Thought this'd be an interesting discussion to have on here. We all know that Sir Donald Bradman is never going to be surpassed, but who do you rate as the 2nd in line? There have been some purely brilliant batsmen in the history of the game. I'm thinking Pollock, Richards, Tendulkar, Lara, Ponting, Chappell, Sobers, Pietersen (:P) the list goes on.
For me, it's an incredibly tough choice, but I'd have to narrow it down to 2, and they'd have to be Sir Vivian Richards and Sachin Tendulkar. On the one hand you've got a man who loved nothing more than taking the attack to a bowler and dominating a bowling attack. Then you've got a guy who's been playing International Cricket since the age of 17 and has gone on to churn out hundred after hundred with apparant ease. To choose between these 2 is incredibly difficult, but there is 1 guy that stands out........
Sachin Tendulkar. He's the leading run scorer in all of Test cricket, with 12,589 runs at an average of 54.27 with 42 hundreds under his belt at a fantastic conversion rate. He's made multiple hundreds against every single Test nation, with the only country he's failed to make a hundred in being Zimbabwe. He averages over 40 in every single country he's played in bar South Africa where he averages 39.76, but he's still managed 3 hundreds there, with the one in 1997 coming against both Pollock and Donald when they were probably nearing their best, Donald was definitely in his prime then anyway.
Tendulkar has made 10 hundreds against the best side in World Cricket, Australia, averaging 56 against them, and even higher, 58 in Australia, with 6 hundreds. Tendulkar's just a genius with the bat, and also an entertaining genius. When Tendulkar comes to the crease you know you're in for a show. When he gets going there's just an effortless, effervescent flow about his game that's unmatched.
So, for me, Sachin Tendulkar is 2nd in line to the great Sir Donald Bradman. Discuss........
forum is meant for discusison there are always two views on single subject but some "senior and non
Man, You are contradicting your own statements.
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