Dravid or Ponting?

Ponting is easier on the eyes! HE IS FAR MORE DESTRUCTIVE AND HAS A FAR BETTER RANGE OF SHOTS! tHOUGH DRAVID IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD WENT IT COMES TO HAVING A SOUND TECHNIGUE!

• Ponting
• Dravid
• Hayden
• Younis Khan
• Kallis
• Lara (he is an excellent, proven player but he has the pressure of several nations on him..Can't doubt his ability)

Edited by MiNiWaRnEy

Originally posted by MiNiWaRnEy Originally posted by ANIL KUMBLE there clearly the 2 best batsman going around i think both are under alot of pressure because everyone expects tthem to make big scores cause there the captains or they've just come off scoring a century   That's a fair point matey!! Good on ya for saying that. But at the moment no one is bettering Ponting.   The best batsmen in the world on form are as follows: -   Ponting Dravid Hayden Younis Khan Kallis Lara (he is an excellent, proven player but he has the pressure of several nations on him..Can't doubt his ability) There are also a few others in brillaint form too..HUSSEY! for instance. Gibbs hasn't been too bad either nor has Sanga.

 

if ur gonna but lara there y not tendulkar?

i no but the reason y he included lara is for past performances and ability, lara is in terrible form rite now, so y not tendulkar? he is more of a threat than lara when on his game and is performing more consistenly

yes but he hasnt been much better than tendulkar, so if lara is there tendulkar should be there

tendulkar hasn't scored a century in his past 8 matches... lara has scored a double century and an 80 in his last 3.... thats why he is there and tendulkar is not!!!!!

I put Lara there because Lara has not been as good as he can be lately, but he has been playing pretty well, particularly compared to Sachin.

Yeah for sure..he is a brilliant batsmen but in big games and in big series he is somewhat disappointing... 248* vs Bang is ominous..I mean his hoghest score is vs Bang and not until 2004 vs Aust ( in a slow, defensive, leg side dominated innings on a flat track vs a second string AUst attack) he got a 200.. LAra's first ton was 280!!

Ponting for me in both forms of the game. A joy to watch and a pleasure that we can say we lived through the eras of Ricky

Sats wise they are both almost same. In tests Dravid has more runs and in ODI's too Dravid has more runs. But the ODI thing is because Dravid has played more ODI's. Otherwise Ponting has made those runs faster. So practically they are equal. Dravid better in Tests and Ponting better in ODI's. But form wise currently I would go for Ponting.

Absolutley no question.  Ponting wins hands downs, & you can include Lara, Tendulkar & Kallis in that also.

Ponting fantastic average (tests & ODI), at home & abroad, all the shots, is mentally strong, saves his team from trouble & finds time to  captain of his team also.

dravid is also a class act but ponting is an inch better than dravid at present. abt dravid not scoring 100's recently, the weather is the main thing to be blamed. u shouldn't expect a player to stay on at the crease in 40 degrees of temp. in india. he is scoring 50's and thats good. he is unable to carry his inn's because of hot and humid conditions in the subcontinent.

It's not about who's more attractive, its about who can play better. It doesnt matter how fast you score the runs, its how many runs you actaully get that counts.

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Dravid is the steady middle order rock that likes batting for the whole day scoring massive totals. Ponting is not an aggressive batsman but likes to score runs quickly but sensibly however takes more risks.If U were playing to draw a match Dravid is better but if U were playing to win or hunt down a runchase Ponting is better. In my opinion Ponting is better!