TIME MAGAZINE'S QUOTE ON SACHIN TENDULKAR...

words of ricky ponting .....about cricket god.

words of praise by ponting

tendulkar is a record setting batting GOD;;;;

IF RICKY SAY LIKE THIS .......NOTHING MORE TO SAY ABT THE CRICKET GOD

Just looked up sachin's test average, he is not even in the top 10! However can he be the greatest of all time when the stats say different...

But congrats on most test appearance

@exile...as if you know other games...:) you already proved that you are a big zero in following cricket...

I'd dispute pele as well, maradona was better.

Don't know enough about those American sports to comment

In crickets it's bowlers than win you matches not batsmen...

Ruth--- Baseball

Jordan---Basketball

Pele----Soccer

Tendulkar---Cricket

Gretzky---Hockey

What do all these greats have in common... They were the best at scoring points. In sports Scoring points is how you win... so these gentlemen surround Tendulkar... There is only one way to make this list .... EXCELLENCE ...PERIOD!

The person with bat is batman! There is no doubt in that.

and a person with bat carry will be called Sachinop or Sachindit, wat ever u like it.

LOL Lap "deep gully in short leg" that should be the primary 7aram tenet of Tendulkaism!

3rd man is something that comes out when 'short leg' goes into the deep 'gully'...

ROFL....What will unmarried girls be called/

Maidens I hope!

And I thought slip is a sexy dress worn by maidens.

And "short legs" are something inside the trouser fly protected by a plastic guard!

3rd man = extramarital affairs!

If young unmarried girls will be maidens, then girls wearing minis will be reffered to as "fine legs"!

Having children is a religious responsibilty and is known as plating on a sticky wicket. Non child bearing women are known as raising the umpires finger and children are referred to as 'bouncers' until the males reach puberty then they become a 'good lenght'

Religious scholars who make edicts on tendulkism will be called TURs (third umpire referals)

however you can only make three challenges in your life. If you deviate from the rulings them this will be known as 'ball tampering' and you will get a 10 run penalty. (100 runs are needed to get into heaven by doing good deeds like getting married, known as bowling a maiden over...)

ROFL What an ida!

ROFL ES..

But if India manage to win 2011 World Cup then a new religion will arise, Dhonism and then the religious warfare will start ;)

Tendulkanism will be the name and the followers will be known as slippers.....because God catches everyone in the slips and they are saved...

infidels will be called outfielders and true believers will adhere to the book of the middle stump.

Apostates will be called googlies or wrong-uns and will be burned on the stumps.

Those that deny the true religion will have their body buried up to its head and be bowled to death

ES what will be the name of the Sachin religion? And who will be the prophet?

Sachinism

Sachslam

OR

Sachinity.

Gilchrist changed the very definition of wicketkeeper batsman, if he isn't is a world XI then who else. Not many have made an impact on cricket like him.

Wow man, you are in an angry mood today. Who stole your ice cream???

OK if we can all admit Sachin is god can we start a religion around him and kill people in his name?

LAPLANDS..

FORGET EXILE AND OTHERS..LETS SEE WHAT SOME OF THE BIG NAMES IN CRICKET GOT TO SAY ABOUT SACHIN...

@Hashim Amla

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin

Tendulkar on it."

Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a

flight ;

@yaseer hameed

"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and

Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."

What Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for

Sachin

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"

BBC on Sachin

"Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there

is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure.

Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget

us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even

fathom.

When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their

lives "

But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds or

a game - until Tendulkar was out.

"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?" Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq

when the latter dropped Sachin's catch.

@Brian Charles Lara again "Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal. "

Mark Taylor "We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man

called Sachin" -

Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

@M. L. Jaisimha: &nb sp;

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best

knock."

@McGrath

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which

he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility -

all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"

@Wife Anjali

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute

longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there

and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"

by HAYDEN -

"I HAVE SEEN GOD, HE BATS AT NO.4 FOR INDIA"

"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar." - Tendulkar's daughter,

Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher informs them of a

restaurant of the same name in Mumbai

KUMBLE : I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets!

@ shahrukh -

Que: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?

Shahrukh: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were

invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching

Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the

queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!

@Navjot Singh Sidhu

India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par

Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte..

@waqar younis

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also .

A banner once said-' I WILL SEE GOD WHEN I DIE BUT TILL THEN I WILL SEE

SACHIN '

Peter Rebouck - aussie journalist

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations.

The train stopped by for few minutes as usual.

Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway

officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin

to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!

Don't give your ears to biased people...lets now see what some of the big names in cricket have to say about sachin...here it is...

@Hashim Amla

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin

Tendulkar on it."

Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a

flight ;

@yaseer hameed

"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and

Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."

What Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for

Sachin

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"

BBC on Sachin

"Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there

is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure.

Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget

us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even

fathom.

When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their

lives "

But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds or

a game - until Tendulkar was out.

"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?" Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq

when the latter dropped Sachin's catch.

@Brian Charles Lara again "Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal. "

Mark Taylor "We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man

called Sachin" -

Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

@M. L. Jaisimha: &nb sp;

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best

knock."

@McGrath

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which

he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility -

all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"

@Wife Anjali

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute

longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there

and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"

by HAYDEN -

"I HAVE SEEN GOD, HE BATS AT NO.4 FOR INDIA"

"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar." - Tendulkar's daughter,

Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher informs them of a

restaurant of the same name in Mumbai

KUMBLE : I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets!

@ shahrukh -

Que: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?

Shahrukh: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were

invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching

Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the

queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!

@Navjot Singh Sidhu

India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par

Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte..

@waqar younis

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also .

A banner once said-' I WILL SEE GOD WHEN I DIE BUT TILL THEN I WILL SEE

SACHIN '

Peter Rebouck - aussie journalist

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations.

The train stopped by for few minutes as usual.

Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway

officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin

to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!

Why is Gyanendra Pandey not in the best team?

WK well, a worlds best would be diifficult task for even the experts. and any line up can easily be argued..

I would never ever rate Marshall over Lille and Thomson. Many quick bowlers were in the game but variations and accuracy are the key.

Abe Warne was batting at No. 8 in the great Aussie squad and Marshall was batting at 8 in the invincible Windies squad. They are more than handy batsmen. Marshall is rated as the best quick among the Windies long line of fast bowlers and he surely has to be there.

Gilly was an agressive player but can never be the worlds best 6 or 7 to add in a line up. You guys are just being excited on those few explossive innings, he was not consitant enough with a test average of below 50.

A Gillchrist.

Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 96 137 20 5570 204* 47.60 6796 81.95 17 26 677 100 379 37

ODIs 287 279 11 9619 172 35.89 9922 96.94 16 55 1162 149 417 55

Jacko Those days when sachin had the skipper Cap, we never had a balanced team we were just 11 when other teams were playing 14 and 17, we all know it, we were playing all the ODIs without the 5th bowler, a 6-1-4 was our only possible combination..reason being

1. we never had a good wicket keeper batsman

2. Hardly had good allrounders

3. India for past many decades had only one lead pacer and no supporting one to run in from the other end. when it was kapil the other end was weak with manoj prabhakar,chetan shrama..etc when srinath got in to his rythm after getting hammerd for years he had no partner to support, then comes sahir khan now he has the other end a bunch of them getting rotated.

It was not the captaincy issue alone, it was the team which failed him as capain.

WK lol.. sorry he is No 7 , I agree ;) . your team's tail starts after Gilly, which is the last hope of the line up and who is a aggressive but never consistant batsman.:)

Abe Gilly is at 7 in my list.. Grrrrr

Exile you should improve your GK. You dont know the FIVE TIMES WORLD CHAMPION Viswanathan Anand ?? ROFL you reminds me the story of the frog in the well.

Thanks for the laugh to Exile and WK for their world teams.. words best 11 less Dennis Lille? lol. Gilchrist at No5? come on guys..

Omar's XI consist of ...Qatar National Team Players :)

I hope you guys dont ask for my XI...

I have to choose from 143 International Stars....:(

Sachin's issue as captian...

Sachin had spoken out during his brief tenure as Captian that he cannot lead a side chosen by somebody else. He had said something like let me choose my 11 then you can blame me if I loose.

He even wanted to take this up with the board. But Gavaskar & I guess his coach advised him that it might hamper his career and not to bother about such trival things...as at the end of a career people see the personal record more than the captaincy success.

Sachin tried very hard to get Munaf Patel to play for India but the board wanted somebody with 1st class experience so Sachin tried to get him play for Mumbai but had to give in to politics...finally Munaf had to play for Gujarat I guess....and later on played in Indian team.

edifis for playing across the world there can only be one spinner in the team and I rate Warne much above Murali. If a track starts turning, Sobers can change to spin. He can bowl just about any kind of spin.

WK you left out Muralitharan!

Ambrose was one I was most sceptical about but I was recently watching the highlights of his 7 for 1 spell against Australia so his name stuck out above Lillee.

Gavaskar for his performances against West Indies though he didn't take LBW decisions too well :P

Richards, that swagger alone is something. Such arrogance when facing bowlers bowling at 90 MPH without a helmet. The guy was special.

I was lucky enough to watch lara live in action twice, once in a test match in '94 against India when he hit 90 odd in the second innings and again in World cup semis in '96. The guy is special though they lost the '96 semis :(

WK it was a hard choice leaving out Richards for me but I'm glad to see you included him. Ambrose I think is another that was close to my team.

Maybe I should have picked gavaskar as my token 'indian' and it would have kept the Indian lobby's racist comments in their pockets...

Haha I find it funny that people still can't guess Exiledsaint's nationality even after so many posts..

Comeon guys it's a discussion on who is the greatest batsman, not everone thinks it's sachin including myself dare I say. That doesn't make anyone a racist.

My All time XI

Greenidge

Gavaskar

Richards

Bradman

Lara

Sobers

Gilchrist

Warne

Marshall

Ambrose

Mcgrath

At No. 4 I will pick Bradman over Sachin, Sorry :(

I thought we were having a discussion about cricket. Although sachin is a great player I wouldn't have him in my all time test side but I would have him in the one day one.

I have nothing against Indians and I remember the days when people used to say I was a Pakistani hater......

I used the example of the Olympic rower as part of this article was about how long sachin had played the game. This guy competed over 25 years and unlike sachin won the major honours each time.

@ exiled,i don't think you're racist mate,i just think you don't like Indians!...& therefore by extension,Tendulkar because he's an Indian...

As for that reply to your post about India lacking in sporting greats,your not knowing any of them is the same as me(& i'm willing to bet a s*&^load of others) never having heard of your 5-time olympic rowing champion...seriously,are you implying then that olympic rowing is more popular around the planet than chess or badminton???...i ask because Vishwanath Anand was(not sure if he still is) world no: 1 in the chess rankings for a significant period of time & Saina Nehwal who's world ranked no:2 in badminton...

It's fine not to like(or have a deep set hatred toward)a particular race or nationality mate,well actually it's not fine truth be told but at least have the b*&%s to be honest about it eh?...

If you assume I am White (and all Asians know that only White people are racist)

if you look at my world xi 5 are non White. Hardly the pick of a racist...

Well Lapland list you all time world xi. There is no right or wrong it's just your opinion and I won't call you a racist if you only pick Indians.....

(because I didn't know them either, except for Mirza, and I hardly think she is a "great" yet) and they are clearly outstanding in their fields. It's just that chess, badminton and a wrestling coach are not the kind of sports that the media jumps on and promotes. Maybe this is why they are not so well known outside of India or Asia. A lot has to do with the kind of media promotion they get and how widely watched their sport is.

Sachin is exceptional. Good on him.

I also feel Sachin is not the Greatest!

But why bring racism into this?

exile is really a fool..look at his world team,something to laugh at off...ofcourse they all are great players,but your intention is nothing but to eliminate sachin somehow..i request all the sachin fans not to reply to exile again..he is very much biased,racist and dogmatic...

Actually saggy you sad fcuker I can't stand people like you. Just because I have an opinion that sachin isn't the greatest, that makes me racist against indians.

Having a different opinion is not racist

Saggy my old friend you seem a little sensitive. I don't mock only Muslims and Indians I mock everyone.

The problem with people like you is you throw the racist word around like it's your god given right, when in fact probably the biggest racist you see is when you look in the mirror.

well, gadarene, you don't know about good human traits! I cann't say more than that. Don't you think when you know the magic, you can cash on it for life? If murali played for a couple of years more he would have surely crossed that 1000 wkts mark which would take some 100 yrs to chase for an indian bowler. Yes, I mean it because only Indians have such wild dreams!

ES, I think you are the worst racist here because you always pick the topics that mock muslims or indians. Anyway, Ramadan is coming. Don't blame muslims for closing restaurants. Make your own arrangements.

exiled

u must add Malika Sherawat and Rakhi Sawant with ur team as cheerleaders.

Dhyanchand is a field Hockey wizard! In Hockey he is considered to be equivalent to a Pele or Maradona.

Exiled are you nuts! Everybody knows Vishwanathan Anand. Just google him if you don't know!

And Saina Nehwal is currently No 2 in the World rankings.

1 - 4 I'm sorry I don't know and I think outside of India you're struggle for them to be recognised. As for sania yep she's famous but I wouldn't consider her career to be a sporting great yet. Good looking yes but by that measure konikova was a sporting great also!

Exiled what about

1)Vishwanathan Anand.

2)Dhyanchand.

3)Saina Nehwal.(Currently No-2 in the World in Badminton)

4)Guru Hanuman

5)Sania Mirxa

to name a few! There are lots of others too if you want.

I will not divulge my country but apart from sachin and ghandi in the 10k walking event I'm struggling to name another sporting great from India

I've been thnking long and hard about it and if I had to pick an all time xi would he get in......well forget about the openers as he is not one of them and at 3 I would have to pick bradman then 4 lara and ponying at 5, I considered him at 6 but I want gilchrist to bat there and assuming I play 4 bowlers at 7 I want an alrounder so that is sobers. So I'm struggling to get him in the team, he's close but doesn't quite make it. I went not only for ability but also mental winners, so here is the team

grennidge

kallis

bradman

lara

ponting

gilchrist

sobers

warne

walsh

mcgrath

murali

interesting, no englishmen, no pakistanis and no Indians

The 5th DOUBLE HUNDRED for you Exile..to hug and sleep with LOL .. grow up and accept it now.

exiled,the feeling is mutual mate *wink*! i'm not calling you ANYTHING,basically or otherwise...you have your opinions,you're entitled to them,just like i am to mine...but when you air them on a public forum such as this,by default it gives others the right to comment on them & that may be either opinions that agree with yours or those that don't...my opinion in this case,doesn't agree with yours & my specific reason for it is your own statement,"it's a country with very few sporting greats..." please don't make statements like that & NOT expect to get a fitting reply to it...btw,you still haven't answered my question,how many sporting greats @ the level of Tendulkar does your country have?...

Hey gad I don't like your attitude. You are basically calling me a racist. I'm sorry if you sad little world cannot accept other opinions nut what I posted are mine. Enjoy your Indian hero but don't be racist against others that have other opinions.

@ sag,Murali CHOSE to retire mate,he wasn't FORCED to,Tendulkar is still playing & wants to play...this isn't school or gully cricket we're talking about where "everyone gets a turn"!!! so that we can be "play fair"...the "fair" thing for ANY national team is that a consistently performing player gets to keep his place,simple,doesn't matter if he's been in the team for a year or a decade...he plays he stays...we can debate & speculate forever on if Virat or Raina would or would not have scored centuries but you or me or anyone else except God cannot guarantee it...so it would be taking a chance,when you have a player in form & scoring runs like Tendulkar is,it DOES NOT matter,how long he's been playing...

And on the contrary,it would be a REAL shame if Tendulkar quit now,while he's playing the way he is,your logic of "give others a chance" reminds me of school games back home!!! "be fair" "everyone should get a chance" "not only you just because you bat better than us."!!! this stuff doesn't apply out there on the world stage my dear friend,it's survival of the fittest,you want a place on the squad,you keep fighting,maintain your performance consistently & keep hoping that one of the big boys gets out of form or retires & you patiently wait your turn,that's how it is for ANY sport @ the NATIONAL level where one is representing the nation...& cricket is no different...

how can you tell him to retire when he keep scoring 100s at the age of 37??? tendulkar should continue to play as long as he get runs..the age really doesn't matter...and his style of play is still the best in the world...

gadarene, going by the same logic would you believe if murali played this game he would have claimed more wickets than randiv? if yes, then the same applies to tendulker. Yes, he has had it enough. it's others turn now. Suppose that virat kohli is denied place in team for tendulker for another 2 or 3 yrs, will he have the same platform to build his career as tendulker had? I am of the opinion that even virat could have scored a century on this flat track as did raina. Shame on tendulker for not thinking of retirement. As simple as that...

@ sag,please do not make the mistake of painting Tendulkar with the same brush as other senior members of the Indian team because the BIGGEST difference between them is that Tendulkar still delivers the goods like he did all those years ago when he started as a 16 year old...asking for limits to be put irrespective of perfomance makes no sense whatsoever,thank God you aren't an Indian selector else all Indians & the world @ large would be deprived of watching the skills of this little master thanks to your completely senseless logic...

The emphasis should be on performance,if a player is performing,he keeps his place on the team,IRRESPECTIVE of his age...i agree with you in that senior members of the squad shouldn't be selected IF THEY DON'T PERFORM & that has happened & continues to happen,non-performing,out of form seniors being selected over younger players who should be selected BUT that is NOT TRUE for Tendulkar,are you guaranteeing that some junior player selected instead of Tendulkar would have scored the century he did & would still be @ the crease @ this crucial stage for India???...if yes,then your logic makes sense if not,then what you're saying is that some junior player be selected instead of Tendulkar despite the very high chance that his wicket will be taken by this highly skilled Sri Lankan attack???...there is no substitute for experience my friend,Tendulkar has faced this bowling attack on numerous occassion & he knows what to expect from most of these bowlers plus he's performing with the bat,can you say the same for some junior who has limited international exposure?...yup i thought not...

i agree....PS cool avatar:-)

10dulkar the gr8 is the greatest batsman & todays double century is yet another proof. Ponting will have tough time to reach close to his achievements.

Tendulker deserves the admiration for his achievements. Can India being a country of billion people and a million cricketers afford to prolong his career just for his personal achievements. I think it's depriving other genuine youth of a deserving place in Indian team. Not only tendulker other seniors too are treated this way by indians without realising the unjustice done to other youth. I think there should be a limit an indian cricketer can serve in team irrespective of his performance. I think Pakistan is on right track now.

and who is this Bread selling Man???

Exiledsaint,seems to me(& i think a lot of others will agree) that this is a case of sour grapes...your issue isn't actually with Tendulkar's batting or his records but the fact that he's an Indian & that seems to be something you can't digest...

You said & i quote,"in a country with no sporting greats..."...pray tell,how many world class sporting greats has your country produced???...i would say Zimbabwe but i'm 100% sure you're not a 60 year old Zimbabwean!!! well the little fella's gone & scored another one,he might even make this a double if he remains @ the crease,that would really ruin your weekend now wouldn't it?...*wink*!!! take it easy mate,there is only one SACHIN TENDULKAR acknowledged by ALL the greats of world cricket including the great Sir Don Bradman himself...i suggest you accept & deal with that fact...

Exile .. this TON is for you mate..lol

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/india-tour-of-sri-lanka/top-stories/Sachin-Tendulkar-slams-48th-Test-century/articleshow/6228279.cms

gardarene exactly, ddnt want to bring in the real reason in which might turn the thread in to somethng else.

lapland LOL , edifis 200 knock was recent, do you know what we are talkin about atleast?

Exile WHY all the other bests according to you were not there for long?? ever thought of it? its called consistency mate

He is great but there were better.

Bradman can't be compared to Sachin because Bradman was playing in the era of uncovered pitches.

Even in similar era Lara was better in test matches, Sachin can be called the greatest in One day history though he never won the One day world cup but you can't fault him for not stepping up. He was on fire in '96 and 2003 but was let down by that shocker of a pitch and other batsmen in '96 semis and the bowlers in 2003 finals.

In test matches Lara was a class apart, pity he never had support.

sachin is the greatest batsman with a dignified character...i have always been his fan

I missed. But I watched the highlights.

i think edifis missed his 200 knock...

I agree with ES. He is a great batsman. But his batting in the latter part of his career isn't so exiciting to watch. But record wise he is right up there next to Bradman!

A player who always played for his own record, and never looked back either his team is a winning side or a loser.

No one is as blind as those who do not want to see.....

If you read my posts I have said he is an exceptional batsman but you have to put his achievements into context. He is in the top 5 batsman of all time but playing a lot of tests doesn't really mean that much. Allan border was until recently the highest test run scorer not because he was the best just because he had been around a long time....

@Arien,don't bother mate,it's the green monster rearing it's ugly head is all *wink*!!!

After reading the comments above,I think we can safely say that exiledsaint's view would have been the complete opposite if Tendulkar was of some other nationality,i don't want to speculate on which specific nationality because that would be an assumption,so i'll leave it @ that,but you get my point i'm sure *wink*!...

The dead giveaway for me was the Steve Redgrave(who???) comment...???...olympic rowing???...yeah right...

Exile you sound funny, Tendulkar is not just best to Indians, he is the Best in the WORLD of Cricket, and its not my or your view,its said by the experts who knows it better than you and me.

Bradman may be having the best average which none can break, how about the rest 100s of records Tandulkar has?

didn't got it

@ exiledsaint,one sporting great is better than none *wink*!!!

One of the good thing about sports is the debate on who is the greatest..... To the Indians he is the best, to others je is just the best Indian.....

haha..so so funny. as if zimbabwe is a home to champion sportsmen. ask your mpulelo mbangwa or paul strang or heath streak...they will attest who sachin is.... even the legendary leg spinner shane warne had no hesitation to say 'sachin is my nightmare'....

No one can argued with bradman's record in any era. An average of 99 will never be beaten.

Maradona may be many things but a winner he certainly is. Singlehandedly won a world cup and two titles with Napoli.

I rate lara as better as he still performed in a poor west Indian side. Ponting as better as he played match winning or match saving innings against top quality opposition when it matter.

I see tendulka as an exceptional batsman but the true test for any sportsman is in the things he wins. Alas in his glorious career that is one major ommission.

I understand why the Indians are proud of him. It's a country with very few sporting greats

There is no fighting laplandsql, you can always discuss who is the best batsman as per you. Among those I have seen playing live, it has to be Brian Lara and among the ones I saw on TV, Viv Richards.

haha Exile.. you still talk with those who find some to match sachin.Lara?.. Bradman yes, though he himself rates sachin over him.

Oh comeon Dot COM.. Cricket is not a singles game, its played by a team of 11.

please dont fight..i threw this topic to appreciate the great man.he is indeed someone who grew above the game. maradona isn't a legend, he is someone who didnt do justice to his talents..a bloody actor,in handling the ball,diving off a silly challenge,doping,or even as a coach...a big loser. in football if there is anyone to match tendulkar's acheivements,it wud be pele,zinade or thiery henry....but still tendulkar stands out..he have been playing for 20+ years and till date he was not involved in any controversy..each century he score,each run he score,each game he play ..is a new world record..and those records will never be broken..

@ exiledsaint,it's down to personal perception & choice @ the end of the day,but one thing is for sure,international media,like Time magazine,which is US based,where a significant % of the population have no idea what cricket is,speak so highly of him,don't hear the same tone for Bradman,Lara or Ponting & if we are going to get into specifics,bradman's was a completely different era,where they played like one test match every few months or something like that,FAR from the competitive, round the clock schedule that defines international cricket today so can't compare apples & oranges now can we?

Lara,hmmm,anyone have any idea where he is these days? sunning himself on a beach in Trinidad i presume...part of the little maestro's greatness,as it should be with all great sportsmen is their consistency & i think we can both agree,Lara's glory days are long behind him while Tendulkar is still very much at the top of his game,as for Ponting,he's a very good cricketer without a doubt,but Sachin Tendulkar he is not & he has admitted so himself,i believe his words were,"I have seen God,he bats at no: 4 for India.",equals don't speak of their colleagues with that kind of reverence,so i think it'd be fair to say he doesn't see himself at the same level as Tendulkar...

The OP is about Sachin Tendulkar the cricketer,doesn't say anywhere that he's better than Maradona or Tiger Woods or Zatopek,all of whom are greats in their respective sports so are you implying that Tendulkar is not a "true winner"?...or does he need to prove himself in football as well as golf to be termed a true winner???...well then,Maradona & Tiger should prove themselves with the cricket bat by that logic!!!

Funny how,it's always India's sub-continental neighbours who find it EXTREMELY difficult to admit to the genius of the little maestro & tend to bring up names of other good cricketers(including bowlers??? the guy is a batsman,apples & oranges again?)

ALL of whom i might add,have at some point/s in their careers admitted openly that Tendulkar was something else,i mean there are good cricketers & then there's Tendulkar...but of course,non-Indians ESPECIALLY our neighbours find that a VERY BITTER pill to swallow eh?...doesn't matter what you or me think @ the end of the day mate,the world's media,sport or otherwise,the world's top cricketers including Messrs. Ponting,Warne,Gilchrist,Murali etc all openly acknowledge this man's greatness...just so happens that he's Indian *wink*!!!

If we are talking legendary sportsman I would have maradonna, emil zatopek and tiger woods above him as well....... True winners

I'm a big fan of cricket and tendulka will go down as one of the greats in batting but as far as batting is concerned he is behind bradman,ponting and lara. As far as cricketers he is behind gilchrist, warne, murali, mcgrath and a couple of others.

I do understand he is indias greatest sportsman and that's why the Indians want to keep going on about him....er I mean celebrating

Not a fan of Cricket, but I respect Tendulkar for what he has achieved..

I remember Viv Richards, Big Bird Garner , Dennis Lilee and to be honest, I found them more exciting to watch..

Sachin is one of the highly respected & loved Cricketer in Pakistan and I still have to meet a single Pakistani Cricket Lover who would keep negative feeling towards the Living Legend.

Thanks gadarene.

@ Khattak,no offence meant mate,post edited...

@ dot.com,because cricket,like football is a TEAM game,no one player can win a world cup,ANY world cup...because as a fellow QL'er said a couple of weeks back,there is no I in TEAM...get it?...nothing makes you anything if you question anyone's ability,that was just my assumption,which i've now corrected...

@ exiledsaint,you're not really a 66-yr. old Zimbabwean senior citizen are you mate?! *wink*!!!...you must be a HUGE Olympics rowing fan,because Steve Redgrave isn't exactly a household name now is he?...

Just so we're clear mate,football is my game,not a cricket fan but my 2 cents...

Sachin Tendulkar was never meant to captain India,he was only meant to do one thing,connect that cricket bat in his hands to that oncoming ball like arguably no other cricketer on the planet can,simple...having to focus on both batting & captaincy meant being unable to do full justice to either & the resultant dip in his form was obvious to everyone but how long did he captain the team for???...what about his achievements with the bat before & after that period?...c'mon mate,give credit where it's due,that's all i'm saying... be it Time magazine or the world's leading cricketers,all acknowledge this little fella's genius with the bat,surely they ALL can't be wrong?...

I am a big Sachin fan but Redgrave is a legend in his own right. No I am not a big time Rowing fan neither did I google it. His name was very prominent during the Olympics so hard to miss.

well said gadarene about Sachin's captaincy, now will you please enlighten why India didn't win a single world cup during his long longer almost longest cricket career???

PS: Does it make me a Pakistani, if i questioned Sachin's ability ;)

He has been around a long time and is a great batsman. However he was a terrible captain and never really delivered the big innings against the strong nations. How many times did India win the works cup with him in the side?

As for being around a long time, you can look at others that achieved more success. Steve Redgrave won 5 consecutive gold medelas at the olympics in rowing. That is 5 winners medlas over 25 years in a power event. Now that is amazing

I guess this article brings into perspective....Sachin's achievement....barring injury he has never been out of form....when one compares this fact with the time period he has been playing....it is completely awe inspiring.

His performance had dipped here and there but he was never out of form ....while people like Gavaskar, Ganguly and Dravid have been woefully out of form at times....Sachin keeps the runs coming.

baldrick...the Opus is awesome!

Then there was a guy in my School who had more talent than Sachin....who answers to the name of Vinod Kambli....the difference between Sachin the achiever and Kambli the looser is nothing but - Discipline.

I think it was Matthew Hayden, the Australian cricketer, who said, ''I have seen God. He bats at No 4 for India''

Exile you need professional help dude, get a friskin life you looser

Sachin - The Best Batsman the World have ever seen. Proud of you man.

laplandsql, sachin is a TRUE LEGEND...

baldrick2dogs, sachin has denied that any book has contain his BLOOD..

"The news that a book on Sachin Tendulkar will have his blood mixed in the signature page surprised many - not least the legend himself. Busy with the Test against Sri Lanka at Galle, Tendulkar was unaware of the furore created by the claims of the publisher of the Sachin Tendulkar Opus. But on Friday, he clarified - exclusively to TOI - that he was not involved in any such bizarre plan."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Book-wont-have-my-blood-Tendulkar/articleshow/6207462.cms

BTW, watching some cricket yesterday an ad came on for Sachin Tendulkar's Opus. Has anyone seen this? It's a huge book weighing in at 35kg, it has glod leaf on many pages and the signature page contains Sachin's own blood!!!!

The cost of this book ........... US$75,000!!!!!

Only TEN made so hurry ;o)

http://tendulkaropus.com/

Good work on Sachin,...So what was Time's point?

I thought a sachin tendulka was a curry

i m totally consent with the last para...

mr.exilesaint, please dont reveal your amazing english skills..read the last paragraph a 100 times.

So they are saying he is old and gay.

wow, great achievements...

Excellent words chosen to pay tribute to the legend.

Schin Tendulkar doesn't need appreciation by Times, no doubt he's a legend for all those who know about cricket.

Awesome!