Coronis
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Maybe its a smell.
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How good is Sanga?
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honestbharani
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VVS was the Australia buster... Surely more than enough aura there. But maybe Aldo is talking about how almost reverential commentators and maybe even some players got when Sachin or Lara were batting.. But then again, VVS pretty much got the same treatment from the Aussies...
Chanders against India is definitely all kinds of aura AFAIC... He worried me even more than Lara when we played Windies during my time of watching cricket...
Chanders against India is definitely all kinds of aura AFAIC... He worried me even more than Lara when we played Windies during my time of watching cricket...
zorax
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Sachin, Lara, Ponting were all geniuses who pretty much maximised their talent (I keep forgetting to bracket Ponting up there with those two because of how much I hated him as a kid for the 2003 WC 
). Hence the reverence.
Laxman, Mahela, Clarke, KP...these guys were magical, but apart from brief patches and some incredible innings never really fully scaled the heights we all felt they could achieve.
Dravid, Younis, Sanga, Shiv, Steve Waugh...these guys felt a lot more mortal. These guys had talent (more than 99% of the world) and worked their assess off and were/are also joys to watch, definitely amongst the finest batsmen of all time...but idk, they just didn't have that magic.
). Hence the reverence.Laxman, Mahela, Clarke, KP...these guys were magical, but apart from brief patches and some incredible innings never really fully scaled the heights we all felt they could achieve.
Dravid, Younis, Sanga, Shiv, Steve Waugh...these guys felt a lot more mortal. These guys had talent (more than 99% of the world) and worked their assess off and were/are also joys to watch, definitely amongst the finest batsmen of all time...but idk, they just didn't have that magic.
Contra
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VVS for the most part had an inverse relationship with the rest of the Indian batting line up, when VVS scores, most others don't, when the rest of the team scores, VVS usually unperformed. It wasn't always the case, but as an Indian fan you knew that VVS would bail you out when others failed, so he more than had an aura about him.
I think aura is basically formed from a sense of inevitability, if as a person you have ever worried (as the opposition), or banked on (as the supporter) for a particular player (whether its a bowler, batsmen or fielder or w/e) regardless of everything else (pitch, match situation, pressure etc), then that is what I consider an aura.
I think aura is basically formed from a sense of inevitability, if as a person you have ever worried (as the opposition), or banked on (as the supporter) for a particular player (whether its a bowler, batsmen or fielder or w/e) regardless of everything else (pitch, match situation, pressure etc), then that is what I consider an aura.
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AldoRaine18
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Turns out it is pretty much subjective. Having followed VVS day in day out throughout his career, every minute of the Calcutta test and every other great innings he played, I have endless superlatives to describe him but having an aura wouldn't be one of them. He was a hero, a saviour, mesmerizing to watch, utterly dominant at his best and never failed to stand up against a team that battered many. Watson put it better than I could, and yes that was part of the reason as well. Anyway, this has dragged on stupidly longer than it should have.
Back on topic, it remains to be seen what sort of legacy Sanga leaves behind, he has insane numbers no doubt, but how well will those be remembered is another question.
Back on topic, it remains to be seen what sort of legacy Sanga leaves behind, he has insane numbers no doubt, but how well will those be remembered is another question.