OK agreed they play in different era and under different circumstances. But these playing itself makes Sachin much better than Bradman. To me these are key differentiators are as given below, u judge who is the best: 1. Bradman played 37 out of his 52 matches against one opponent, England i.e. he batted against same style of attack. So one can argue that he got accustomed to play against the English attack. Whereas Sachin played against all test plying nations i.e. varied style and attack. 2. Technology was not used in cricket then. Whereas Sachin was the first player to be judged run-out by the third umpire. The point is with advent of technology it is more difficult to get the benefit of doubt. Let's accept, if technology was used in Bradman's time he might have been run-out few extra times than what he did and therefore his final batting avg. would not have been 99.94. 3. Bradman scored 18 out of his 29 centuries and 61% of his total runs at home. Sachin scored 22 out oh his 50 centuries (till date) and 45% of his total runs at home. It is usually considered that there is a "home advantage" is cricket. 4. People do argue that Bradman played fast bowlers without helmet and other guards. Well but using guards is and added burden and it only slows down the speed of attack. BTW.. Sachin also played the fierce attack of fast blowers like Ambrose, Walsh, Imran, Akram, Waqar and some of the best spinners cricket has ever produced Murli and Warne.
Re: Sachin and Bradman
by mahesh gupta on Dec 20, 2010 10:29 AM
Bradman only played test cricket whereas sachin plays T20 , ODI and Test matches. And he is best in all form. So its not easy to adjust in between formats . All format needs different kind of playing technique
Re: Sachin and Bradman
by priya on Dec 20, 2010 10:57 AM
Why we need any sort of comparision? We should believe in ourselves. Its a fact that he is gr8. Let other countries do these sort of compaisions, we Indian should ebjoy his batting.
Re: Re: Sachin and Bradman
by mahesh gupta on Dec 20, 2010 11:20 AM
We were enjoying his batting for 21 years but now we want the world to rank him the ever best of world cricket
Re: Sachin and Bradman
by mahesh gupta on Dec 20, 2010 10:35 AM
Another is that TONdulkar has played total of 1467 matches in career of 20 year and bradman has played 286 matches in his 20 yrs so Tendulkar has gone thru tough fitness trial
