Is Dilshan the new Sehwag?

I think so

Turning in to a world class batsman in ALL forms of the game and plays a LOT like Sehwag!
oh what a good idea to play him as an opener

i'd like to see dilshan play like this outside asia before calling him the next sehwag

His averages outside Asia,

In Aus: 29;
In SA: 19;
In Eng: 33;
In NZ: 37;
In WI: 28.

Agreed he hasn't played many tests in these places. Still, he got to succeed outside subcon.

I'm surprised to find him being 33 already.

looking at SGs post, it seems he would be the next Misbah ul-haq.

Its only recently(year or so) that Dilshan has started being so consistent so there is a good chance that he will improve his away record in the next 2 or3 years

plus Sehwag is a bit of an FTB himself because most of his runs in AUS have come on really flat tracks and he has struggled even on SEMI green tops.

No.

sehwag is no FTB.

debut ton in SA (01) against pollock and ntini, came in at 68-4.

makeshift opener, scores a ton on a greentop at trent bridge in 02 against a rampant hoggard.

only player to score a 100 in that infamous 'cow pasture' series in NZ in 02. in fact two 100s.

his back to the wall effort against aus in adelaide (151 out of 269) to earn india a draw in 07.

his masterful 201* (out of 329) against the two M's in their backyard las year

theres countless other instances. his home and away avg are practically identical.

umm now an innings played in Adelaide( one of the flattest pitches on the planet) is going to be used as an example to prove a batsman's NONftbness..

You have picked an innings here and there e.g in the cow pasture series you didn't mention that he scored a total of around 45 runs in 4 innings and instead you picked his performance in 2 of the ODIs.

There is no doubt that he is a brilliant player BUT at the same time the FTBness can't be ignored

you said he's a FTB, so i provided counter examples proving he can score runs on seaming wickets (noone else scored a 100 in that nz series). he has ground out tough runs, he has stood tall amidst the ruins.

the beauty with sehwag is that he's a constant. pitch, bowler, match situation, form...nothing matters to him. his genius can be traced back to his uncluttered mind.

he has the appetite for big innings and can punish the opposition on a flat track more than most other players but this doesnt make him a FTB though it might give that impression. his rate of scoring has a lot to do with this - i.e. a day of sehwag on a flat track = more runs than a day of dravid or jayawardene on the same track. a FTB is someone who only excels on flat tracks.

i just dont see how you can call a player who has scored runs everywhere and has an identical home and away average a FTB.

Viru is no FTB. Not even sure why such a claim would be put forward, perhaps because he blistered the Pakistani attack on quite a few occasions on the sub continent. But then these two teams have only met for tests in the Sub continent. May be the next Indo-Pak series will be held in England.

Ash wrote:you said he's a FTB, so i provided counter examples proving he can score runs on seaming wickets (noone else scored a 100 in that nz series). he has ground out tough runs, he has stood tall amidst the ruins.

the beauty with sehwag is that he's a constant. pitch, bowler, match situation, form...nothing matters to him. his genius can be traced back to his uncluttered mind.

he has the appetite for big innings and can punish the opposition on a flat track more than most other players but this doesnt make him a FTB though it might give that impression. his rate of scoring has a lot to do with this - i.e. a day of sehwag on a flat track = more runs than a day of dravid or jayawardene on the same track. a FTB is someone who only excels on flat tracks.

i just dont see how you can call a player who has scored runs everywhere and has an identical home and away average a FTB.

umm no he is not...and he has NOT scored runs every where


think the 2006 series vs PAK
amazing in the 1st test on a flat track and then clueless in the test on the green(some what) top at Karachi

Similarly last year against SA he was outstanding at Mohali(high scoring draw i.e flat track) but failed on the green(some what) top at Ahmedabad.

I really rate the guy(which is why i created the thread) how ever he is anything BUT constant.

Ash wrote:sehwag is no FTB.

debut ton in SA (01) against pollock and ntini, came in at 68-4.

makeshift opener, scores a ton on a greentop at trent bridge in 02 against a rampant hoggard.

only player to score a 100 in that infamous 'cow pasture' series in NZ in 02. in fact two 100s.

his back to the wall effort against aus in adelaide (151 out of 269) to earn india a draw in 07.

his masterful 201* (out of 329) against the two M's in their backyard las year

theres countless other instances. his home and away avg are practically identical.

You forgot his innings at Nottingham against Eng in '02. When everyone else failed he scored a ton under grey skies and on a green pitch on the first day of a test match.

If he is FTB, then so is every other batsman playing in this age.

SG thats the trent bridge innings mentioned. His first series as makeshift opener i think. The ball was doing allsorts and hoggard was at his mad swinging peak.
I think PPs definition of a FTB is someone who has never failed on a wicket with assistance.

My bad.

Yep, that was at Trent Bridge. I still remember how that wicket was a batting beauty at the end he was batting and doing all sorts of things at the other end.

And as you said this was his first ever series as a test opener.

can't hack it in the 2nd inngs