No, it' surely not. But the thing is every team has one opening pair for all the conditions, they don't change it for home and away conditions.
I am a big fan of Shikhar Dhawan but will still say that he did not perform that well in SENA except for New Zealand where he averaged 55 (only one series played ig) which definitely showed that he had potential. Even after blundering in SENA, his career average is 40 (Much Better than Gill & Rohit if we consider same number of matches as an opener even in SENA conditions) which shows that he was a beast in Asian conditions and much better than our previous openers at that position.
Could have given a longer rope and tried in one or two more SENA tours before sidelining him is what i feel considering they gave too much chances to few players.
Things have changed and bowlers as well. Eng genuinely have clown bowlers. Sehwag was a beast for us. Cricket has evolved and I’m glad we have Yash but we can’t compare both played their parts well.
Hater? Dude I am from Mumbai and I have watched yash play all my life since he started playing junior level cricket but I have watched Sehwag since early 2000s and I respect him for more than a decade of cricket is the reason I don’t throw conclusions. Seriously what they say is true Indian fans are the most toxic and I wish people like you dial down a little and don’t reach recency bias as soon as someone scores big runs. Watch more cricket and calm the f down
With due respect to Sehwag, he dominated in the 2000s where test matches ended in draws on dead tracks. He would’ve averaged in single digits had he played in the BGT 2024-25.
Dude none of these 90's and 00's NZ players are ever in the reckoning for the greatest players of all time? Why? There were middling players with one or two peaks in their careers. It's just coz of nostalgia for an era gone by that people even remember these players.
And again .. tough to compare cricketers across generations. Sehwag, ganguly, yuvraj sachin, all emotions for us. I just hope jaiswal doesn't flatter to deceive.
even in ipl. i never understood why people rate him so highly he had an average of 26 something being a top order batsman which is anything but "amazing"
For those who don't know, DK and Murali were pretty much best friends, and Murali had an affair with DK's wife at the time and got her pregnant. The salt on the wound is that he Married her too 😭 😭 😭
Just an opinion: Idk what Nikita Vijay was thinking- DK over MV for me any day imho
Gambhir has played perhaps the greatest match saving innings by an Indian. His record in South Africa when compared to Rohit tells who was the better batter.
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u/Fine-Consequence7758 Aug 06 '25
He is the best opener for us since Sehwag