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 jyothi v on Dec 20, 2010 10:59 AM
please do not forget when u make comparisons the following points in favour of the past legends
1. No bowling restriction 2. Uncovered pitches 3. No front foot no ball rule 4. No protective gear 5. Better equipment 6. Player support staff
Re: Re: Sachin and Bradman
by Gajanan on Dec 20, 2010 01:38 PM
@Jyothi v: doesn't all these add more burden on the player than allowing him to play free minded. BTW. Sachin plays in all 3 international formats of cricket and proved his superiority in it. Bradman too played for 20 yrs but he played only 52 matches compared to Sachin's 175 tests, 422 ODIs and T20i's and IPL. All these formats require different techniques. Sachin's fitness is therefore much better.
And again a great innings from Tendulkar. Of the 50 tons, 28 from foreign soil. Still some bark to make their presence felt here. Never respond to those silly earthworms. Sachin's greatest ever player to play Cricket.
Re: Great Innings
by Aryan on Dec 20, 2010 10:38 AM
I agree that he the best batsmen...but i thnk 11 of the 28 have come on sub-continent pitches but again they are too many..
Re: Re: Great Innings
by priya on Dec 20, 2010 11:23 AM
That is not even half of 28 sir Aryan. So please stop barking atleast now, because the people who are showering praises on SRT have better knowledge than u.
Re: Re: Re: Great Innings
by Abhijit on Dec 20, 2010 11:56 AM
Those who criticise never would have played Cricket in a real ground or anywhere. At 21 year of International Criket, had scored 7 Centuries and most runs in a single year in his career which made us to be No. 1 in Test Rankings
And again a great innings from Tendulkar. Of the 50 tons, 28 from foreign soil. Still some bark to make their presence felt here. Never respond to those silly earthworms. Sachin's greatest ever player to play Cricket.
Re: Sachin is Professor of batting
by prakash raj on Dec 21, 2010 07:29 AM
quite expected....for a loser that u r...u cannot digest a single word of praise for an outstanding achiever...
Re: Sachin is Professor of batting
by Gladiator on Dec 20, 2010 09:57 AM
which means he himself wants his lucrative job as an indian coach to be taken off....what an evaluation Jaya...bravo..
Re: Re: Sachin is Professor of batting
by Jaya S on Dec 20, 2010 10:42 AM
Gladiator. Kirsten has already expressed that he wants to be relieved after the WorldCup :)
He wants to hand over the job to Sachin. When Sachin makes a mess of the coaching just as he does with his batting, people will know how great Kirsten was.
Re: Re: Re: Sachin is Professor of batting
by JAIDEEP NANDI on Dec 20, 2010 10:59 AM
I thought "mess" wasn't that difficult a word to comprehend !!! Alas, such a foolish thought, poor me...
