End of an era

I'd still rate him the best of his generation, purely because he was the most technically gifted batsman in that time, with an appetite to score big runs and an ability to win games, especially before the elbow issues when he really dominated attacks. That he has since changed his game to become more of an accumulator and be successful is a credit to himself. He had to.

Although he's going a few years too late and in a less than marquee setting, for such a career.

You can't take that away from him, he is/was a special player. He's not the best ever but he's certainly for me the best of the last two decades.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion. Don't see any issue with some saying Sachin wasent the greatest.

This place would be boring if we all agreed.

To me he was the greatest of an era, that may be biased being a huge fan.
If he was from Pakistan, is probably be clutching at straws to day he wasn't, so can understand since of the posts on here.

# to say he wasn't
# I'd be clutching at straws.

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The reoson why tendulkar was the greatest is he put a mark on both forms of the game. He made an impact for India whether he was playing tests or odis. Name me another player that had similar impact like tendulkar in both tests and odis. This was not just for one year, for 23 years consistently. never ever dropped in his career. If tendulkar did retire after the wc, many would have agreed without hesitation that tendulkar was the greatest. This 2 years has somewhat caused cracks to his legendary status, but nevertheless, his records are there to stay.

The one big minus for Sachin was how he struggled when made Indian skipper. He had a nightmare and this is something where some of the greats revelled in.

The "never ever dropped in his career" is probably due to his God status in India. So, I don't consider it as a virtue.

I do, however, agree that Tendulkar's ODI record is outstanding and perhaps will never be overtaken. Some consider Lara a stroke player, but his ODI record is very pale in comparison to Tendulkar's. Many don't seem to realise that Tendulkar scored runs at a brisker rate than Ponting, Lara, and Kallis. Of course, somebody will quickly discount his achievements by saying Ponting won 3 WCs, totally ignoring that he played in a team with outstanding bowlers.

ODI records
Runs - Avg - Scoring Rate

Tendulkar: 18426 - 45 - 86
Ponting: 13704 - 42 - 80
Kallis: 11498 - 45 - 73
Lara: 10405 - 40 - 79

Lara's footwork is annoying sometimes to watch.. but, he is good at playing pull shots.

Glad he's giving it up - was like watching a rabbit with a stick of ruhbarb the last three years or so.

Bit of a flat track bully, too.

comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 6 days ago
I reckon Kallis could come.very close to catching Sachin Imo. Hes got at least 3 years left on him and hos batting seems to be getting better.
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Not if can't pile up runs in the flat land where somebody named Mangum Khurror scores a century.

Kallis missed 3 opportunities in the desert. He is not getting 4th opportunity on this tour. He is not getting younger.