Teams with best bowling attacks each year since 1990 - teams with Sub 30 bowling average each year-

Year	Teams (Bowling Average)
1990	PAK (23.91), AUS (23.99), WI (24.97)
1991	PAK (26.06), WI (27.46)
1992	SA (25.39), PAK (26.34), WI (28.63)
1993	WI (23.56), PAK (25.74), IND (27.52), SA (29.06), AUS (29.5)
1994	SA (26.75), IND (27.34), AUS (29.7)
1995	IND (18.51), AUS (25.23), ZIM (26.51), SA (27.57), WI (28.5), PAK (29.07)
1996	SA (21.09), SL (24.25), PAK (25.55), AUS (27.54), IND (29.44)
1997	AUS (24.44), ENG (29.05)
1998	SA (25.51), WI (25.97), NZ (26.57), SL (27.6), IND (29.42)
1999	SA (24.33), AUS (25.07)
2000	AUS (20.32), SA (25.21), ENG (26.55), WI (27.14), SL (29.89)
2001	SL (27.34), SA (29.33)
2002	AUS (24.79), PAK (25.46), NZ (27.67), SL (29.73), SA (29.78)
2003	SA (29.94)
2004	AUS (26.49), ENG (29.59)
2005	AUS (27.14), SL (27.16)
2006	AUS (27.66), NZ (28.24), SL (28.37)
2007	AUS (25.28), SA (25.75)
2008	SA (27.86), SL (28.64), NZ (28.7)
2009	No teams
2010	ENG (27.43)
2011	SA (26.47), PAK (26.58), ENG (27.24), AUS (28.23)
2012	PAK (26.47), AUS (28.63)
2013	SA (23.29), IND (27.83)
2014	ENG (28.14)
2015	IND (23.13), AUS (27.22), SA (27.75)
2016	BAN (22.8), IND (27.71), SA (28.3), SL (28.8)
2017	SA (23.03), IND (26.59), AUS (27.45), NZ (29.36), PAK (30.08)
2018	SA (23.03), IND (24.2), PAK (24.29), WI (25.81), BAN (26.65), NZ (28.05), ENG (28.84)
2019	IND (19.66), AUS (25.27), WI (25.4)
2020	AUS (21.82), ENG (24.34), NZ (24.57), IND (25.45)
2021	SA (21.45), IND (24.01), PAK (24.2), AUS (25.74), NZ (27.68), ENG (29.82)
2022	SA (24.78), IND (25.76), AUS (27.22), ENG (29.83)
2023	BAN (20.6), SA (24.66), IND (26.42), ENG (29.65)
2024	AUS (23.55), SA (23.72), IND (24.28), SL (27.28), NZ (29.11), WI (29.71)
2025	AUS (20.25), NZ (21.11), SA (22.28), PAK (26.51), BAN (29)

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Top 10 Greatest Test Batsman Against Top Teams Since 1990

Player Performance Against Strong Attacks (Since 1990)

Rank	Player	Innings	Runs	Average	Centuries (100s)	Fifties (50s)
#1	🇱🇰 Kumar Sangakkara	70	3,603	57.19	11	16
#2	🌴 Brian Lara	121	5,620	47.62	13	24
#3	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Root	151	6,308	44.11	18	34
#4	🇦🇺 Steve Smith	100	3,947	42.90	12	18
#5	🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis	78	2,947	41.50	9	13
#6	🇮🇳 Sachin Tendulkar	76	2,804	38.94	7	14
#7	🇮🇳 Virat Kohli	106	3,613	34.40	8	17
#8	🇦🇺 Ricky Ponting	56	1,968	37.84	5	9
#9	🇮🇳 Rahul Dravid	82	2,474	32.98	4	10

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Should India relook into the captaincy decision ? We lost to Ireland I mean it's a whitewash against second grade ireland team against main team !! And also what's your opinion with shreyas, samson, tilak and Ishan on foreign pitch ? Or is it too early and should we wait? If we wait how long? India never lost a T20 i series for last XYZ series and now we are losing 2 back to back or might draw this winning is impossible now !!! Or leave all this and say gambhir is the reason ? What are your thoughts ?

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Maybe its the hero worship culture or the fact that Indian cricket fans would show up no matter what. Even other nation cricket teams acknowledge their fans but I dont think it can ever match the levels of connection between fans and players in football. It should be a curt reminder to every one that cricket in India it is what it is due to fans, without fans cricket would meet the same fate as hockey in India.

I hate being reactionary and yes teams are allowed to lose and have off days so I didn't care much after Ireland loss but yesterday's loss does points to some problems.

And it doesn't lies with players or GG. It's with the selectors. Removing a world cup winning captain was absolutely unnecessary. I know his batting was a bit of a concern but it's evident that his presence in the team mattered. They could have given him one more series and a respectable retirement.

Secondly, if you wanted new captains, it should have been Sanju or Ishan. If it had to be Shreyas then he should have been in the team as a player for one series at least for smoother transition.

And hate me all you want but Vaibhav call up was absolutely unnecessary. He could have waited another year. He is phenomenal but that doesn't mean others are bad. They were doing their job very well and now are visibly under pressure.

Two of our best batsmen in the world cup have hanging sword over their head. Sanju and Ishan have gotten no security despite good performance in world cup. They are also the ones who know what it's like to be benched. This has visibly affected their game. Ishan absolutely played slow yesterday but then again what have they gotten for selfless pay?

Vaibhav problem could have also been solved by simply not adding Shreyas to the team and making an existent player the captain.

The team is going through a transition and requires some slack no doubt but my point is this transition was absolutely unnecessary. It was rushed, thoughtless and has put the team under immense pressure

Not even counting the spicy rumours and teas about all the escapades, here are some links of the controversies he has been involved in. Not all, as many have been scrubbed off the internet and media.

https://web.archive.org/web/20201111224646/https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket-did-sachin-tendulkar-lobby-for-friend-involved-in-scam-bigger-than-adarsh-340216

https://www.scribd.com/doc/100438919/Sachin-Too-Was-Involved-In

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianStockMarket/comments/1kz62gb/why_is_sebi_not_banning_sachin_tendulkar_he_uses/

https://www.reddit.com/r/librandu/comments/q5zi2l/how_do_you_feel_when_sachin_tendulkar_who_was/

https://www.cricinfo.com/story/tendulkar-examined-by-madhavan-over-1999-ahmedabad-test-101037?platform=amp

https://www.proptiger.com/guide/post/sachin-tendulkar-real-estate-controversies-in-the-name-of-god

https://www.suchetadalal.com/article/sorry-sachin-this-is-just-not-cricket/682.html

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/top-stories/sachin-tendulkar-sells-his-ferrari-to-surat-businessman/articleshow/8964225.cms

https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/pakistan-and-india-probe-hundreds-of-pandora-papers-names/

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/pandora-papers-sachin-tendulkar-cricket-b1931784.html

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pandora-papers-ed-probe-names-sachin-tendulkar-anil-ambani-among-offshore-firm-owners-101707112493912.html

Teams with weak bowling attacks since 1990 - teams with 35 or more bowling average each year since 1990-

Year	Teams (Bowling Average)
1990	IND (52.32), ENG (35)
1991	SL (48.26), NZ (39.63), IND (38.36)
1992	NZ (37.36)
1993	ENG (50.55), NZ (42.31), ZIM (38.83), SL (36.27)
1994	SL (47.45), ENG (34.71)
1995	SL (35.56), ENG (34.54)
1996	ZIM (39.63), ENG (36.22), NZ (35.48)
1997	IND (43.62), SL (40.31), ZIM (37.19), NZ (36.42)
1998	PAK (35.75)
1999	ZIM (40.38), NZ (38.34), WI (35.93), SL (35.89)
2000	ZIM (44.05), BAN (43.27), IND (38.71)
2001	BAN (68.31), ZIM (39.83), ENG (36.75), WI (35.04), IND (34.91)
2002	BAN (61.8), ZIM (46), ENG (39.55)
2003	IND (48.75), BAN (47.17), NZ (45.15), WI (45.11), ZIM (42.67)
2004	BAN (58.37), ZIM (43.72), PAK (43.64), WI (42.68), SA (41.43), NZ (39.59)
2005	ZIM (47.25), BAN (44.3), WI (41.88), PAK (35.91)
2006	BAN (50.85), WI (40.85), PAK (38.4), IND (36.91), ENG (36.54), SA (35.28)
2007	BAN (82.83), NZ (43.43), PAK (41.61), WI (40.39), ENG (35.44)
2008	WI (42.75), BAN (40.08), IND (37.57), AUS (36.67)
2009	WI (44.95), NZ (40.88), PAK (39.98), SL (39.93), SA (39.21), IND (38.54), ENG (35.2)
2010	BAN (58.38), NZ (50.26), WI (47.57), SL (42.79), IND (38.44), PAK (35.12)
2011	BAN (48.23), SL (41.38), IND (34.68)
2012	ZIM (78.83), BAN (62.6), IND (40.79), SL (38.07), NZ (35.1)
2013	BAN (44.08), SL (43.24)
2014	IND (44.27), BAN (40.98), ZIM (39.26), AUS (36.4), NZ (35.72), PAK (35.07)
2015	BAN (52.75), WI (46.13), NZ (37.4)
2016	ZIM (60.45), WI (45.5), PAK (37.87)
2017	BAN (50.83), SL (40.92), ZIM (39.09), WI (34.84)
2018	AFG (51.22), IRE (35.2)
2019	BAN (55.58), PAK (41.91), SL (39.47), SA (35.58)
2020	ZIM (55.25), WI (43.86), SL (37.8), SA (35.76), PAK (34.74)
2021	ZIM (45.28), BAN (36.99)
2022	PAK (44.41), BAN (38.96), WI (35.55)
2023	IRE (88.34), AFG (61.07), ZIM (46.45), SL (41.26)
2024	AFG (44), ZIM (39.3), BAN (34.62)
2025	SL (43.25), IRE (42.83), ZIM (38.66), ENG (35.76)

Top 10 greatest test batsman against weak bowling attacks since last 40 years

Rank	Player	Innings	Runs	Average	Centuries (100s)	Fifties (50s)
#1	🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis	121	7,214	75.93	29	28
#2	🇱🇰 Kumar Sangakkara	134	8,202	67.22	29	30
#3	🇮🇳 Sachin Tendulkar	138	8,147	67.89	29	33
#4	🇦🇺 Ricky Ponting	155	8,628	63.44	29	41
#5	🇮🇳 Rahul Dravid	132	7,375	63.57	23	35
#6	🇮🇳 Virat Kohli	43	2,800	80.00	13	5
#7	🇦🇺 Steve Smith	54	3,039	72.35	11	13
#8	🇳🇿 Kane Williamson	48	3,059	71.13	13	10
#9	🌴 Brian Lara	65	4,034	63.03	15	13
#10	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Root	59	2,977	57.25	7	18

Some Key Observations

People constantly hype up previous eras especially the 2000s , as if every bowling attack was a terrifying demon. This hype is driven entirely by intuition or nostalgia without anyone actually checking the stats. The reality is far from the truth: there were plenty of struggling attacks to cash in on back then.

People downplay Kumar Sangakkara way too much, often dismissing his incredible records . However stats shows, all of his legendary contemporaries had very similar numbers against weak bowling attacks. He wasn't an outlier who only statpadded; he was just doing exactly what Tendulkar, Ponting, Kallis, and Dravid were doing.

we are idiots. Arshdeep can take wickets from one side but cant defend runs we are constantly going expensive with new bowl and let people say deepak is sh!t, but if u have seen his prime yk what i am talking abouttt