'If Dravid Was called 'The Wall', Inzi bhai could be Humpty Dumpty' - Twitter tears apart Wahab Riaz for saying Inzamam-ul-Haq is better than Rahul Dravid

Dravid, Riaz and Inzamam (Source: Twitter)

Rahul Dravid is one of the greats in the Indian Cricket Team with a wonderful batting career. He scored 13,288 runs at an average of 52.31 and at a strike rate of 42.51 in Test cricket. He was the point of difference in the Indian side as he played the role of an anchor while the other batters such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly batted around him.

When we cross borders, in Pakistan, the one who reigned supremacy was Inzamam-ul-Haq. He scored 8,830 runs in Test cricket at an average of 49.60 and 54.02. Recently Wahab Riaz involved both of their names and made a controversial statement as to who was the better batter between the two. 

In an interaction with CricBridge, Riaz ignited the debate saying that Inzaman was leaps and bounds ahead of  Dravid across formats  and said that he was way ahead of Dravid. “Inzy bhai. Inzy bhai performed exceptionally in all formats. He had a lot of time to play his shots against pacers. Inzy bhai is far ahead from Rahul Dravid,”

The two greats performed various other roles after quitting the game

When it comes to the ODIs. Inzamam scored 11,739 at an average of 39.52 and at a strike rate of 74.24. He played 378 matches for the country. On the other hand Dravid He scored 10,339 runs in 334 matches at an average of 39.16 and at a strike rate of 71.23. 

Inzaman has had stints as the Pakistan Chief selector and his nephew Imam-ul Haq has been representing Pakistan in all three formats. He has proved his worth in his short career. Dravid has played the role of a coach at the U-19 level for India.

 He has also been involved in Karnataka Cricket administration and also at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He is currently serving as the head coach of the Indian Cricket Team. The comment from Riaz caused a stir on twitter, let us take a look at the reactions here-

Rahul Dravid has played many memorable innings and Inzi has rarely played any magical innings. Pakistan find Inzy as great batsman because they never had the quality to compare. No doubt he had enough time to play but he was big liability when it comes to fielding and running

— Sudhir Nayak (@sudhirnayaks) January 5, 2023

Rahul dravid kahi bhi run bana sakta ga or inzmam Khali roads pe

— Aniket Pandey (@AniketP23874926) January 5, 2023

If Rahul Dravid Was called "The Wall" ..Inzi bhai could be Humpty Dumpty :D that's there with the comparison ...also in all-format do we include fielding stats ? Am scared,Inzi bhai won't fare well there :D

— Pushparaj (@pushetty27) January 5, 2023

Inzamam was never better than Rahul Dravid at any angle.

— Rajan Pathak (@RajanPa59771344) January 5, 2023

Inzamam was definitely talented and had time against pacers. True. But being a good player is not just about talent, but application and consistency also. There were artists like Sachin, Lara and impact players like Ponting. How they applied their skills made the difference.

— Lost Soul (@saurabh123) January 5, 2023

If you shuffle across your stumps as trigger movement you’ll always have more time to get in position but con of it is,you’re also prone to be inconsistent if there will be movement of ball. This was why Dravid was more consistent then inzy in tests & their odi record is similar.

— Batty kalsi (@battykalsi) January 5, 2023

Inzammam was a good player no doubt , but he couldn't run between the wickets, I have been seen him walking between the wickets.
he had the maximum run outs , Dravid was fitter and had more hundreds both in test and hundreds , track record speaks for itself.

— Shajan Samuel (@IamShajanSamuel) January 5, 2023

Bhang ka nasha kara hai kya wahab riaz ne ?

— _anmol.sharma (@sharrma_anmol) January 5, 2023

Someone please tell Wahab Riaz that Sasta Nashaa karnaa Galat Baat Hai 🤣

— Nitesh Chauhan 🇮🇳 (@Nitesh_Chauhan7) January 5, 2023

Rahul Dravid ,Avg
ODIs , 39.17 (SR: 71)
Tests , 52.32 (100s: 36)

Inzamam's ,Avg
ODIs , 39.53 (SR: 74)
Tests , 49.33 (100s: 25)

So, How exactly was Inzi better than Rahul?
Even Rahul was an all format player.
You need to look at the stats wahab.🤷🏼‍♂️

— TooOpinionated (@Cricketishot) January 4, 2023

Not only was Dravid an all-format player, he opened the batting, played one-down, 2 down, 3 down, even 6 down, kept wickets, did slip, short leg, fine leg & everywhere else fielding. Things Inzi could only dream about.

— AR (@r_arvindk2000) January 5, 2023