Tendulkar had more 100s against Australia by the age of 18 than Sanga had in his whole career.. and by the way Tendulkar averaged 57 until almost 170 matches. So its no big deal Sanga doing it at 134 matches..
Sachin was good a the start and end of his career but in middle he just lost his way.
He scored 4 centuries, a record later broken by Rohit Sharma with 5 centuries in the ICC ODI World Cup 2019 and Quinton de Kock equaled his record in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 with 4 centuries
Stats are definitely misleading sometimes, especially in Ramesh Tendulkar's case - more often than sometimes.Sachin >>>> Sangakkara
Stats are misleading sometimes
Some statements just shows that one is not a lover of the sport but just a partisan cheerleader.
Could you define the start, middle, and end in his 24 year career in time?
It works both ways, had Sanga played as much as Sachin 200 tests Sanga's avg when he finished might have been in the 30s
From the time he got the tennis elbow to a few years after his career dipped but he came back to life after those years...
Lol sanga is nothing special. He couldn't even win a single test in India. Single test??Sachin >>>> Sangakkara
Stats are misleading sometimes
Sanga would be in hospital if he tried to go past 150 let alone 200.
Sachin played prime steyn with ease. This was Sachin that was literally at the fag end of his career. Twilight
Among all the highest test runs scorers in history, I have always been stumped by Sangakarra.
Sanga got better towards the end of his career, was the top batsman for 2-3 years. Overall Tendulkar had a much more consistent impact through his career.
Yes Greg Chap and Steve Smith the others.
What fault is it of other Indian batsmen that there are so many Indians and that they all decided to burden Sachin?
Dravid doesn't deserve to be anywhere close on this list.
Many subjective things like pressure, expectations can also be turned into qualitative metrics. It is done all the time in stats.
I am quite surprised he omitted McGrath, he is greatest fast bowler of all time ever.
SRT retired as one of the best ever, I would say he was the second best batsman ever till the tennis elbow.
Sachin is overrated.
You need to do a bit better. So what if he scored a ton in a win. Someone else probably scored a more impactful ton. Eg Sehwag in multan. Sehwag played a crazy innings. Sachin was so selfish that captain had to declare…
Indian fans usually portray Sachin as superior in every metric.
Sachin played competitive sport for 25 years, even till his last series he was never out of form, missed max of maybe a total of 1 year due to injury.
That doesn't matter. Azam khan is completly irrelevant and won't even be around, I'm 100% sure he played his last international match in wc 2024.Sachin played competitive sport for 25 years, even till his last series he was never out of form, missed max of maybe a total of 1 year due to injury.
Usually the argument is he had a long career so he had so many runs which is a juvenile argument.
Let Azam Khan play for 10 yrs. Let’s see how many runs he will get.
Never skipped fielding and gave it his all, in fact had bowling talent and won games with the ball too.
At the top of the mountain with 100 100s and most runs.
If you don’t rate this guy than not sure who you rate. He may not be your fav player is a different thing from he wasn’t good.
I am not go to start abusing and demeaning Sangakkara but anyone who understands a little bit of cricket won’t put them in the same league lol as great as Sanga was in his own right.
Obviously this is not coming from a place of cricketing logic so you do you
1.3 B population backing or expectations doesn’t make it easy. That kind of pressure reduces your physical capacity. Thats an argument that works in favor of Sachin.
Sorry, Forgot to add before the last line….
I wouldn’t say he was unmatched in ODIs.
Sachin Odi innings against pakistan in 2011 was done at the back end of his career and it was arguably one of his worst innings that should not have lasted that long if YK didn't shell so many catches.
Your credibility decreases the moment you say I AM A BIG SACHIN FAN.
One example is Alastair Cook. He could have easily surpassed Sachin Tendulkar if he had played that many games.
Oh so now you don’t think even Sachin was that good. Now I really want to know the players you rate
Sachin was a great player and unmatched in odi, but he wasnt unmatched in test. Their several test players in his era who were superior to himOh so now you don’t think even Sachin was that good. Now I really want to know the players you rate
Sangakkara played in possibly the flattest era especially in Asia. Australia started rolling out flat decks. He was one among the many that did well in that era. During the same period Kallis averaged more than Sangakkara. 58,.50, Mo yousuf averaged 58.43. Younis Khan averaged 56.0 Angelo Matthews averaged 52 during that phase. Chanders averaged 55. Plenty of opportunities for statpadding in that phase.
It is funny you should say that as people who hate or don't like a player should not be giving opinions either. This means the entire forum cannot comment on anything as everyone likes or is a fan or dislikes/does not rate or hate a player/team. Please come up with decent argument other than saying my entire post is discredited based on me being a fan.
Bro - Saeed Anwar scored 194 way before Sachin made 200. And even more impressive, King Viv made 189* way before Saeed.
That's fair, As I said I don't think Sachin is superior in every metric. It's impossible for someone to be superior in every metric.
200 tests? Alistair cook could have played 250 tests considering the amount of test cricket England get. But some people are content with their career and retire. Brian Lara could have played as long as he wished, with WI pathetic line up.The difference in average is 3.5 and people here claim that Sangakkara outshines Sachin?
Does that mean, Sangakkara is greater than Brian Lara who averages less than Sachin in Tests?
@sweep_shot claims that if Sangakkara played more number of matches, then he would average more?
For the love of god, Sangakkara played 130+ tests and retired at an old age too. If Sangakkara played early, it would have been a different era itself where bowlers dominated batsmen.
Sachin played across 2 era’s and performed at a high level. @Technics 1210 and @TheSultan may believe that its easy to get picked for 200 Tests in a highly competitive team like India and its not a big deal. Sachin was the best batsmen in the Indian team for most of his career. It is not a team like Pakistan where batsmen like Asad shafiq and Azhar Ali can play for 80+ tests with barely averaging 40’s.
It’s futile to get India haters to agree that Sachin was the best batsmen of his era. But most of the cricketing pundits agree on it.
And what, Sachin was not an impact player?
@Technics 1210 He blasted the worlds toughest bowlers for fun. He may did not play well in the finals but he was the highest scorer in 2 WC’s.
The logic here is laughable. This is not a gully cricket or an unprofessionally run team. Look at James Anderson. He was picking wickets left and right in counties yet, he was asked to retire which he said in his interview.
With more match winning hundreds than some 5 Feet 5 Inches....
Yeah, match winning 100s against Bangladesh, Namibia, and Kenya.
Sachin did put the team before himself lol. He isn't afridi who leached onto the team.
Anyone making this argument has not watched both players play or just does not understand test cricket.
