- Most Number of Runs in Test and ODI,when aggregated...
- Most Number of matches won cause of them
- Most Number of Hundreds,when Combined
- Sacrifices made...
Sachin Tendulkar was the man who changed the face of Indian Cricket,when Indians were going nowhere after the retirement of the yesteryear greats..He was responsible for the richness of BCCI...There was a period when everyone stops watching the match,when he gets out..There are still many who switch off the Telivision,the moment he gets out...The most celebrated individual and a great crowd puller...To my knowledge,he was the only batsman who dominated the bowlers all over the world,at least for once...He is,now,the highest scorer in both ODI and Test matches..To read more about Tendulkar,read my other blogs...
The next man in my order is Rahul Dravid...I still remember the first match he played...He scored 95 at Lords against the Poms in1996...He was considered as the replacement of Sanjay Manjerekar cause of his technique....Dravid has grown well as a batsman if u compare him in earlier years with today...At the beginning of his career,Dravid was a batsman with immense skills without aggressiveness...Hence,he was dropped from the team especially in ODI's..He was not a regular feature in ODI's...But,he improved himself as a batsman with good Technique and aggression..His comeback into the ODI's was against New Zealand in their own Backyard...Thereafter,there is no turning back for this man..He went from strength to strength and made sure that he cemented his place in both the formats of the game...Dravid was nicknamed "THE WALL" after his brilliant knock against the Australians in 2001 at Kolkata...His tenure with V.V.S.Laxman was the turning point of that series...He was considered the wall because he would never give away his wicket easily to the opponents...He was one of the batsman who was responsible for a victory against Australia in Australia in 2004...After Tendulkar,this guy was the one who has done a lot of sacrifice for Indian Cricket..Though Tendulkar's sacrifices were off the field and also sometimes on the field,this man's sacrifice is fully on the field..Whenever he was asked to keep wickets,he did it...Opening or number three or number five,he batted according to his team's desire...We don't see many changing their batting place but this man does it with utmost ease,just for his team...To me,he is the best batsman in Test Cricket after Sachin because of his Endurance,Solid Technique,Commitment and also for his Never-say-die attitude...Though he is out of sorts these days,I believe firmly that he would comeback strongly in the next series...
Coming to Sourav Ganguly..He also made his debut against England in the same match that of his mate Rahul Dravid...Ganguly made a century against The English at Lords...It is always an special moment to score a century at The Lords...He was the most elegant off-side Player and is also,till now,considered as the God Of Off-Side...This guy made a bright start to his international career...It was in 1998 that he teamed up with Sachin for the opening slot and proved his worth...Both were considered deadly because of Right-Left Combination and these two happened to be the best opening pair ever produced by India in ODI's...Ganguly also has many aliases like The Prince of Calcutta,Dada etc...Ganguly,right from his debut,was depending on his timing...His sixes would be huge cause of the timing at which it is produced...On song,Ganguly would caress any bowler...But,right from the young age ,he was vulnerable towards short length deliveries...He really doesn't know to face those stuffs from the quickies...More than his batting,Ganguly was known for his captaincy...He was the one who salvaged India from going into a slump after the Match Fixing Scandal...He was the one who instilled youth blood into the team and Captained India to 2003 World Cup Final...He also made a roaring comeback into the side after he was dropped because of continuous failure...He was also hailed as the comeback man,when he received four MoM awards continuously...But,only disappointing feature of Ganguly's batting is that he would Play for Himself(Selfish Cricketer)...This could be witnessed by seeing his batting...He also would have head above his shoulders because of continuous victories in his tenure as the captain...And not to take credit away from him,he is the best captain India has ever produced,when taking Number of Victories and Percentage of Winning into Consideration...
These were the three who took India to a Greater height...
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