Ian Bell

[Captain1]

Re: Ian Bell

@Pakilarka

Yea only difference is, younis khan’s home ground wickets are Faisalabad, Multan and Bell scores at Lords and Oval.

Younis had few rough years in the beginning and so did bell, Younis has been in his top form for last 6-7 years. Bell has started scoring in last 2 years and he is 5-7 to go. So I think next few years will be brightest for bell and alot of facts abt his statistics will change.

We shouldn’t just look at abilities to play in ‘greener’ conditions as the only criteria for a batsman’s skill, ideally a batsman should be able to play on all types of pitches but turns out those who play well on greener/bouncier pitches do not necessarily play good on dead/dusty-bowl pitches and vice versa. So Ian Bell has skill for one and not for other, same goes for Younis. Both have played 66/67 matches, Younis has scored about 1000 runs more than Bell. If Bell in the end gets better average/more centuries than good for him but IMO he would still be a “good” batsman and not a legendary one.