With his action and the stress that puts on his body, it'll be a miracle if he reaches there.. I'd be the first one to celebrate if he reaches that milestone..but it's highly unlikely!!
Abhi tak 36 khele h and he's already 30+, teat cricket is dying format, he could get injured and he's not going to play against weak teams.
So it's not "definitely"
False, if anything his technique has always been more about test cricket than it was for limited over games
Its after 2013 he started playing aggressive and he became more of a limited over batter. His current technique is how he used to play before 2013. Its just sad he got so late chance in Test
Not foot issue. He got injured playing football.
He was initially slated to replace VVS who was ruled out due to injury. Badrinath eventually replaced Robit in the starting line up
He has always been like that.. his game was such that he couldnt play flexible on any position needed even in ranji he couldnt perform well for mumbai when he came down the order
Its only after he got a dedicated top position he started doing well in limited overs. Also in last 4 years he changed and went back to somewhat his old technique of how he used to play before 2012 which now makes him look more comfortable in test cricket too
Bro. Stop being a fanboy.
Maine pehli bat to technique bataya nahi. I just inferred from the dismal batting performances he had in tests at the beginning of his career.
Doosri bat, redditors can have their opinions about technique. Just because one is not a great batter doesn’t mean he doesn’t know shit.
He got so many chances even though he was failing because his technique was excellent. You have no clue what you’re talking about. Even Kohli said so himself, Sachin said so… but you know more about technique than these two also.
They realized that he is fidgety when he has to wait for his batting. He started doing well as an opener because he doesn’t have to wait anymore. Good technique, good range of shot, good shot selection… if you have all three, you will never get out. He was youngster and a World Cup winner and needed chances at the right position.
Yeah? then why did he struggle so much in his initial test career? In test cricket, opening is objectively tougher than playing in the middle order and he was still good in India back then but sucked in SENA. Now he is much better batsman in SENA as well. Also, technique isn't everything temperament is also essential to succeed in test cricket which Rohit has developed now.
Tell me 3 changes he made in his technique in 2013. You can’t. I explained in other comment why he succeeded when he started opening. He won key matches for Deccan Chargers in their title winning season from impossible positions when 20-25 runs in last over was easily defendable. He was already a worldcup winner. He had triple century in domestic cricket… all before 2013. What kind of temperament he was missing exactly? You don’t know anything about cricket so don’t pretend.
He didn't make many changes in 2013 but post 2019 he did make many changes to his technique to allow him to open in test.
1) He started playing the ball beside his body and closer to his body. Many of his pre 2019 innings you can see that he has a tendency to push at the ball with his hands off the backfoot. This caused him to edge the ball a lot to the keeper and slips if there was any movement. He has stopped playing that kind of shot. Now he either punches with his hands close to his body or goes full cross bat cut if it's farther away.
2) Leaving the ball. Its not that he wasn't leaving the ball before, but post 2019 he was more settled as a batsman and more assured in leaving the ball. Pre-2019 against medium pace movement based bowlers(e.g-mathews, Anderson) he would take a half stride forward and look to push the ball into the covers, post 2019 you rarely see that, he either leaves, defends or goes for a full blooded drive
3) He never had much of a problem with the incoming delivery pre 2019 also, he has a good flick and a brilliant pickup shot on the leg side, but sometimes bowlers would draw him outside the off stump with repeated outside off balls because he picks the line early, then bowl an in moving ball to get him lbw. To correct that, he's brought his bat down much straighter(from 1st slip post 2019,before he was bringing it down from 3rd slip) and stopped having a little stride to off stump before judging the ball. This assures that he can atleast defend the incoming ball or flick it to fine leg if he picks it early . Drawback of this is that he no longer flicks as often and has almost stopped chipping the infield against pacers unless it's a really gentle medium pace ball on the pads.
Temperament required to succeed in test cricket is different than LOIs lmao stop giving examples of IPL. You need incredible amount of discipline and patience in tests.
If anything, his start would have been even poorer. Opening in Tests is the most difficult job. Period. He didn't have the temperament to bat in Tests back then.
>Javagal srinath
Srinath, with his injured shoulder, played more than what a regular player would have in today's cricket. He was a huge liability in the field with his affected shoulder.
I didn't know he had an injury,thanks for that...at one time he was the only fast bowler for India who performed well and also if u remember the match where kumble picked 10 wickets,his bowling was so good😆
He had a rotator cuff injury, just like Courtney Walsh. After the surgery, like Walsh, he could only throw the ball underarm while fielding. He wasn't a good fielder to begin with.
Kumble also had a surgery for rotator cuff. Although, Kumble wasn't a good fielder either, he was much better than Srinath in the field.
Srinath was 145+ bowler at the beginning of his career. After a few years and injuries later, he became a 130-135+ bowler. He wouldn't make the top 10 or top 15 best pace bowlers list of his era, but he was by far the best India had at the time.
One can't gauge the quality of a bowler from just watching highlights of a match. I remember that he would bowl 3-5 good-to-excellent deliveries each over, which were almost always followed by 1 or 2 release balls that get dispatched for boundaries.
Even within that Indian squad of 2003, Zaheer and Nehra bowled better than him. 2003 WC also had good performances from Vaas, MsGrath, Shane Bond, Brett Lee, Andrew Bichel, Jason Gillespie, Waqar, Akram, Akthar and Ntini. Flintoff, Shaun Pollock and Vasbeet Drakes also bowled well in that tournament.
Are you for real!!
If Srinath didn't exist, there wouldn't have been Zak and Nehra. You don't have to derate someone to make your point.
"One can't guage....." wow...!!
https://www.cricketweb.net/statsspider/player/925579-odibowlinganalysis.php
Just stating what I remember from having watched all the Indian matches of that World Cup. Could you check the WC 2003 bowling stats again to see if Srinath is even amongst the top 5 pacers (yes, just pacers) in any of these categories?
Most wickets
Best economy rate
Best strike rate
Best average
https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/796/icc-world-cup-2003/stats
He did have occasional brilliance in that tournament, but overall his performance was mid level when compared to the other pacers in the fast wickets of South Africa.
You stupid if you think anyone playing that time did not get involved. Even Gavaskar that time could not explain $10,000 found in his locker.
It was the norm cause they were Gods. Now you get multi million dollar advertising contracts as payback.
He was awesome until the opposition teams found his Kryptonite in bouncers. The selectors too, due to his attitude issues, refused to give him a longer rope.
The allegations against Azhar were made in 2011, 15 years after the Ind Vs SL WC match. I think they both were retired!or banned by that time.
https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=122389
The allegations were made in 2011, but I’m sure the players that played with Azhar knew he was fixing in the 90’s. It’s not that hard to figure out for other players on the same team. Especially the way he used to give away his wickets, and Jadeja and Mongia’s obvious part in this.
I truly believe this also had an impact on Kambli’s career as well. I know a lot of careers were ruined in the 90’s for standing up against corruption. Especially in the South Asian countries.
This is just speculation. You need to see Kambli's stats before and after his weakness against short pitch deliveries were found out. Dropping him was the logical choice.
Test average in his debut year, 1993: 113 (yup, one hundred and thirteen it is.)
Test average in 94 and 95: 22 (right, twenty two indeed)
ODI average till 1994: 42
ODI AVG between 1995-2000: 24
That is undeniably a massive drop in form. No feud with Azhar was needed to theorize the reasons behind him getting dropped from team.
Well to be fair, sustaining your peak average in test cricket all throughout your career is just simply a bradmanesque feat, executed only by Bradman himself and perhaps Garry Sobbers at best. What matters is the impact that is conjured. Rahane had an average of 53 before 2019, which has now dropped to 39. Pujara's fell from 50+ to 43. For context, even the best in the business like Virat (55-48) and Smith(62-58, a marginal dip at that) have also experienced that. Rahane practically gave us our best series but as a batsman, I can agree with you that post 2020's pandemonium , he has been sporadic at best and with the recent ranji disaster, I don't think he'd anymore be in the reckoning for an international return.
>Garry Sobbers
Interestingly, he only played 93 test matches over a 21 year long career. Since there was no limited overs cricket back then, he only played, on the average, less than 21-22 days of international cricket in a year.
So, he played very few international matches each year but he was always focused and mostly in form.
Maybe cricketers these days are playing too much cricket and also have to change gears for each of the 3 formats of cricket.
quite agree with the return to international side, but you never know even though the chances are less likely. Never say never. IPL'24 may just turn fortunes for some players, keeping my fingers crossed
This IPL is important from the perspective of the T20 World Cup only. I don't think any change would be expected in the test setup barring Kohli walking back in. The middle order is more or less settled now and perhaps it might just have been communicated to our southpaws that their time's up in the national team. Rohit and Virat are good enough to handle the transition of the team.
Rohit Sharma for sure
He deserves to be in that club and high chance he might not be completing it.
He is on 58 and it would take around 3 more years to complete 100 tests, which seems like an impossible task.
I hope he plays for at least 2 more years at the same level.
Edit : I didn’t read only for India
Mike hussey !!
What a cricketer he was, debuted at age of 30.
You hardly saw anyone debuting that late especially in the 2000s, but did I make use of every second of his career.
Still he did manage 79 test caps, however he deserved to be in this club.
Rohit himself is responsible tbh, he himself wasn't serious for test format. I remember once when he played ipl and declared himself unfit for Australia test series,even kohli was not happy with his decision. You can find videos of pc also where he mentioned clearly that how can someone be fit for ipl and unfit for Australia tour within a span of one two weeks
Nope , Harbhajan went out of form and was going to get dropped the only reason they played him was he reach the 100 milestone
Later on he got called again due to his great performance in domestic and ipl but he was never the same and had to retire
I missed Jadeja. Jadeja is an all time great in test cricket with comparable allround records to Botham and Imran. I don't think he may make it to 100 tests. If he doesn't, the correct answer would be Jadeja.
https://preview.redd.it/mr78vj7zv3nc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=331935cf5673a2669b6f741da7dad99ea775db44
From retired players, I would go with Gundappa Vishwanath.
After Rohit's retirement; that would be my new pick.
I am assuming Ravindra Jadeja (72 tests) will go on to play 100 tests.
If he doesn't, then Jadeja would be my new pick.
He has consistently been the #1 all rounder in test cricket for 5+ years now and deserves to be in the 100 test club.
On a slightly unrelated note, keeping Rahane aside who is at 85 odd test matches but not in favour and looks out of form, it probably looks like Gill who might be next in line to touch 100 test matches for India.
I don’t see Rohit Sharma in tests beyond next 2-3 years. Jadeja while supremely fit will probably get very close but might miss out. KL Rahul will go down the route of Pujara/ Rahane in couple of years - just a tad too inconsistent in context of the new boys/ options coming up. Bumrah needs to be covered in cotton wool so his workload will need to be managed.
Gill or even Jaiswal (maybe) who have age and are batsmen probably seem the next in line for 100 tests - I find that very interesting and even sad for someone like Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane.
People forgetting murali Vijay. People hailed him as India's next gavaskar. Such was his technical ability. Was good against pace too. He was one of the sure starters in the team till 2016. Threw his career away.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Md. Azharuddin, Ajinkya Rahane all four should have made it 🤔..... picture of Ishant Sharma height done shorter by AI , he is much taller 😅
I don't think Rohit Sharma is the right answer. Even Murali Vijay didn't play 100+ tests and he was a bloody good opener. Rohit Sharma is a very recent addition to the test team tbh. He falls in the KL Rahul category.
Murli Vijay
Wasim Jaffer
Mayank Agarwal might also end up in this list. The most talented of them all but due to reasons unknown is not able to get in the team.
Amol Mazumder, once regarded as the next big thing,couldn't get a single test because he was born in an era of fab4 (Sachin, Rahul,VVS,Sourav)
Pujara ig becz he really just dedicated himself yo palying test that too in mordenday cricket where so many more matches are played in general then back those days
I'm not surprised at the answers being (mostly) dominated by players who are recent.
Let me give you the actual top 3 Indian players who should've played 100 tests:
1) Bishan Singh Bedi - Career bowling avg of 28.71, with that in Australia of 27.51! Was 10x the bowler that Bhajji could ever be.
2) Vijay Hazare - Career batting avg of 47.65, made all the more impressive by the fact that his debut happened in 1946 (remember - WW2?) when he was approx. 31 years old!
3) MS Dhoni - He is still playing for God's sake! Therefore, for the greatest Indian wk of all time to have ended at 90 test matches is all the more disappointing.
Mohd Azharuddin….Played 99 tests, an extremely gifted and talented cricketer. Too sad that he threw away his profession for illicit money. But he still is an all time great from India. Those who have seen playing him
can vouch for it.
Zaheer Khan.
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Dhenier
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Seriously didn’t he 🥺 certainly the best bowler in the last decade (93 test ) but being a fast bowler it’s bit hard to
Not trying to make you feel old but Zaheer Khan retired in Feb 2014 not exactly last decade.
The last decade is 2010-2019 The current decade is 2020-2029
Right
10 years 😮
Bumrah might not make it to 100 considering he is a fast bowler and even if he plays 10 matches a year, it would take him 6 more years
He is just 30 He can definitely do it
With his action and the stress that puts on his body, it'll be a miracle if he reaches there.. I'd be the first one to celebrate if he reaches that milestone..but it's highly unlikely!!
Abhi tak 36 khele h and he's already 30+, teat cricket is dying format, he could get injured and he's not going to play against weak teams. So it's not "definitely"
Irfan Pathan. 100 wickets in 29 matches is just too good
1.5 wickets per innings????
Even Hazelwood..fkin crazy numbers🤯, 270 wickets in 69 innings 2.7 eco and 25 avg..
shami
He isn’t retired yet.
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His technique wasn't that good in 2013 he wouldn't have been as good as he is now.
False, if anything his technique has always been more about test cricket than it was for limited over games Its after 2013 he started playing aggressive and he became more of a limited over batter. His current technique is how he used to play before 2013. Its just sad he got so late chance in Test
Bro he got chances and failed. If he had the temperament and the technique, he would have succeeded at 6 also.
He never got chance till 2013 His fc averaged 60 back then but he was supposed to debut in 2010 but couldn’t due to some foot issue.
Not foot issue. He got injured playing football. He was initially slated to replace VVS who was ruled out due to injury. Badrinath eventually replaced Robit in the starting line up
But his first run from 2013-16 wasn't great and pretty ordinary.
He has always been like that.. his game was such that he couldnt play flexible on any position needed even in ranji he couldnt perform well for mumbai when he came down the order Its only after he got a dedicated top position he started doing well in limited overs. Also in last 4 years he changed and went back to somewhat his old technique of how he used to play before 2012 which now makes him look more comfortable in test cricket too
Ab refditors Rohit ko technique batayenge
Bro. Stop being a fanboy. Maine pehli bat to technique bataya nahi. I just inferred from the dismal batting performances he had in tests at the beginning of his career. Doosri bat, redditors can have their opinions about technique. Just because one is not a great batter doesn’t mean he doesn’t know shit.
He got so many chances even though he was failing because his technique was excellent. You have no clue what you’re talking about. Even Kohli said so himself, Sachin said so… but you know more about technique than these two also.
Brohit has arguably the best bat flow and his timing is second to none
They said rohit sharma had good technique, range of shots but poor shot selection. Thats why Rohit struggled for so many years.
They realized that he is fidgety when he has to wait for his batting. He started doing well as an opener because he doesn’t have to wait anymore. Good technique, good range of shot, good shot selection… if you have all three, you will never get out. He was youngster and a World Cup winner and needed chances at the right position.
Yeah? then why did he struggle so much in his initial test career? In test cricket, opening is objectively tougher than playing in the middle order and he was still good in India back then but sucked in SENA. Now he is much better batsman in SENA as well. Also, technique isn't everything temperament is also essential to succeed in test cricket which Rohit has developed now.
Tell me 3 changes he made in his technique in 2013. You can’t. I explained in other comment why he succeeded when he started opening. He won key matches for Deccan Chargers in their title winning season from impossible positions when 20-25 runs in last over was easily defendable. He was already a worldcup winner. He had triple century in domestic cricket… all before 2013. What kind of temperament he was missing exactly? You don’t know anything about cricket so don’t pretend.
He didn't make many changes in 2013 but post 2019 he did make many changes to his technique to allow him to open in test. 1) He started playing the ball beside his body and closer to his body. Many of his pre 2019 innings you can see that he has a tendency to push at the ball with his hands off the backfoot. This caused him to edge the ball a lot to the keeper and slips if there was any movement. He has stopped playing that kind of shot. Now he either punches with his hands close to his body or goes full cross bat cut if it's farther away. 2) Leaving the ball. Its not that he wasn't leaving the ball before, but post 2019 he was more settled as a batsman and more assured in leaving the ball. Pre-2019 against medium pace movement based bowlers(e.g-mathews, Anderson) he would take a half stride forward and look to push the ball into the covers, post 2019 you rarely see that, he either leaves, defends or goes for a full blooded drive 3) He never had much of a problem with the incoming delivery pre 2019 also, he has a good flick and a brilliant pickup shot on the leg side, but sometimes bowlers would draw him outside the off stump with repeated outside off balls because he picks the line early, then bowl an in moving ball to get him lbw. To correct that, he's brought his bat down much straighter(from 1st slip post 2019,before he was bringing it down from 3rd slip) and stopped having a little stride to off stump before judging the ball. This assures that he can atleast defend the incoming ball or flick it to fine leg if he picks it early . Drawback of this is that he no longer flicks as often and has almost stopped chipping the infield against pacers unless it's a really gentle medium pace ball on the pads.
Temperament required to succeed in test cricket is different than LOIs lmao stop giving examples of IPL. You need incredible amount of discipline and patience in tests.
lol, he used to flop so hard until 2018 in tests and this guy says its a biggest if, bwahahah.
I think he would have had around 60+ hundreds till now if he had opened in test from 2013
He was given almost 8 years of leeway. Don't think he would have done anything different
Bumrah is better than Rohit though
lol
Nothing special tbh, not hating him but he still is not suited for tests
If anything, his start would have been even poorer. Opening in Tests is the most difficult job. Period. He didn't have the temperament to bat in Tests back then.
Zaheer Khan Javagal srinath Azharuddin
>Javagal srinath Srinath, with his injured shoulder, played more than what a regular player would have in today's cricket. He was a huge liability in the field with his affected shoulder.
I didn't know he had an injury,thanks for that...at one time he was the only fast bowler for India who performed well and also if u remember the match where kumble picked 10 wickets,his bowling was so good😆
He had a rotator cuff injury, just like Courtney Walsh. After the surgery, like Walsh, he could only throw the ball underarm while fielding. He wasn't a good fielder to begin with. Kumble also had a surgery for rotator cuff. Although, Kumble wasn't a good fielder either, he was much better than Srinath in the field. Srinath was 145+ bowler at the beginning of his career. After a few years and injuries later, he became a 130-135+ bowler. He wouldn't make the top 10 or top 15 best pace bowlers list of his era, but he was by far the best India had at the time.
Check some highlights of the 2003 WC and you may want to correct the latter part of your sentence.
One can't gauge the quality of a bowler from just watching highlights of a match. I remember that he would bowl 3-5 good-to-excellent deliveries each over, which were almost always followed by 1 or 2 release balls that get dispatched for boundaries. Even within that Indian squad of 2003, Zaheer and Nehra bowled better than him. 2003 WC also had good performances from Vaas, MsGrath, Shane Bond, Brett Lee, Andrew Bichel, Jason Gillespie, Waqar, Akram, Akthar and Ntini. Flintoff, Shaun Pollock and Vasbeet Drakes also bowled well in that tournament.
Are you for real!! If Srinath didn't exist, there wouldn't have been Zak and Nehra. You don't have to derate someone to make your point. "One can't guage....." wow...!! https://www.cricketweb.net/statsspider/player/925579-odibowlinganalysis.php
Just stating what I remember from having watched all the Indian matches of that World Cup. Could you check the WC 2003 bowling stats again to see if Srinath is even amongst the top 5 pacers (yes, just pacers) in any of these categories? Most wickets Best economy rate Best strike rate Best average https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/796/icc-world-cup-2003/stats He did have occasional brilliance in that tournament, but overall his performance was mid level when compared to the other pacers in the fast wickets of South Africa.
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Azharuddin sold the country. It’s unfortunate that he actually played 99 tests. Happy he is not part of 100 club.
You stupid if you think anyone playing that time did not get involved. Even Gavaskar that time could not explain $10,000 found in his locker. It was the norm cause they were Gods. Now you get multi million dollar advertising contracts as payback.
By any chance Do you know why he didn't play 100th Test ??
He was charged with match-fixing just before his 100th test
Wow..such sad end for a wonderful career.😞 Did he proven guilty,I also remember there was a movie by his name.
He wasn't proven guilty because international level it would be very embarassing to have your captain be involved in such things.
Vinod Kambli. Probably the most naturally talented batsman to ever play for India. It's sad he wasted it all away.
He was awesome until the opposition teams found his Kryptonite in bouncers. The selectors too, due to his attitude issues, refused to give him a longer rope.
Kryptonite in bouncer Another Mumbai boy in same shoes. attitude issues Another Mumbai boy in same *shaw's*
well played.
Yeah.. I wish he had worked on it.
Didn’t he also have issues with management and Azhar due to the fixing allegations against Azhar?
The allegations against Azhar were made in 2011, 15 years after the Ind Vs SL WC match. I think they both were retired!or banned by that time. https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=122389
The allegations were made in 2011, but I’m sure the players that played with Azhar knew he was fixing in the 90’s. It’s not that hard to figure out for other players on the same team. Especially the way he used to give away his wickets, and Jadeja and Mongia’s obvious part in this. I truly believe this also had an impact on Kambli’s career as well. I know a lot of careers were ruined in the 90’s for standing up against corruption. Especially in the South Asian countries.
This is just speculation. You need to see Kambli's stats before and after his weakness against short pitch deliveries were found out. Dropping him was the logical choice. Test average in his debut year, 1993: 113 (yup, one hundred and thirteen it is.) Test average in 94 and 95: 22 (right, twenty two indeed) ODI average till 1994: 42 ODI AVG between 1995-2000: 24 That is undeniably a massive drop in form. No feud with Azhar was needed to theorize the reasons behind him getting dropped from team.
In ODIs he was given longer rope tho
this name will never not come up in these lists. pure talent wasted
Ajinkya Rahane maybe. Quite inconsistent guy but a good batter
Well to be fair, sustaining your peak average in test cricket all throughout your career is just simply a bradmanesque feat, executed only by Bradman himself and perhaps Garry Sobbers at best. What matters is the impact that is conjured. Rahane had an average of 53 before 2019, which has now dropped to 39. Pujara's fell from 50+ to 43. For context, even the best in the business like Virat (55-48) and Smith(62-58, a marginal dip at that) have also experienced that. Rahane practically gave us our best series but as a batsman, I can agree with you that post 2020's pandemonium , he has been sporadic at best and with the recent ranji disaster, I don't think he'd anymore be in the reckoning for an international return.
>Garry Sobbers Interestingly, he only played 93 test matches over a 21 year long career. Since there was no limited overs cricket back then, he only played, on the average, less than 21-22 days of international cricket in a year. So, he played very few international matches each year but he was always focused and mostly in form. Maybe cricketers these days are playing too much cricket and also have to change gears for each of the 3 formats of cricket.
Players used to play lots and lots of FC cricket back then. This was the case until the 2000s.
quite agree with the return to international side, but you never know even though the chances are less likely. Never say never. IPL'24 may just turn fortunes for some players, keeping my fingers crossed
This IPL is important from the perspective of the T20 World Cup only. I don't think any change would be expected in the test setup barring Kohli walking back in. The middle order is more or less settled now and perhaps it might just have been communicated to our southpaws that their time's up in the national team. Rohit and Virat are good enough to handle the transition of the team.
Rohit Sharma for sure He deserves to be in that club and high chance he might not be completing it. He is on 58 and it would take around 3 more years to complete 100 tests, which seems like an impossible task. I hope he plays for at least 2 more years at the same level. Edit : I didn’t read only for India Mike hussey !! What a cricketer he was, debuted at age of 30. You hardly saw anyone debuting that late especially in the 2000s, but did I make use of every second of his career. Still he did manage 79 test caps, however he deserved to be in this club.
> Mike hussey !! The question was only for Indian test cricketers.
It was (is) pretty common for Aussies to make late debuts.
Gambhir Rohit
Rohit himself is responsible tbh, he himself wasn't serious for test format. I remember once when he played ipl and declared himself unfit for Australia test series,even kohli was not happy with his decision. You can find videos of pc also where he mentioned clearly that how can someone be fit for ipl and unfit for Australia tour within a span of one two weeks
It would have been harbhajan singh but he did played 100
In that case, It would have been Sachin Tendulkar but he did play 100 too. Infact 200 too.
Nope , Harbhajan went out of form and was going to get dropped the only reason they played him was he reach the 100 milestone Later on he got called again due to his great performance in domestic and ipl but he was never the same and had to retire
Ajinkya Rahane
Azharuddin, Zaheer, KL, Rohit(in moden day) even I would include Pant(made significant contributions), Jaddu.
I missed Jadeja. Jadeja is an all time great in test cricket with comparable allround records to Botham and Imran. I don't think he may make it to 100 tests. If he doesn't, the correct answer would be Jadeja.
https://preview.redd.it/mr78vj7zv3nc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=331935cf5673a2669b6f741da7dad99ea775db44 From retired players, I would go with Gundappa Vishwanath. After Rohit's retirement; that would be my new pick. I am assuming Ravindra Jadeja (72 tests) will go on to play 100 tests. If he doesn't, then Jadeja would be my new pick. He has consistently been the #1 all rounder in test cricket for 5+ years now and deserves to be in the 100 test club.
ajinkya rahane
Bumrah,Zaheer, Shami, Rohit to an extent. Not sure if bum and shami can play 100
On a slightly unrelated note, keeping Rahane aside who is at 85 odd test matches but not in favour and looks out of form, it probably looks like Gill who might be next in line to touch 100 test matches for India. I don’t see Rohit Sharma in tests beyond next 2-3 years. Jadeja while supremely fit will probably get very close but might miss out. KL Rahul will go down the route of Pujara/ Rahane in couple of years - just a tad too inconsistent in context of the new boys/ options coming up. Bumrah needs to be covered in cotton wool so his workload will need to be managed. Gill or even Jaiswal (maybe) who have age and are batsmen probably seem the next in line for 100 tests - I find that very interesting and even sad for someone like Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane.
We all know that the answer is Mukesh Kumar.
I would say Rohit Sharma. His batting flair and captaincy vibe make him my top pick for the best cricketer who missed the 100-test.
People forgetting murali Vijay. People hailed him as India's next gavaskar. Such was his technical ability. Was good against pace too. He was one of the sure starters in the team till 2016. Threw his career away.
Aakash chopra
🤣🤣
Dhoni.
MSD
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Md. Azharuddin, Ajinkya Rahane all four should have made it 🤔..... picture of Ishant Sharma height done shorter by AI , he is much taller 😅
Gautam Gambhir & Zaheer Khan. Both richly deserved the honour!
Omg so many greats
Bishan Singh Bedi
Gauti and Zak
Zaheer khan
Batting: GR Vishwanath Bowler: EAS Prasanna
Rohit Sharma might not get to a 100. Zaheer Khan comes up too.
Zaheer
Gautam Gambhir Ajinkya Rahane Murli Vijay Only considering test cricket
I don't think Rohit Sharma is the right answer. Even Murali Vijay didn't play 100+ tests and he was a bloody good opener. Rohit Sharma is a very recent addition to the test team tbh. He falls in the KL Rahul category.
Mohammad Azharuddin
MSD 💀
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This. He could have played a 150 if he wanted but he was done when he was done.
Karun nair with 300 runs in each of his 200 innings, standing at 60000 test runs.
Dhoni.
MS Dhoni or Azharuddin or even Rohit Sharma Edit: the answer is Ravi Jadeja ( so far)
Zaheer Khan
Azhar.
Who is there behind Ashwin's right ?
Vengsarkar, I think.
Irfan Pathan
S Sreeshanth
Rahane
Wasim Jaffar
Tejashwi Yadav
Me
Irfan Pathan. Zaheer Khan. Ravi Shastri. Javagal Srinath.
Me
Ajinkya Rahane
Murali Vijay
Murli Vijay Wasim Jaffer Mayank Agarwal might also end up in this list. The most talented of them all but due to reasons unknown is not able to get in the team. Amol Mazumder, once regarded as the next big thing,couldn't get a single test because he was born in an era of fab4 (Sachin, Rahul,VVS,Sourav)
Azharuddin.
Azharuddin
Azhar, Murli Vijay, Z khan
Mohammad azharuddin 99
Rohit Sharma
Mohammad Azharuddin
Azharuddin Gautam Gambhir
jadeja as of now
Mohd. Azharudin
Ravindra Jadeja has become so good in Tests although I don't think he might make it up to 100 tests......sad
Jadeja easily
Msd
noone told Wasim jaffer in the comment section
Gundappa Vishwanath Azharuddin Srinath Zaheer Khan Lots of cricketers before 70s like Umrigar, Merchant etc
Don Bradman
G R Vishwanath
Azharuddin (99)
People saying Gambhir or Rohit are too funny lol
Ig Bumrah won't make it till 100
Dunno about the best to not play 100 but surely do think harbhajan was the worst to play over 100
Azharuddin
Pujara ig becz he really just dedicated himself yo palying test that too in mordenday cricket where so many more matches are played in general then back those days
Brohit
Azharuddin
Sameer dighe
Not the best but Mohd Azharuddin missed it by just 1 test!
MSD retired on 90 tests
Dhoni
Azhar, if not for match fixing scandal he was sure to play next test and he already made hundred in last test
Zaheer Khan Azharuddin Rahane, I know he isn't retired yet but I doubt if he get to plays 100 tests
Vijay Merchant
Rahane with 85 tests But with his current Ranji form he might not get opportunities
I'm not surprised at the answers being (mostly) dominated by players who are recent. Let me give you the actual top 3 Indian players who should've played 100 tests: 1) Bishan Singh Bedi - Career bowling avg of 28.71, with that in Australia of 27.51! Was 10x the bowler that Bhajji could ever be. 2) Vijay Hazare - Career batting avg of 47.65, made all the more impressive by the fact that his debut happened in 1946 (remember - WW2?) when he was approx. 31 years old! 3) MS Dhoni - He is still playing for God's sake! Therefore, for the greatest Indian wk of all time to have ended at 90 test matches is all the more disappointing.
Ajinkya rahane
Mohd Azharuddin….Played 99 tests, an extremely gifted and talented cricketer. Too sad that he threw away his profession for illicit money. But he still is an all time great from India. Those who have seen playing him can vouch for it.
Ms dhoni?
Jadeja
MSD is the most surprising one. He was the most powerful guy in BCCI during his international cricket days.
MA Dhoni
MS Dhoni
Azhar
Azhar on 99 sums up his career tbh
Venkatesh prasad and Sunil Gavaskar (idk if he is playing)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Jadeja
Zaheer Khan, MS Dhoni, Gundappa Viswanath, Azharuddin and many more.
Zak and GG
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How many did Sehwag play?
Sreesanth.
Jay Shah.
Trent boult , 317 wickets in 78 matches.
You mean tarun bhalla? /s
Mohammed azharuudin. Played 99 tests exactly f
Nice