Sachin Tendulkar vs Garry Sobers

[number11]

Sobers is the greater bat. Sachin only has longevity records. He has no impact records. He was consistent and had an all-round game but he didn't instill fear or awe like Sobers [or Lara, Viv, Ponting].

 

[Slifer]

I think Tendulkar gets marked down unfairly for India's defeat against Pakistan. But he was dismissed that innings, which means it wasn't as he was stranded at one end. It was a great great innings though most would agree that Lara's 153* was a step higher.

On the other hand, there could be valid counter points that Sachin had a terrible back injury through that innings and Lara was fortunate to be dropped by Healy close to achieving the target.

Before Sachin reached a hundred, the keeper missed a straight forward stumping. Nice try though....

 

[Coronis]

Meh. Luck is an inherent part of the game, whether its over a career or during a single innings.

 

[Slifer]

I haven’t seen any batsman who was as good as Tendulkar against both pace and spin equally in my lifetime..

He was a quintessential “all-condition” player..

Sachin was great vs spin and good vs pace not great imo. Sobers was also great vs all types of bowling and during a time with minimal protection and a match stick for a bat. Imagine if Sobers played in the 2000s with the tree trunks they use for bats now....

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Sachin was great vs spin and good vs pace not great imo. Sobers was also great vs all types of bowling and during a time with minimal protection and a match stick for a bat. Imagine if Sobers played in the 2000s with the tree trunks they use for bats now....

He would average 60+ but that has more to do with flat pitches of 2000s than big bats.

While there has been better protection and bats available to bowlers there has also been significant increase in fielding standards and pace of fast bowlers. But there has been far more analysis on the strength and weakness of every batter. So it's not like batting has only gotten easier.

 

[Slifer]

He would average 60+ but that has more to do with flat pitches of 2000s than big bats.

While there has been better protection and bats available to bowlers there has also been significant increase in fielding standards and pace of fast bowlers. But there has been far more analysis on the strength and weakness of every batter. So it's not like batting has only gotten easier.

Batting had gotten tougher now with the emergence of the likes of Bumrah, NZ, Cummins and co, etc. I'd say from the early 2000s to the 2010s or so yeah,pitches were flat.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Batting had gotten tougher now with the emergence of the likes of Bumrah, NZ, Cummins and co, etc. I'd say from the early 2000s to the 2010s or so yeah,pitches were flat.

Yeah. I was talking more about 2000-2018 era.

 

[Slifer]

Yeah. I was talking more about 2000-2018 era.

That's fair.

 

[Jumno]

Tendulkar averaging nearly 60 facing McGrath, warne, Pollock, Donald, Ambrose, Walsh, Murali, Wasim, Waqur

Man of the series in Australia 99

That Johannesburg innings where India were 50 odd for five and blasting Donald making 169

 

[shortpitched713]

The hilarious thing is, Sobers wins this poll in a head to head against Tendulkar. However, if you include multiple WI greats of old in a poll, including Lara, Viv, Sobers, Weekes, then they split and Tendulkar gets a resounding victory, with very few, if any voters breaking off from his camp.

Similar thing happens if you run great WI batsmen against Hobbs.

A one eyed bunch of *****, ye all are.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Sachin batted 4
Sobers didn’t

Therefore Sachin takes this comfortably

 

[Prince EWS]

Sachin batted 4
Sobers didn’t

Therefore Sachin takes this comfortably

This also means Mathew Sinclair was better than Sobers.

I can support this.

 

[honestbharani]

This also means Mathew Sinclair was better than Sobers.

I can support this.

It also means Manoj Prabhakar > all.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

I’d say the 90s was a tougher time to bat than Sober’s era cause of the overall quality of bowling and pitches, but that argument is neutralised by the fact Sachin got to bat in the 2000s, which was an easier era than Sober’s. Peaks wise, as well Tendulkar had a better long term peak, and Sobers had a better short term peak(although Tendulkar had a great short term peak and Sobers a great long term peak as well). For me the difference lies in Tendulkar’s clearly better home away record, that too across more countries.

 

[halba]

Sobers. Definitely plus he could bowl

 

[honestbharani]

Sobers leads the BAB (Best After Bradman) pack, for me.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sachin was great vs spin and good vs pace not great imo. Sobers was also great vs all types of bowling and during a time with minimal protection and a match stick for a bat. Imagine if Sobers played in the 2000s with the tree trunks they use for bats now....

Pretty large difference in the level of bowlers they faced (particularly spinners). Sobers did well against the spin quartet and some good English spinners but hardly comparable to Tendulkar dominating Murali and Warne.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The hilarious thing is, Sobers wins this poll in a head to head against Tendulkar. However, if you include multiple WI greats of old in a poll, including Lara, Viv, Sobers, Weekes, then they split and Tendulkar gets a resounding victory, with very few, if any voters breaking off from his camp.

Similar thing happens if you run great WI batsmen against Hobbs.

A one eyed bunch of ****s, ye all are.

Cry more lol

 

[subshakerz]

Tendulkar has 157 games over nearly two decades with an average of 59 over a stretch of high quality bowling standards, an unparalleled case of longevity and maintaining quality, and averaged 45 or above everywhere. This is his biggest case, aside from being technically near perfect.

 

[_00_deathscar]

I don’t think too many would argue if you went with Sobers
Its when utter idiots rank people like Sanga or Kallis, or Indians who think Dravid and Kohli were better that it becomes very silly