Sachin Tendulkar Claims Top Spot in ICC Rankings Once Again.

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That amazes me, so People who watch cricket in New Zeland do not know who holds half of the batting records in Cricket? Yet, they do know Warne?

Well it's the truth. Waaay more people in NZ would've heard of Warne rather than Tendulkar, no doubt about it. I can't comment on any other country but I know that's the case here.

Like Chewie said, being in the media for the wrong reasons will be one of the reasons.
Also Australia are New Zealands biggest rivals in pretty much everything so it only makes sense really.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Well it's the truth. Waaay more people in NZ would've heard of Warne rather than Tendulkar, no doubt about it. I can't comment on any other country but I know that's the case here.

Like Chewie said, being in the media for the wrong reasons will be one of the reasons.
Also Australia are New Zealands biggest rivals in pretty much everything so it only makes sense really.

That is fair enough. As I was expecting, yes, Warne has had more controversies which might add something to his popularity. Also I just realized that Warne has been associated with some betting Website/Poker site so lots of people in Europe might know him through it.

 

[surendar]

Allright, this is the thread to discuss about Tendulkar's climb in ICC ratings after ages and not for discussing 1) Whether I/you know Tendulkar or not 2) Why a cricketer X is known better than Tendulkar. Also, the same ICC awarded Yousuf the first place immediately after a century in his comeback sometime back. Hence I don't see why some people take these ratings so seriously. They don't reveal 100%.

Lets move on. Any other off-track discussion will just end up in the deletion of same. Thank you.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Oh yessss sachin,,you were always number one. It just ICC were lying about it before.KUTGW.you are the god,yes …

(I guess, that is how you wanted this thread to go further. )

 

[surendar]

Oh yessss sachin,,you were always number one. It just ICC were lying about it before.KUTGW.you are the god,yes ?
(I guess, that is how you wanted this thread to go further. )

Sachin is not God. That's the way I don't want the thread to progress i.e. without any sense. :readit

 

[Themer]

That amazes me, so People who watch cricket in New Zeland do not know who holds half of the batting records in Cricket? Yet, they do know Warne?

People are alot more likely to know who Warne is in England as well than Sachin; and not because of controversies.

Out of interest is this thread threadworthy?

 

[Shri]

Definitely thread worthy. Discussion shouldn't have taken this path. Could have had a discussion comparing what others have done in the same period and what not. Unfortunate diversion.

 

[AngryPixel]

I know.. It generally tends to happen with the thread relating to tendulkar diverting to Bradman-comparison path or this...

AngryPixel added 3 Minutes and 45 Seconds later...

People are alot more likely to know who Warne is in England as well than Sachin; and not because of controversies.

Out of interest is this thread threadworthy?

Hmm. A thread about a cricketer attempting suicide is threadworthy but a thread about a legend reclaining the top spot in the twilight of his career is not... Yeah sure.. :sarcasm

 

[Themer]

Hmm. A thread about a cricketer attempting suicide is threadworthy but a thread about a legend reclaining the top spot in the twilight of his career is not... Yeah sure..

I don't want to drag this thread even further from the topic but yes. If we have a thread for every time someone moves up a place in the official rankings we'd be inundated with pointless threads.

 

[AngryPixel]

Well... Didn't i mentioned he moved up to that place after 8 year?? I don't think test rankings will be as much variable as they were in 90's where Sachin and Lara just bounce keep on trading first 2 spots with each others

 

[Shri]

I don't want to drag this thread even further from the topic but yes. If we have a thread for every time someone moves up a place in the official rankings we'd be inundated with pointless threads.

Getting to the top for the first time after 8 years. This is special.

 

[Themer]

Getting to the top for the first time after 8 years. This is special.

Its not even close to being special.

 

[AbhishekS]

Well... Didn't i mentioned he moved up to that place after 8 year?? I don't think test rankings will be as much variable as they were in 90's where Sachin and Lara just bounce keep on trading first 2 spots with each others

So what?

Sangakkara and Sehwag are not much behind. Just one bad test for Sachin and good one for Sehwag will take Sehwag to the top spot!

 

[Themer]

Then we will need a new thread for Sehwag...

 

[AngryPixel]

So what?

Sangakkara and Sehwag are not much behind. Just one bad test for Sachin and good one for Sehwag will take Sehwag to the top spot!

We'll see how sehwag or Sanga would play when they would be 37+ year old.