First, India's overall ODI record under Greg Chappell:
Played 62, won 32, lost 27. It's a fair record - more victories than defeats, a win-loss ratio (1.18) which is better than that achieved by West Indies (1), Pakistan (0.94) and England (0.65), and only marginally behind Sri Lanka (1.22).
Scratch the surface, though, and some disturbing trends emerge: India won 19 out of 28 matches at home - mostly in comfortable batting conditions - but only 13 out of 34 when they travelled overseas. The win-loss ratio of 0.68 is comfortably lower than Pakistan's and England's, and only marginally better than West Indies' 0.57.
The analysis below brings out how the runs scored by the Indian batsmen during this period has been a function of the conditions and the strength of the opposition, not of their own form, which comes and goes depending on the might of the bowlers
numbers reaching Bradmanesque proportions.
Table 1: Indian batsmen in good batting conditions since Sept 2005 Batsman Innings Runs Average 100s/ 50s
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 20 994 99.40 1/ 7
Sourav Ganguly 7 436 72.67 0/ 5
Yuvraj Singh 21 914 60.93 2/ 6
Rahul Dravid 23 1025 60.29 1/ 11
Sachin Tendulkar 17 771 55.07 2/ 6
Suresh Raina 10 352 50.29 0/ 3
Irfan Pathan 10 306 38.25 0/ 2
Virender Sehwag 18 562 31.22 1/ 1
Mohammad Kaif 11 88 9.78 0/ 0
The story is entirely different, when the batsmen have been tested a little more. The next table includes matches which have been a bigger test for batsmen - the Videocon Cup in Zimbabwe, all matches in Sri Lanka, the DLF Cup in Malaysia, and the ODIs in South Africa in West Indieseven 30 in these games.
Table 2: Indian batsmen under difficult conditions since Sept 2005 Batsman Innings Runs Average 100s/ 50s
Mohammad Kaif 24 774 48.38 1/ 6
Yuvraj Singh 25 938 42.64 3/ 4
Rahul Dravid 36 966 29.27 1/ 8
Virender Sehwag 37 1020 28.33 0/ 5
Sachin Tendulkar 18 434 27.13 1/ 2
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 32 713 26.41 0/ 5
Sourav Ganguly 10 229 25.44 0/ 2
Irfan Pathan 22 406 21.37 0/ 2
Suresh Raina 18 260 16.25 0/ 0
Difference in averages between tables 1 & 2 Batsman Table 1 ave Table 2 ave Difference
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 99.40 26.41 72.99
Sourav Ganguly 72.67 25.44 47.23
Suresh Raina 50.29 16.25 34.04
Rahul Dravid 60.29 29.27 31.02
Sachin Tendulkar 55.07 27.13 27.94
Yuvraj Singh 60.93 42.64 18.29
Irfan Pathan 38.25 21.37 16.88
Virender Sehwag 31.22 28.33 2.89
Mohammad Kaif 9.78 48.38 -38.6
Tendulkar's overall stats look impressive, but check out his recent performances against the two best sides - apart from the 55 against South Africa at Centurion, he hasn't managed a si
RE:batsman failed to deliver when really it mattered
by raghu ram on Apr 10, 2007 12:26 PM Permalink
Sambit Bal on cricinfo gave these statistics. Please acknowledge source and credit the same. :)
RE:batsman failed to deliver when really it mattered
by kodukulla sarma on Apr 10, 2007 12:20 PM Permalink
you would have posted the cricinfo link here instead of wasting this much space :)
