-haq and lastly Azhar Ali.
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Let him average 50 plus and score 8000 runs before putting him ahead of Yousuf.
 
tyron_woodley said:
no one In their right mind would pick azhar over pujara.

moyo -? sure he is ahead of puji
younis ? sure
inzi? 50 50

but azhar? no way.
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Dont disrespect inzi, he had more talent in his fat little finger than pujara tuk tuk man ever had.
Pujara is a glorified tailender!
 
tyron_woodley said:
no one In their right mind would pick azhar over pujara.

moyo -? sure he is ahead of puji
younis ? sure
inzi? 50 50

but azhar? no way.
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How's it 50 50 with Inzamam?

Inzi averaged 45+ away and was an impact player.

Except the ones in the aus series, what matches has Pujara won you singlehandedly??

Inzamam was a proper match winner so I don't understand how it's 50 50 with him.

It's rather insulting to compare a HTB like Pujara to Inzamam.
 
No comparison pujji is miles ahead.

Pujara is slightly better than azhar in SENA and twice as good as him in home conditions.

Pujaras reputation will be the same as mahela jayawardena by the time he retires.
Azhar ali is not even as good as gautam gambhir in tests.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
No comparison pujji is miles ahead.

Pujara is slightly better than azhar in SENA and twice as good as him in home conditions.

Pujaras reputation will be the same as mahela jayawardena by the time he retires.
Azhar ali is not even as good as gautam gambhir in tests.
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In what world is Azhar Ali worse than Gambhir?

Stop being biased and back up your claims with evidence.
 
tyron_woodley said:
no one In their right mind would pick azhar over pujara.

moyo -? sure he is ahead of puji
younis ? sure
inzi? 50 50

but azhar? no way.
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Actually Pujara already has equal number of centuries that Inzi made in SENA in 50% less innings in SENA. And Inzi never even made a century in SA.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
How's it 50 50 with Inzamam?

Inzi averaged 45+ away and was an impact player.

Except the ones in the aus series, what matches has Pujara won you singlehandedly??

Inzamam was a proper match winner so I don't understand how it's 50 50 with him.

It's rather insulting to compare a HTB like Pujara to Inzamam.
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Home series vs Australia(2017)
Away series vs Sri Lanka

Azhar hasn't won you anything single handedly.
 
Heisenberg111 said:
Let him average 50 plus and score 8000 runs before putting him ahead of Yousuf.
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Yousuf was a quality batsmen no doubt but his stats are very misleading. He had luxury of playing on flat Pakistan wickets in mid 2000s which boosted his test batting average. His record in Australia, SA, India and SL proves that he was a poor player of spin and bounce and unlike Pujara, he wasn't the crisis man for Pakistan, and hardly performed when mattered.

This is where Pujara's greatness is. He delivers when mattered. I have no doubt that he is better than Yousuf as a test batter.
 
Ab Fan said:
Yousuf was a quality batsmen no doubt but his stats are very misleading. He had luxury of playing on flat Pakistan wickets in mid 2000s which boosted his test batting average. His record in Australia, SA, India and SL proves that he was a poor player of spin and bounce and unlike Pujara, he wasn't the crisis man for Pakistan, and hardly performed when mattered.

This is where Pujara's greatness is. He delivers when mattered. I have no doubt that he is better than Yousuf as a test batter.
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Yousaf was at one point the no.2 batsman in the world just behind Ponting.
He even had 900+ at one time too
He scored a double century against eng in eng and in the series as a whole he played extremely well too

Pujara isn't even close

Has Pujara done this yet?
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....d/22978895/yousuf-run-spree-2006?platform=amp

Nah

So stop comparing the two.
 
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Ronaldo7 said:
Yousaf was at one point the no.2 batsman in the world just behind Ponting.
He even had 900+ at one time too
He scored a double century against eng in eng and in the series as a whole he played extremely well too

Pujara isn't even close

Has Pujara done this yet?
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....d/22978895/yousuf-run-spree-2006?platform=amp

Nah

So stop comparing the two.
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Yousuf had one year peak which was outstanding but outside that he was mediocre. That peak helped him get to 900+ rating. Look I rate Inzy higher as a test batsmen. He averages 49 while Moyo averages 52. So, its not always about numbers. Yousuf averages a poor 29 and 26 vs Australia and South Africa and averages around 30 in four countries, all this goes against him. Pujara, on other hand, had been a brilliant pressure player for India all his career. That 145 vs SL in series decider was a phenomenal inning. He has got lot of runs for India in the rank turners in India as well and then there were those three hundreds in Australia in the away series wins.
 
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BreadPakoda said:
Actually Pujara already has equal number of centuries that Inzi made in SENA in 50% less innings in SENA. And Inzi never even made a century in SA.
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Inzi also exploited a weak NZ team back in the day. His two centuries in NZ were made when Darrel Tuffy and Danny Morrison were the spearheads. Other bowlers were Drum, Bardburn, De Groen etc. Even Saqlain Mushtaq made a century in one of those two games.

So if Pujara failed in SENA, then Inzi probably did worse.
 
Why are indians still arguing?
I told you azhar is better!

After 75 tests
Azhar 5731 runs
Pujara 5740 runs

Pujara 18 hundreds and 24 fifties
Azhar 15 hundreds and 31 fifties

Azhar top score 302*
Pujara top score 206*

Azhar 8 wickets
Pujara 0 wickets.

9 runs separate them after same amount of tests, so pujara average boosted by not outs.
Pujara has 3 more centuries but azhar has 7 more half centuries.
Azhar has a triple century and pujara only has a double.
Azhar has a 8 test wickets, pujara has none.

Winner - azhar ali


Some jokers trying to compare pujara with inzi(8830 runs) and Younis (over 10,000 runs) what jokers!
 
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Captain caveman said:
Why are indians still arguing?
I told you azhar is better!

After 75 tests
Azhar 5731 runs
Pujara 5740 runs

Pujara 18 hundreds and 24 fifties
Azhar 15 hundreds and 31 fifties

Azhar top score 302*
Pujara top score 206*

Azhar 8 wickets
Pujara 0 wickets.

9 runs separate them after same amount of tests, so pujara average boosted by not outs.
Pujara has 3 more centuries but azhar has 7 more half centuries.
Azhar has a triple century and pujara only has a double.
Azhar has a 8 test wickets, pujara has none.

Winner - azhar ali


Some jokers trying to compare pujara with inzi(8830 runs) and Younis (over 10,000 runs) what jokers!
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In odis
Pujara has played 5 odis and scored a poultry 51 runs in total.
With an average just above 10.

Azhar has played 53 odis and scored 1845 runs at an average of just under 37.

Why you indians want to embarras yourselves.

Azhar is far superior than pujara as a batsman!
 
Captain caveman said:
In odis
Pujara has played 5 odis and scored a poultry 51 runs in total.
With an average just above 10.

Azhar has played 53 odis and scored 1845 runs at an average of just under 37.

Why you indians want to embarras yourselves.

Azhar is far superior than pujara as a batsman!
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Azhar has 3 centuries and 12 fifties in odis

Pujara has no centuries and no fifties in odis.

Azhar has 18 international.centuries and 43 international fifties.

Pujara has 18 international centuries and 24 fifties.

Azhar has 7,576 international runs
Pujara has 5,791 international runs.

Azhar is the clear winner, indians please stop embarrasing yourselves!
 
Its the quality of runs that matters. How many matches did Inzi win his team against top teams like SA or Australia?
 
BreadPakoda said:
Its the quality of runs that matters. How many matches did Inzi win his team against top teams like SA or Australia?
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Stop trying mate, inzi was a king, pujara at best is a prince.
Wins in cricket are dependent on the TEAM and not one individual.
Inzi has approx. 20,000 international runs
Pujara has less than 6,000 international runs.

Just give up bro!
 
Some of our fans never learn. An average player like Azhar would not even make the A team of India and Australia. He is captaning our team on his last legs . Pujara would be the 2nd best batter in Pakistan if he was Pakistani after Babar.
 
Hasan123 said:
Some of our fans never learn. An average player like Azhar would not even make the A team of India and Australia. He is captaning our team on his last legs . Pujara would be the 2nd best batter in Pakistan if he was Pakistani after Babar.
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Maybe because Azhar is near the end of his career??
Did that not come to your mind??

We're talking about career accomplishments here not the stats since 2017
 
Hasan123 said:
Some of our fans never learn. An average player like Azhar would not even make the A team of India and Australia. He is captaning our team on his last legs . Pujara would be the 2nd best batter in Pakistan if he was Pakistani after Babar.
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Are you sure a 2014-17 Azhar at his peak wouldn’t make those sides? He was arguably the best top order batsmen in the world at the time. He deserves credit for that atleast, doesn’t matter if he’s over the hill now.
 
BreadPakoda said:
Actually Pujara already has equal number of centuries that Inzi made in SENA in 50% less innings in SENA. And Inzi never even made a century in SA.
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quoted again just to prove that puji us better than inzi. talent is not everything. Being mentally tough is also a form of talent. Not everyone can be as tough as puji.
 
Ab Fan said:
Yousuf was a quality batsmen no doubt but his stats are very misleading. He had luxury of playing on flat Pakistan wickets in mid 2000s which boosted his test batting average. His record in Australia, SA, India and SL proves that he was a poor player of spin and bounce and unlike Pujara, he wasn't the crisis man for Pakistan, and hardly performed when mattered.

This is where Pujara's greatness is. He delivers when mattered. I have no doubt that he is better than Yousuf as a test batter.
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actually I would take puji over yousuf too and I rate yousuf.

When has he ever performed against a lethal bowling attack like cummins, hazelwood starc and Lyon?
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Yousaf was at one point the no.2 batsman in the world just behind Ponting.
He even had 900+ at one time too
He scored a double century against eng in eng and in the series as a whole he played extremely well too

Pujara isn't even close

Has Pujara done this yet?
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....d/22978895/yousuf-run-spree-2006?platform=amp

Nah

So stop comparing the two.
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that's englsnd. What has he done vs australia and south africa? You have to perform against the best teams away like india and australia. Puji csnt play vs pakistan right now so only australia counts.Yousuf only scored on complete patta pitches .
 
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hell rahane > azhar let alone puji. rahane has more match winning away performances than even yousuf and inzi.
 
Pujara won India a Test series in Australia.

His 525 balls double century saved the 3rd Test (and possibly the series) for India when Australia visited India in 2017.

He may be "boring" for people who do not appreciate grit and determination in Test batsmen, but for others he is the epitome of a Test batsman who delivers for this country.

Pujara along with Kohli and Bumrah are the most valuable players in the Indian Test team which has been ranked #1 for over 3 years now. Looking beyond stats he is an ATG, just in the tier behind Gavaskar and Sachin for Test batsmen from the SC.
 
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Captain caveman said:
Why are indians still arguing?
I told you azhar is better!

After 75 tests
Azhar 5731 runs
Pujara 5740 runs

Pujara 18 hundreds and 24 fifties
Azhar 15 hundreds and 31 fifties

Azhar top score 302*
Pujara top score 206*

Azhar 8 wickets
Pujara 0 wickets.

9 runs separate them after same amount of tests, so pujara average boosted by not outs.
Pujara has 3 more centuries but azhar has 7 more half centuries.
Azhar has a triple century and pujara only has a double.
Azhar has a 8 test wickets, pujara has none.

Winner - azhar ali


Some jokers trying to compare pujara with inzi(8830 runs) and Younis (over 10,000 runs) what jokers!
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Add to that Pujara has made most of his runs at home. Azhar never had chance to score easy runs at home pitches. There is no compariosn here
 
tyron_woodley said:
hell rahane > azhar let alone puji. rahane has more match winning away performances than even yousuf and inzi.
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Pujara has been in top 10 rankings for close to last 3 years. PUjara has reached career peak over 71 average and was in 60s for a while. Then again reached 53. Azhar Ali never even touched 50 even once in his life as career average despite having opportunity to play with minnows more often. This is a ridiculous comparison.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Pujara has been in top 10 rankings for close to last 3 years. PUjara has reached career peak over 71 average and was in 60s for a while. Then again reached 53. Azhar Ali never even touched 50 even once in his life as career average despite having opportunity to play with minnows more often. This is a ridiculous comparison.
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huh? I am saying puji is >> yousuf and inzi and you are comparing him with a wastrel like azhar? lol.
 
tyron_woodley said:
huh? I am saying puji is >> yousuf and inzi and you are comparing him with a wastrel like azhar? lol.
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Pujara is better. But don't insult Azhar like that. He's past it now, but 2010 - 17 Azhar was a world class opener,. possibly the best in the world.
 
Eye_Done said:
Add to that Pujara has made most of his runs at home. Azhar never had chance to score easy runs at home pitches. There is no compariosn here
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Yeah home pitches. And Azhar played all his Tests in Australia and England. Lol.

He played half of his Tests on dead UAE wickets which are tailor made for his style. Pujara would've got a 100 every game if he played in UAE. Stop making it seem as if UAE wickets are like waca or wanderers.
 
Mesozoic said:
Yeah home pitches. And Azhar played all his Tests in Australia and England. Lol.

He played half of his Tests on dead UAE wickets which are tailor made for his style. Pujara would've got a 100 every game if he played in UAE. Stop making it seem as if UAE wickets are like waca or wanderers.
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There is no comparison at all, Pujara is way ahead !!!!
 
Azhar Ali fans please come back when your hero actually wins you a series in SENA. Till then you can keep your mediocre "talent" like Ali who even Pakistani fans want to kick out of their team.

Lol I can't believe how delusional some fans are. The whole world rates Pujara. And then we have Azhar Ali - who nobody but Pakistanis even talk about. :))
 
Pujara is way better lol, he won a series in Australia, Pakistanis of all people should understand how precious of an achievement that is. The job of the Azhar Alis of the world is to blunt the new ball so the likes of Pujara can take it from there and win matches.
 
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HappyWarsFan said:
Pujara is better. But don't insult Azhar like that. He's past it now, but 2010 - 17 Azhar was a world class opener,. possibly the best in the world.
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Lol what?

What were Cook, Graeme Smith and Katich doing during this time? Bowling chinaman?

Even Sehwag averages 50 with a SR of 90 from 2008 till his retirement.

Azhar isn't even in the top 5 openers in this period, let alone be the best.
 
Boi said:
Are you sure a 2014-17 Azhar at his peak wouldn’t make those sides? He was arguably the best top order batsmen in the world at the time. He deserves credit for that atleast, doesn’t matter if he’s over the hill now.
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We are 2019. We are not on about 3 years ago. Even during that period whilst he scored runs he was easy to tie down. Look at how Babar bats , he scores runs at a good pace and keeps the opposition under pressure.
 
Hasan123 said:
We are 2019. We are not on about 3 years ago. Even during that period whilst he scored runs he was easy to tie down. Look at how Babar bats , he scores runs at a good pace and keeps the opposition under pressure.
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Yes I have acknowledged that current Azhar is finished but I’m not sure how you can justify why he wouldn’t ever even make the A sides of Australia or India. Talk about exaggerating and not giving credit where it’s due :))

and those people saying Azhar didn’t win us a series out in Australia etc. It’s really not his fault the bowling and captaincy from Misbah was completely trash out in 2016.
 
Azhar was very good for a couple of years in 2016-17 but overall career wise, he is a lot worse than Pujara in tests by every metric.

Peak test rating
Pujara 888 vs Azhar 787

# of times in ICC world xi
Pujara 2 vs Azhar 0

Consistency (# of months above 750 rating)
Pujara almost 4 years vs Azhar 4 months.


This has to be a joke comparison.

Rahane vs Azhar Ali might be a better comparison.
 
Hasan123 said:
We are 2019. We are not on about 3 years ago. Even during that period whilst he scored runs he was easy to tie down. Look at how Babar bats , he scores runs at a good pace and keeps the opposition under pressure.
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And Pujara scores freely like Babar Azam? Lol. He is a very limited batsman with good defense and mental strength. Azhar is also limited and about same level as each other except for one plays for superior team with lots of confidence and the other plays for a weak batting team.
 
Pujara was supposed to be Rahul Dravid's replacement
Kohli was supposed to be Tendulkar's replacement
Rahane was supposed to be Laxman's replacement

Pujara has some distance to go to reach Rahul Dravid's stuature overseas. Australian series is a start. Rahane started so well overseas. Infact at one point was an overseas bully. Then he started sucking everywhere home and away. In his second innings he has come back strongly and in top 10 ranking. Kohli is Kohli. Well on his way to attain the legacy Sachin attained.
 
tyron_woodley said:
no one In their right mind would pick azhar over pujara.

moyo -? sure he is ahead of puji
younis ? sure
inzi? 50 50

but azhar? no way.
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Funny that Inzi was a better batsman than both Younis and Yousaf, stats are not always everything.
 
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