In a practical sense,then only the Late Sir Don was a once in a lifetime player seeing as no one could match his tally 99.what average.
We can very well put down Tendulkar,Lara and Ponting as one of the legends of the game,if not once in a lifetime players.
lara ,ponting,dravid can,t be put on the same step as tendulkar
he is the bet allround player a nd the perfect batsman where as opthers had their weaknesses
bradman played in an era where there were few teams playing and there
were genuine medium pacers not fast bowlers .also his batting technique if
you see some old footage is not that great.
He's not really a once in a generation player in a practical sense, maybe if you're talking about Indians. Dravid's not really a match winning type of player and as we saw last week, the best of Sehwag tends to come out for draws as well. If there's a player who really seems to tilt the scales for India it is Tendulkar.
On the world stage, though, there have definitely been plenty of peers. Lara's ability to 'turn it on' was rather unparalleled. His tally of double hundreds is second only to Bradman. I think Sangakkara is possibly the closest to Lara in terms of this ability, though his overall career might fall short of the aggregates. Ponting's ability to consistently produce hundreds is probably a notch ahead in terms of matches played, though Tendulkar's long career will probably prevent an over-take. Hayden's uncompromising style combined with conversion rate is quite uncanny and I can see a 35 year old Pietersen holding an even more powerful aura.
what a joke please write som things that make sense
dravid is the greatest match winner in tests he averages 72 away when india wins,he averages 58 away which is an outstanding achievement
he is the second greatest batsman after tendulkar in tests he may not have that aura
or talent tendulkar has but he has the determination a nd technique un matched by others
out of shewags 14 hundred most have been match winning on what if this 300
did not be amatch winning one most of them are. you are a fool who does not check stats
lara was never a match winner he was selfish ,the 400 he scored was adraw if you remember he had a handful of match winning hundreds
ponting plays well agaisnt mediocore bowling attacks and can't play spin
sangakara has yet to prove himself in alo ng run
Pietersen is consistently in consistent