Gautam Gambhir or Phil Hughes?

[shravi]

Epic post.

Nah, there are some good comparison threads. For example, I would find a Sehwag vs Gambhir comparison thread particularly interesting.

 

[Cricketman]

I wouldn't say that. There are quite a few batsmen competing for that spot. These include Andrew Strauss, Graeme Smith, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Younis Khan, AB De Villiers, Thilan Samaraweera, Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting. In terms of rankings, yes, he is #1 but the competition for best test batsman is very stiff.

7 tons in the last 9 matches and an average of close to 100 this year makes him one of the favorites for sure though.

 

[King Pietersen]

And the fact he's recognised by the ICC as the #1 in the world can't hurt his case. I certainly rate him very highly, and he'd definitely be the top Test opener in the world atm, that's for sure. Quality player.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Gambhir over Hughes.

Gambhir for best opener in the world for the last year (Closely followed by Smith, Strauss and Katich). Not the best batsman, but up there.

 

[pcfan123]

Just no dancing at the wedding Gauti, the country will not forgive you if you twist your knee and get injured while skipping a test :laugh

 

[Cricketman]

Nah, he's used to dancing down the track. *badum-tish*

Boy am I a card.

 

[drainpipe32]

This is ironic, because I recall earlier in the year the Indian players were causing a furore over the ICC rankings, for Tendulkar being outside the All Time Top 20 and now it's being called upon here to say Gambhir is the No.1 test opener in the world.....

 

[hacker]

Gambhir

 

[braguvaran]

It has to be HUGHES

In all seriousness Gambhir> HUghes

 

[sohum]

The poll choices make my head hurt. Also, it is interesting that there is not a single poll choice that actually implies that Hughes is better at Gambhir in any of the formats.

 

[drainpipe32]

There's really no point in the poll, other than to force people into saying that Hughes is most definitely not better than Gambhir

Which he isn't, and can't be expected to be seeing as he's been playing for less than a year.

 

[TumTum]

The interesting thing is the amount of people that voted for "Gumby is hopeless"

 

[sami ullah khan]

Gambhir. He is simply sensational. He is aggressive, brave and has the technique to back it all up. The best opening batsman in the world ATM.:happy

 

[Robelinda]

I like Gambhir's play, but i'd like to see him score runs in test cricket in Aus, Eng and SA first. Even Sachin hasnt done all that well in SA, though that first ton he got in 92 was sensational, so was the 1996 and 2000 ones too!

 

[drainpipe32]

Robelinda raises a pretty good point. Gambhir hasn't scored really big runs overseas yet, but when he does he'll definitely be one of the world's elite batsman.