Tendulkar v Inzamam TEST CRICKET ONLY

[prarara]

Thanks pumpkin, I didn't ask for his career stats.

Oooooh Do I sense a bit of condescension here? It's sooo delicious; nevemind that you came in just when Tendulkar is having a bad series to have a little self satisfying jibe at his career. It's truly pathetic that you use two examples to prove he is not worthy of praise given his backdrop of achievement.

Lone warrior, why? Because the rest of the Indian team was pants? Speaking of the 90's, in fact, speaking of the last two decades before the 21st century, would you mind telling me the win ratio for Pakistan vs India in Tests? Cheers.

If you're trying to deny Sachin's world renowned ability to crumble under pressure, then I'm at a loss of words. Inzamam on the other hand prospered under pressure and led Pakistan to victory in many a run chase.

And your point is? the argument can be flipped, skewed, and stretched in any which way resulting in different estimations of who is 'better' than the other. Suffice it to say, the overwhelming expert agreement (and I am talking about ex players, not keyboard jockey fanboys) is that Tendulkar is indeed a legend, and a class above quite a few of his peers.

 

[Chetan0304]

S Tendulkar is very near to his half century and Inzi looks tired

 

[Insomniac]

Oooooh Do I sense a bit of condescension here? It's sooo delicious; nevemind that you came in just when Tendulkar is having a bad series to have a little self satisfying jibe at his career. It's truly pathetic that you use two examples to prove he is not worthy of praise given his backdrop of achievement.



And your point is? the argument can be flipped, skewed, and stretched in any which way resulting in different estimations of who is 'better' than the other. Suffice it to say, the overwhelming expert agreement (and I am talking about ex players, not keyboard jockey fanboys) is that Tendulkar is indeed a legend, and a class above quite a few of his peers.

Am gonna be quick about this, BUT EVERY commentator, ex-player, when comparing Tendulkar or Inzamam, usually says they would rather have Inzamam in their team:

Sanjay Manjrekar, Ravi Shastri, Ramiz Raja, David Gower, Robin Jackman, Ian Chappell, Tony Greig.

You are COMPLETELY wrong with that. Also, Harsha Bhogle does NOT count as an expert opinion, having never played this game. He is just a "jockey fan-boy" like us, but somehow got a contract with ESPN-Star.

The only one who I have heard say Sachin > Inzamam is Sunil Gavaskar, and we know his sad story.

Both Inzamam and Tendulkar are legends of the modern game, but when you bring in the commentators and ex-players, you've just dug your own grave.

Inzamam can soak up pressure, Sachin can't. End of story.

 

[Cricketman]

Sachin can run between wickets, Inzamam can't

 

[Insomniac]

Sachin chokes in decently situations, Inzamam doesn't

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Sachin gets 45 votes,Inzi doesn't. (9 Votes).

Nowhere in the world 9 > 45.


EIDT: oops, It is now 49 > 7.Better to close this poll or it will be 100 > 7..

 

[Skater]

Also, Harsha Bhogle does NOT count as an expert opinion, having never played this game. He is just a "jockey fan-boy" like us, but somehow got a contract with ESPN-Star.

Just to say that you don't have to be a former player to work in the media on cricket. Christopher Martin-Jenkins never excelled himself as a player, but he is one of the finest writers and commentators there is.

 

[evertonfan]

Tendulkar is much better to watch so i'd have him. I'll never respect Inzamam as much as I used to too since the childish way he acted at the Oval in 2006. Tendulkar is one of my favourite cricketers and when on blistering form he is in a different league to Inzamam. However, I think he needs to retire because his batting is getting progressivley worse. There comes a time in every sportsman's career when they simply have to retire.

 

[Highlander999]

Aye, as a complete neutral I would go for Sachin as well (as much as I think the way the Indians idolise him, a wee bit ridiculous)

 

[aditya123]

Inzamam can soak up pressure, Sachin can't. End of story.

Sachin can`t soak pressure.The biggest joke ! He is under pressure to perfrom everytime he walks on to the crease.

Many of his best knocks like the 155 against Australia at Chennai in 1998 or the 128 against Australia at the same venue in 2001 were pressure knocks.So were most of his knocks in the 2003 World cup where he single-handedly took India to the finals.
Something which Inzamam could not manage.His back to back hundreds at Sharjah were classic pressure knocks.As recently as the CB Series finals earlier this year, he won India both the finals with his batting.He has even bowled India to victories under pressure.The Hero Cup semifinal,the Titan Cup game and the Kolkata test immediately come to mind.
He has played some very crucial knocks in many of India`s big run-chases in recent times.His 95 against Pakistan chasing 295 at Lahore won us the game.So did his 94 at the Oval chasing 315 last year.

Sachin has a far superior record to Inzamam, away from India and against the best side in the world.

 

[.Mob]

Am gonna be quick about this, BUT EVERY commentator, ex-player, when comparing Tendulkar or Inzamam, usually says they would rather have Inzamam in their team:

Sanjay Manjrekar, Ravi Shastri, Ramiz Raja, David Gower, Robin Jackman, Ian Chappell, Tony Greig.

Pure bull without any proof.

And I'm sure we could find a list of people backing Sachin as well.

 

[lightbulb]

Am gonna be quick about this, BUT EVERY commentator, ex-player, when comparing Tendulkar or Inzamam, usually says they would rather have Inzamam in their team:

Sanjay Manjrekar, Ravi Shastri, Ramiz Raja, David Gower, Robin Jackman, Ian Chappell, Tony Greig.

You are COMPLETELY wrong with that. Also, Harsha Bhogle does NOT count as an expert opinion, having never played this game. He is just a "jockey fan-boy" like us, but somehow got a contract with ESPN-Star.

The only one who I have heard say Sachin > Inzamam is Sunil Gavaskar, and we know his sad story.

Both Inzamam and Tendulkar are legends of the modern game, but when you bring in the commentators and ex-players, you've just dug your own grave.

Inzamam can soak up pressure, Sachin can't. End of story.

1. Stats are stats-that means how many runs a batsman is going to score an innings on average. When you've playedas many innings as Sachin and Inzi, you'll realise that any score won' tcarry a big effect on your average. Therefore, you would have had to perform consistently well, over a long period of time, to get an average like Sachin's. Therefore Sachin is far superior.

2. Just accept that you're wrong and move on.

 

[evertonfan]

Allow me to point out that David Gower has said several times on commentary that he believes Sachin Tendulkar to be the best batsman of the modern era so I don't know where zMario has got that one from.

 

[khalek]

Sachin can run between wickets, Inzamam can't

Then how come Inzi always had less injuries than Tendy?

 

[Insomniac]

Sachin can`t soak pressure.The biggest joke ! He is under pressure to perfrom everytime he walks on to the crease.

Many of his best knocks like the 155 against Australia at Chennai in 1998 or the 128 against Australia at the same venue in 2001 were pressure knocks.So were most of his knocks in the 2003 World cup where he single-handedly took India to the finals.
Something which Inzamam could not manage.His back to back hundreds at Sharjah were classic pressure knocks.As recently as the CB Series finals earlier this year, he won India both the finals with his batting.He has even bowled India to victories under pressure.The Hero Cup semifinal,the Titan Cup game and the Kolkata test immediately come to mind.
He has played some very crucial knocks in many of India`s big run-chases in recent times.His 95 against Pakistan chasing 295 at Lahore won us the game.So did his 94 at the Oval chasing 315 last year.

Sachin has a far superior record to Inzamam, away from India and against the best side in the world.

First of all, your ODI mentions HAVE NOTHING to do with this thread.

This thread is ONLYrelated to test-match cricket

Now, let me tell you this.

Sachin Tendulkar has NOT received a man of the match award since 1998.

And he is to receive ONLY 2 man of the match awards for his country, and both came in India.

Now what do you say about that?

Compare that to Inzamam, who has 5 Man of the Match awards, and 2 Man of the Series.

I have removed matches involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, so Sachin's highest score (dunno if he got MoM in that) would not be included.

If Sachin plays such wonderful Match-winning innings, then surely it should be good enough to deserve a man of the match?

Yet to win one since 1998.

Now, responding to aditya - if you can remember all of Sachin's pressure knocks (the few that exist), then he obviously does not have very many.

It is difficult to remember all or even half of Inzamam's match-winning knocks, thats just how good he was.