How does he fare against the Bothams, Khans, Devs, Lloyds, Kallises, Shakibs of this world??Test matches played is 83 now.
Bowl Avg - 24
Bat Avg - 36
He has got better only, wow!
As an all rounder, less than Botham and Imran. Equal or slightly less than Kapil.
thank you for a non troll response. Lloyds is Sir Clive Lloyds. Missed out Pollock as well.
Don't think Lloyd bowled bro. I think you mean Sobers.
Nope I mixed the captaiin with the AR- happens when majority of the other super star ARs were kaptaans as wellDon't think Lloyd bowled bro. I think you mean Sobers.
Won't make any jokes about you thinking they all look alike
I guess he's a spinner rather than a pacers and pre Jaddu and Shakib spinning ARs are not taken seriously...One of the all time greats of the game. A true all rounder with consistent runs scoring, not like a careless brainless cricket we used to saw from Kapil Dev back in 80s despite having far more talent.
He should continue batting at 6 and will play a major part in India’s chances of qualifying to WTC Final this time. We have 4 tests at home later and then 2 in SL. Then after 2 tests in NZ, we have a 5 match home series vs Australia, so a total of 11 tests where Jadeja holds key to India’s success with both bat and bowl. In NZ, he can contribute well with bat at #6 as well.
Kapil paaaji wasn't helped much by support and pitches.
Kapil was the highest wicket taker against mighty windies in the 80s. 72 wickets at 22 average. Also game breaker. Played some incredible counter attacking knocks. He could have played slowly accumulated several centuries. But that was not hsi style. Finished with a strike rate over 80 in tests. Also had to bowl more overs than required given the mediocrity surrounding him like he bowled 30 overs on the trot against West Indies in Ahmedabad test taking 9 for 83. Nobody helped him.
Jadeja has played 63 of his 83 matches against England(23), Australia(20), New Zealand(11) and South Africa(9).
What does Jadeja vs Ashwin has to do with 5th best all rounder in history of cricket?
If he is better than Ashwin as a test cricketer, he makes a strong case to be in contention for top 5. I can think of Sobers, Imran, Miller, Kallis and prime Botham only ahead of him.
Pollock. Hadlee ??
Pollock and Hadlee are not A/Rs. They are not good enough to make the team on batting so can’t be considered all rounders. They don’t even have 25+ RPI. They are good no.8 with bat.
Clearly specified - Away from home
Performing against the best and failing against rest tell me that he was the VVS Laxman of his era.
Aus were not a top team during Kapil era. Kapil failed badly vs Pakistan, New Zealand, England and even SA in his final years while Imran prevailed vs all or most team.
Don’t remember but last time I checked long back it was under 30.
It is 29.5. +3 higher than Kapil’s away from home.
Kapil Dev was known for his audacious and fearless batting display. But despite his great record vs WI, I don’t remember a batting performance like Botham’s Headingley vs Australia where he came and absolutely turned the game on its head with his batting. He did it vs Zimbabwe in World Cup but in Test cricket, he has those audacious display of runs but not necessarily match or series changing. He would score runs fast and show his glimpse of genius with bat but not produce a game changing knock vs WI or Aus.
