In the hunt to find out what made Sir Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar click, the similarities between the two became overwhelmingly apparent, writes Paul Kennedy.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleMy memories of watching Test cricket go back to the early eighties so that will tell you how many batters I've seen, and Sachin Tendulkar is the best.
"That's when I first saw greatness from 22 yards. Because it's one thing getting runs, it's another thing watching a kid who's 18 years of age dominate an Australian attack, like the way he did," he says.The averages-over-50 club used to be more celebrated. Only six men did it in the 70s , five in the 80s and four in the 90s .
"I used to wear my Sachin shirt even though I was Australian, but just because I loved him. And then as soon as he stopped batting I'll put my Aussie shirt back on." "Women traditionally weren't interested in cricket, but started getting interested in cricket and Sachin was one of the reasons." Increasingly, Tendulkar was being mentioned in relation to Sir Donald Bradman, average 99.94, not only the greatest batter of all time but arguably the greatest statistical outlier in major world sports.
Sir Donald Bradman and Ray Martin together after their 1996 interview, where Bradman said Tendulkar played much the same as he did."It was huge in India," commentator Harsha Bhogle remembers. However, almost all cricket watchers agree that in this unique English-born 140-year-old game, Bradman is not so much a night sky star as the sun.
Later, Bhalla wrote: "Bradman was a phenomenon of his and all time. Adjustments for opposition bring down Bradman's overall average from 99.94 to 82.89 suggesting that some of his runs were scored off weaker bowlers . Tendulkar speaks to Ellyse Perry during a charity match in 2020. Perry said Tendulkar's exploits on the field made him a comfort for Indians off it.
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