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The Tiger King
Number 04 Sachin Tendulkar
Highest Ranking 1
Total Points 897
Number of Votes Received 49/57
Rank in 1st Edition 6
What they said of him
“When I am looking at the modern day players and since that time (1948-49), my view is that the best player that I have ever seen is Tendulkar” (Richie Benaud[, arguably the most respectable voice of cricket in the 20th century/B])
“"I believe Sir Donald Bradman is the greatest of them all, but seeing Tendulkar bat, I can say that when he is in top flight, in a variety of conditions, I have seen the best. He has been a genius when it comes to ability, a Trojan when it comes to work ethic and manic when it comes to his focus. Yet we often miss the little things that make him both human and exceptional", (Viv Richards, The original master blaster pays his tribute to Sachin Tendulkar)
“I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.” (The greatest leg spinner of all time, Shane Warne, narrates his experience of bowling to Tendulkar)
Sachin Tendulkar
Jesus has around 2.2 billion followers in the world, Muhammad has around 1.8 billion, Tendulkar has 1.2 billion. It is difficult to find another cricketer in the history of cricket that has been adored as much by his countrymen as Tendulkar. His popularity is not limited to his own country though, it cuts across boundaries and Tendulkar is a household name across the cricketing world. There is no dearth of records with this man. The highest run scorer in tests and ODIs, the highest number of test centuries. One of only 3 batsmen to average above 50 in the decade of the 1990s when most countries could boast a world class attack. Sachin Tendulkar has arguably been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific runmaker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses: anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient at eTendulkar's considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to regard anything less than a hundred in each innings as a failure. The aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world. For his unparalleled batting genius and sustained excellence for well over two decades, the Indian Maestro walks to the CW top 50 crease at number 4.
Highest Ranking 1
Total Points 897
Number of Votes Received 49/57
Rank in 1st Edition 6
What they said of him
“When I am looking at the modern day players and since that time (1948-49), my view is that the best player that I have ever seen is Tendulkar” (Richie Benaud[, arguably the most respectable voice of cricket in the 20th century/B])
“"I believe Sir Donald Bradman is the greatest of them all, but seeing Tendulkar bat, I can say that when he is in top flight, in a variety of conditions, I have seen the best. He has been a genius when it comes to ability, a Trojan when it comes to work ethic and manic when it comes to his focus. Yet we often miss the little things that make him both human and exceptional", (Viv Richards, The original master blaster pays his tribute to Sachin Tendulkar)
“I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.” (The greatest leg spinner of all time, Shane Warne, narrates his experience of bowling to Tendulkar)
Sachin Tendulkar
Jesus has around 2.2 billion followers in the world, Muhammad has around 1.8 billion, Tendulkar has 1.2 billion. It is difficult to find another cricketer in the history of cricket that has been adored as much by his countrymen as Tendulkar. His popularity is not limited to his own country though, it cuts across boundaries and Tendulkar is a household name across the cricketing world. There is no dearth of records with this man. The highest run scorer in tests and ODIs, the highest number of test centuries. One of only 3 batsmen to average above 50 in the decade of the 1990s when most countries could boast a world class attack. Sachin Tendulkar has arguably been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific runmaker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses: anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient at eTendulkar's considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to regard anything less than a hundred in each innings as a failure. The aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world. For his unparalleled batting genius and sustained excellence for well over two decades, the Indian Maestro walks to the CW top 50 crease at number 4.
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