OPENER'S CHOICE: Gilly Vs Dada! Who is better? (By: Priyam Bhattacharjee)

Opening slot in odi cricket is very much important place to bat on & in this slot in the odi cricket history ,there are many legends of openers had passed their time in the middle.Among them, Sachin Tendulkar has been named the finest of all without any doubt.Excluding him,there r also many classical & legendary openers had came in odi cricket. Sourav Ganguly & Adam Gilchrist r fallen in that category.There is always some comparison going out there among the fans on these two as both played in same era & odi rules.But unfortunately manytimes there was not any solid conclusion happened of who was better opener becz of lacking details statistics & knowledge. So , here we will have some some statistical exhibition on these two legend to nourish that debate a bit more :-

(SG= Sourav Ganguly, AG= Adam Gilchrist)

Against Top teams (Aus, Eng, Ind, RSA, Pak, SL, NZ, WI) Their Performance: 

As opener:- 

      Inngs   avg   rpi

SG  236     42     39

AG  259    36      36

In home,bat first:- 

          Avg       rpi

SG       46         44

AG       36         36

In home,bat first(won matches):-

          Avg     rpi

SG      59        53

AG      41        41

In home,chasing :- 

        Avg    rpi

SG    42      39

AG    38      35

In home,chasing(won matches):-

           Avg     rpi

SG      48         47

AG      47        44

In away,bat first:-

            Avg     rpi

SG         31       31

AG         30       30

In away,bat first(won matches):- 

            Avg    rpi

SG        44       44

AG        33       33

In away,chase:-

          Avg     rpi

SG      44        40

AG      43        40

In away,chase(won matches):- 

          Avg     rpi

SG     61        49

AG     52        46

In away & neutral,bat first:- 

          Avg    rpi

SG       41      41

AG       30      30

In away & neutral,batting first(won matches):-

             Avg   rpi

SG         52     48

AG         34     34

In away &neutral,chasing:-

           Avg   rpi

SG       38     34

AG       42     38

In away & neutral,chasing(won matches):-

           Avg    rpi

SG       61      47

AG       47      40

Against top 7 in home,bat first:- 

          Avg     rpi

SG      44       41

AG      32      32

Against top 7 in home,batting first(won matches):-

            Avg    rpi

SG        54      47

AG        36     36

Against top 7 in home,chase:-

              Avg    rpi

SG         44       41

AG         38       36

Against top 7 in home,chase(won matches):-

           Avg   rpi

SG       53     46

AG       49     46

Against top 7 in away,bat first:-

            Avg     rpi

SG        33       33

AG        31       31

Against top 7 in away,bat first(won matches):-

             Avg     rpi

SG        53        53

AG        34        34

Against top 7 in away,chase:-

             Avg    rpi

SG         38      37

AG        44      40

Against top 7 in away,chase(won matches):-

              Avg    rpi

SG         49      45

AG         57     49

Outside asia against top teams(aus,eng,wi,nz,rsa) won matches:-

            avg   rpi

SG         45     44

Against top teams of asia in asia(ind,pak,sri lnka,bangladesh)won matches:-

              Avg    rpi

AG           43      41

In ICC events( CT & WC) ,Against top 7 :-

             Avg    rpi

SG          54     48

AG         30      30

ICC events,against top 7(won matches):-

              Avg   rpi

SG         65      54

AG         30      30

Overall ICC events performance :- 

            Avg   rpi

SG       62      52

AG       35      33

Some notable performances in ICC KNOCK-OUT matches :- 

AG

• 54(36) vs PAK,  ICC WC (FINAL), 
• 57(48) vs  IND,  ICC WC(FINAL)
• 149(104) vs SL, ICC WC 2007(FINAL)

SG

• 141*(142) vs RSA,  ICC CT 2000(SEMIS)
• 117(130) vs NZ,  ICC CT 2000 (FINAL)
• 111*(114) vs KEN,  ICC WC 2003(SEMIS)

And last but not the least,GILCHRIST was the member of the greatest Australian side ever in ODI & he had not faced the legends of bowling like GLENN MCGRATH, BRETT LEE & SHANE WARNE.

GANGULY also was part of a great indian team who was the finalist of 2000 CT,2002 CT & 2003 WC & he had not faced JAVAGAL SRINATH, ZAHEER KHAN & ANIL KUMBLE.



Now,you guys decide who was better opener & batsman...hopefully these stats will help you by some margin. 



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