Rohit Sharma or Cheteshwar Pujara - who will retire as greater cricketer in your eyes?

[Ab Fan]

Rohit is an ODI great while Pujara is a test great. Rohit has decent success in test as he averages 80+ at home and about 25 away. He is also one of the greatest batsmen and considered as a great captain to have represented IPL while Pujara has no business with IPL.

On other hand, Pujara has won India a test series in Australia while Rohit last time fell short of winning a World tournament for India in ODIs, although was their leading run-scorer.

Who do you think will retire as a greater cricketer between them?

 

[Slim]

Rohit of course - Pujara at one time was mocked and laughed at and was about to be kicked out of the team.

 

[Sidilicious]

So was Rohit. His nicknames were ***** etc

 

[Mesozoic]

Rohit. (as of now).

He played a major role in India winning two ICC events (2007 WT20 and 2013 CT) and is arguably the best white ball player India has produced after Sachin.

Pujara is an ATG Test batsman but he has nothing to show for except for that Aussie tour. If and that's a pretty big if.... he manages to get a couple of hundreds down under later this year and wins us the series against this Australian team, he'll leapfrog ahead of Rohit.

Winning a Test series in Australia (full strength) >>>>>>>>>> WT20/CT.

 

[Mesozoic]

Rohit of course - Pujara at one time was mocked and laughed at and was about to be kicked out of the team.

Lol when did that happen?

 

[andy0204]

Same as above [MENTION=151350]Mesozoic[/MENTION] mentioned.

 

[Slim]

Lol when did that happen?

His fortunes turned after the Australia series otherwise he was going to be kicked out for good. I dont have a memory of a goldfish.

And Pujara is no way an ATG. Are you out of your mind?

 

[Ab Fan]

If you get a chance to choose to become a cricketer like <B>Rohit Sharma or Cheteshwar Pujara</B>, who would you opt for?

A great test player who has given his country a test series win in Australia or a guy who is a LOI superstar and won several trophies for his IPL franchise?

 

[andy0204]

If you get a chance to choose to become a cricketer like <B>Rohit Sharma or Cheteshwar Pujara</B>, who would you opt for?

A great test player who has given his country a test series win in Australia or a guy who is a LOI superstar and won several trophies for his IPL franchise?

It depends if this question was asked 10 years before I would have said Pujara but now cricket is changed now you have to adopt at every format.

 

[Slim]

If you get a chance to choose to become a cricketer like <B>Rohit Sharma or Cheteshwar Pujara</B>, who would you opt for?

A great test player who has given his country a test series win in Australia or a guy who is a LOI superstar and won several trophies for his IPL franchise?

Did he bat and bowl for rest of the playing 11 in Australia? And that too, Australia's B team.

 

[Ab Fan]

Did he bat and bowl for rest of the playing 11 in Australia? And that too, Australia's B team.

His batting alone was enough to win them series so why he will bat for the rest?? Also, will Australians allow him to bat for 10 more players?

Everyone gets one chance and you have to make it count there.

 

[Ashmal]

Rohit Sharma is better because he's great in LOIs and even in Test cricket he's good at home (comparable to Pujara in home tests) although he can't survive in testing conditions overseas.

On the other hand, Pujara is great in Asian conditions but apart from 1 series in Aus hasn't done that well in SENA and he's non-existent in LOIs.

So overall it's clear that Rohit has had a better career.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

If pujara was as good as dravid or even laxman then i would have taken him over rohit but he fails too often away from home.

 

[Mesozoic]

His fortunes turned after the Australia series otherwise he was going to be kicked out for good. I dont have a memory of a goldfish.

And Pujara is no way an ATG. Are you out of your mind?

He was our second best batsman on the England tour and played a match winning knock on the South African tour as well. No way was he going to get "kicked out". Looks like you do have a memory of a goldfish.

I meant an Indian ATG. Apologies.

 

[Mesozoic]

Did he bat and bowl for rest of the playing 11 in Australia? And that too, Australia's B team.

He got those runs against Starc , Cummins, Hazelwood and Lyon. How does two top order opponent batsmen missing have any affect on your batting ?

 

[sweep_shot]

Rohit obviously.

Pujara is good but Rohit has a much bigger impact.

 

[Bhaijaan]

With all due respect to Puji, it's The Hitman by a mile.

People often react as if Rohit averages 20 something in tests when he actually averages 45 something which is respectable if not great.

Add to the above, statistically the greatest ODI opener except Sachin and arguably among Top 5-10 ODI batters ever.

Add to the above, a game changing T20 batsman.

Add to the above multiple IPL winning captain.

Nobody will hate it more than Rohit if he doesn't retire as a great test batsman. Given his talent, there is no question why cannot nail it.

 

[Buffet]

If my memory serves me right then,

Young Pujara was the lone fighter with big ton agasint Eng when when India lost series. Without him it may been closer to whitewash for India.

He averaged 70-75 with a ton in SA in 2013. Bowlers could not capitalize otherwise.

In SL 14-15 - he was the highest scorer with 145 not out when second highest score was not even 60 from both sides.

Indians would have lost series against Aus in home and Pujara saved the series.

Indian won in Aus simply because he scored heavily otherwise they would not have won. Aus attack was a gun attack and still he scored heavily.

He has many poor series as well, but I will take Pujara. Rohit is pretty much no one in test cricket.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Rohit is an ODI great while Pujara is a test great. Rohit has decent success in test as he averages 80+ at home and about 25 away. He is also one of the greatest batsmen and considered as a great captain to have represented IPL while Pujara has no business with IPL.

On other hand, Pujara has won India a test series in Australia while Rohit last time fell short of winning a World tournament for India in ODIs, although was their leading run-scorer.

Who do you think will retire as a greater cricketer between them?

I would question whether Pujara is a Test great. With his overall average at 48, and his away record even lower, it would be a debate whether he is an India great at this point (but an interesting one).

Sharma is an ODI great.

IMO all things equal, and if a comparison can be made between formats, it's Sharma.

 

[Varun]

Pujara by a mile.

We can produce another Rohit (LoI FTB) every decade. Pujara? Doubtful.

 

[Hasan123]

Rohit Sharma of course.

He can play every shot in the book, he has a gear that is unmatched. He is also much better to watch than Pujara. Robot is world class in 2 formats, whilst Pujara is world class in one format. Also Pujara is extremely limited in terms of shot range. Rohit is a very good captain as well.

 

[Hitman]

Rohit by a mile. And Pujara ain’t no great in Tests, he is just good.

 

[therealAB]

Rohit is an ODI great while Pujara is a test great. Rohit has decent success in test as he averages 80+ at home and about 25 away. He is also one of the greatest batsmen and considered as a great captain to have represented IPL while Pujara has no business with IPL.

On other hand, Pujara has won India a test series in Australia while Rohit last time fell short of winning a World tournament for India in ODIs, although was their leading run-scorer.

Who do you think will retire as a greater cricketer between them?

Rohit
An ODI great and a player who u believe will correct his test record to some degree. He will never succeed in SA, NZ, Eng but in the rest of the sc and Aus he should do well

Pushes for me isn’t a test great, and will retire sitting in that Amla/Clarke tier just below ATG

 

[therealAB]

With all due respect to Puji, it's The Hitman by a mile.

People often react as if Rohit averages 20 something in tests when he actually averages 45 something which is respectable if not great.

Add to the above, statistically the greatest ODI opener except Sachin and arguably among Top 5-10 ODI batters ever.

Add to the above, a game changing T20 batsman.

Add to the above multiple IPL winning captain.

Nobody will hate it more than Rohit if he doesn't retire as a great test batsman. Given his talent, there is no question why cannot nail it.

This is what i would agree with. Rohit has performed in ODI WC’s and has shown himself to be a great ODI batsmen

While he will never have a complete test record - I can never see him succeeding in Eng, SA, NZ as his technique is a bit lacking when the ball
moves, neither did Sehwag really and he is rated very highly. If Rohit can finish with a test career average of 40+, then he will go down as a good to very good test player

Pujara in the other hand would have to see a massive reversal in oversees form to become a test ATG. The Aus series was obviously incredible, but he has to do that again. If he becomes a test ATG I will rate him above Rohit though as I am partial to that format

 

[Last Monetarist]

Despite being a test snob, I'll always consider Rohit as the greater batsman to someone like Pujara. It's not as if Rohit is a utter failure at test level such as the likes of Jason Roy or Michael Bevan for his overall legacy to be completely tainted.

I'd rank Pujara in the same class as Jonathan Trott, Simon Katich, or Ashwell Prince i.e. a solid dependable test player but nowhere close to an all-time great.

 

[Mamoon]

Rohit easily.

India should have trusted Rohit as a Test opener once he turned his career around in 2013.

He would have matched Sehwag.

 

[Shazzam]

Rohit as white ball cricket is the most viewed form of cricket.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Pujara = Great at home + average away

Rohit = Great at home + poor away + white-ball great

So Rohit as of now

Had Pujara been even as good as Laxman then I would have considered him greater than Rohit.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Only tests Pujara, overall Rohit.

 

[Titan24]

Rohit in my eyes. He is one of the best ever openers in history of LOI cricket, arguably an ATG in the format.

Pujara played some top test knocks but he is just a good test batsman of recent times and is no way near the status of great. I know some Indian fans rate his performances in Aus highly and why shouldnt they as he averages 55 in 7 matches but then he averages 29 in Eng, 20 in NZ and 31 in SA. Yes he helped India win a series in Aus but then Kusal Parera also helped Srl win in SA. Pujara is just a decent test batsman but nothing great as his overseas stats except Aus show.

I have to admit like most of the fans as well as cricketing experts, I also have bit of bias towards class and elegance but, even after discounting for that Rohit being a giant in LOIs wins easily.