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[subshakerz]

Tendulkar has no troubles against Wasim Akram from memory. When I checked, Akram got Tendulkar out total of 3 times in international games across formats. Fair to say Tendulkar owned Akram.

Edit: 4 times actually in 31 games, only once in tests.

Yes. In fact asked Manjekar once what the big deal was with Akram and asked why bats feared him.

 

[subshakerz]

you are clubbing together the 2 test series vs Pakistan and the 1 test in the Asian championship.. In the Asian championship he was obstructed by Akhtar or someone and imo wrongly given run out at the start of his innings in a crucial match. In such a small sample size one innings is the difference between averaging 30 or 40 or 50. For example, had he got a ton, he'd have averaged 50+ vs Pakistan in these 3 tests. That was an era where decisions weren't always fair. As we know one bad decision can derail an entire match or series for a team. Back then sometimes multiple decisions would go against certain batters from time to time. So you can't take stats at face value everytime. Same applies to Lara Viv Gavaskar etc. Now DRS has brought in uniformity and eliminated all the howlers so we can be more confident in the stats of the modern players.

In the 2 test series he averaged 42.75 vs Pakistan.

In the one off Asian championship test he got 0 and obstructed run out on 9 vs Akhtar and co.

Sorry but Tendulkar getting run out to Shoaib in was just tough luck but a legal dismissal.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh so he didn't get out to the Ws but still scored the same as lara (more or less) but got out to lesser bowlers so that makes him better? I see.

Doesn't make him automatically better but if you aren't getting out to the ATG pacers then it's a flimsy argument to use just the average in those games to conclude he didn't play ATG pacers as well.

You could maybe argue Wasim and Waqar being in the attack built pressure and had an effect in more subtle ways on Sachin getting low score, but from memory this really wasn't the case at all. He visibly played the Ws very well and rarely looked in any trouble. McGrath had the upper hand on Sachin but he still played some superb knocks in big games against him. Donald v Sachin was similar too.

 

[ankitj]

You could maybe argue Wasim and Waqar being in the attack built pressure and had an effect in more subtle ways on Sachin getting low score, but from memory this really wasn't the case at all.

That argument can be made if the batsman was dismissed at least a few times by the lead pace bowler. Only time WW got Tendulkar out in a test match was in latter's debut series.