Most under-rated cricketers

[Fenil]

Other names I'd like to put forward is Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Martin Guptill and one lesser known name Asim Kamal of Pakistan. He looked pretty confident when he toured India and played good. Not sure, why he was dropped after a series or two.

As far as domestics are concerned, Dheeraj Jadhav has an amazing batting average of 44.96 in OD and 55.80 in FC matches but was never considered for the national cap and its highly unlikely now that he'll ever get a chance at the International level.

A youngster with OD batting average of 50.54. Tanmay Srivastava he is. Nobody talks about him even at domestic circuit but this guy can immense talent. He can prove to be handful in ODIs. Hope he gets the chance to showcase his talent at International level.

 

[Prithvi]

Kohli is future Indian Captain but right now not ready. Did you see his reaction in last match after getting out.

That is not a huge issue since he was in complete mood of frustration. Yeah, I herd those terms "maa ki c***t" when he was given out, but that attitude will come down once he gets some responsibilities onto him.

I believe once Yuvraj Singh did that, staring at umpire as if the umpire has committed biggest mistake of his life. And one more thing, as said earlier, that attitude will come down once he gets some responsibilities onto him- which Yuvraj proved after being named as captain of IPL team. Even Kohli was decent enough when he was playing as captain!

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A youngster with OD batting average of 50.54. Tanmay Srivastava he is. Nobody talks about him even at domestic circuit but this guy can immense talent. He can prove to be handful in ODIs. Hope he gets the chance to showcase his talent at International level.

He needs to prove himself in IPL. That is where a player gets into limelight of public!

 

[Varun]

McCullum, Harbhajan and Hussey on that poll? I'd rather have Harbhajan and McCullum in the overrated list (perhaps not Harbhajan, for he hasn't been in the national squad for quite a time.)

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

I'm saying sehwag, who I already argued was under-rated in the over-rated thread, of course now he's just sent the ODI innings record into the stars it makes it significantly easier.

basically the most unbelievable cricketer in the world. I know the term flat-track bully comes out a lot but I honestly couldn't care. He plays on the same wickets everyone else does (and in the same team as two bonafide greats in dravid and tendulkar) and no one else is achieving such in insane feats.

ok, so he's a bit poor in tricky conditions, I don't think this necessarily counts against him. In seaming conditions it's the done thing to get the batsman driving, sehwag will drive at anything anyway, he's probably as much a victim to his stubborn mind set as he is to any lack of technique.

funnily mentioned this in generation draft that players like ponting, murali split opinions and don't get the credit they deserve. I would include sehwag with them. who would dislike tendulkar? for all his centuries he hardly ever wins games for india, lara was the same. ponting, sehwag, murali and these guys take teams apart by themselves. and to steal a quote from sifter, then there is a desperate need to humanise them, make them seem more real just because we're seething at the sheer gall of them to do the impossible and single handedly beat our entire country.

he is incredible and you will miss him when he's gone.

 

[puddleduck]

One thing though. Lara pretty much won games single handedly for the Windies. Not often mind, but that was more down to the fact that they had a shockingly bad team that without him was (and still is!) woeful.

 

[RPHKR]

Undoubtedly it's Dravid, the true legend. He's underrated in the short formats.

 

[sifter132]

Yeah Stinky quoted me I agree with your sentiment, but I personally don't apply that to Sehwag. I just posted in the Wasim vs McGrath thread about why I didn't really rate Wasim that highly and some of it applys to Sehwag.

I personally like players who perform more consistently. Sehwag has played some wonderful innings and yes really amazing ones - like some memorable Wasim Akram spells, but the other 90% of the time I don't think Sehwag has stood up when needed. For example, the 3rd and 4th innings of basically any Test match in his career. For most of his ODI career he's flashed so much potential but go back a couple of years and his career average was about 30, which is what your keeper should be averaging not your specialist opener with other worldly talent. So yes stinky I will miss his random fantastic knocks and the sheer audacity of his batting, but I won't ever think to myself: geez that Sehwag was an under appreciated player. Instead I'll think about what could have been for a guy of his talent. I think he's a bit of an underachiever, like Wasim Akram was Yes I wrote that, and I don't think underachievers can be underrated.

Oh and great call on Chanderpaul, he was killing it for a few years there and no one seemed to care at all Deserved more recognition.

 

[puddleduck]

That's because he has a disgusting technique, but yes, criminally underrated. Players in bad teams who don't look pretty when they bat are always ignored because it's rare they get to play match winning innings. Instead, they often have to just bat for themselves and personal pride.

 

[Hybrid]

No Kallis in the poll? That's just wrong.

Dravid I don't really think is underrated at all in general. From an Indian point of view he might seem underrated since they are used to hearing so much about their players but from a neutral perspective you hear quite a lot about him. The same with Laxman I don't think he is underrated. There are quite a lot of batsmen that are better than him whom you don't hear about as much as Laxman or at least about as much as him.

As far as the poll goes, I'll pick Damien Martyn I guess.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

dravid isn't so much under-rated as in tendulkars shadow. unless one of the indian fans wants to come out an say he is definitively better than tendulkar then he's rated about right. Generally considered amongst the best 10 batsmen of the last 20 years.

but the other 90% of the time I don't think Sehwag has stood up when needed. For example, the 3rd and 4th innings of basically any Test match in his career.

I can agree with a lot of what you said sifter but I think these are off the mark. he does have 22 tons and 30 50s in 92 matches, that compares pretty well with most great openers stats, saying he's a failure 90% of the time is a bit harsh. Also, his 2nd innings average might be poor but that's because he generally is more about impact. his 80 versus england set up that huge chase, he played a similar knock against australia back in 2008, also, he really put a win on the plate for india just recently (although that wasn't exactly a pretty innings, it was still effective.) obviously there are some decent 2nd innings besides these ones, but it's those 4th innings 50s that turn a tricky 300 chase into a far more gettable 220 in about 10-15 overs. it might not be a 100 but it totally changes the match situation, puts bowlers on the back foot, spreads the field and gives the guys coming below confidence.

of course, it's sometimes hard to give him all the credit for this, as he generally only ever plays that way so it's some master stroke of judgement of the match situation.

 

[BKB1991]

No talk of Inzi? I am astonished.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

true, pakistani batsman seem to be under-rated as a rule. miandad was probably up there with the best of the 80s and is almost a forgotten quantity. mohammad yousuf put together one of the most incredible purple patches of the 2000s and is an after thought in most peoples assessment of the decade. (i think in 2010 when people were doing the whole team of the decade stuff his name barely came up)

 

[Hybrid]

No talk of Inzi? I am astonished.

Best Pakistani batsman IMO. Would rate him above both Mindad and Yousuf. When picking an all time side for Pakistan after you realize how reliant they have been in their bowling overall you start to appreciate him more and think he is quite arguably among the top 3 most important cricketer of the country.

 

[puddleduck]

But, is that not because they were rated. Very highly in fact, but they had their flaws and as such will sink into the annals of excellent players of their own time, but perhaps not ones that transcend their time?

 

[barmyarmy]

Pakistan is an interesting one. I agree about Younis Khan and Mohammed Yousuf being under-rated.