"Sachin Tendulkar''
» In terms of technique and
compactness, Tendulkar is the best: Desmond Haynes.
» I have watched a lot of Tendulkar
and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very
best: Sir Garfield Sobers.
» He is 99.5 per cent perfect. I’d
pay to see him: Viv Richards.
» I saw him playing on television
and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I
never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as
I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a
similarity between the two… his compactness, technique, stroke production… it
all seemed to gel: Sir Donald Bradman.
» Technically he stands out as the
best because of his ability to increase the pace at will: David Boon.
» There is no shame being beaten by
such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don: Steve Waugh.
» Sachin is cricket’s God: Barry
Richards.
» India’s fortune will depend on how
many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real
thing: Sunil Gavaskar.
» A complete batsman — he’s the best
in the business: Mohinder Amarnath.
» Sachin is an attacker. He has much
more power than Sunny. He wants to be the one to set the pace. He has to be on
top. That’s the buzz about him: Jeff Thompson.
» If I’ve to bowl to Sachin, I’ll
bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard: Dennis Lillee.
» You take Don Bradman away and he
is next up I reckon: Steve Waugh.
» I’ll be going to bed having
nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the
head for six. He was unstoppable. I don’t think anyone, apart from Don Bradman,
is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player: Shane
Warne.
» When it comes to judging the best
among these fabulous band of batsmen, my vote goes to Tendulkar. He has an
uncanny ability to come out on top under different circumstances and under
different conditions, whether it is Test cricket or one-day internationals. And
more importantly, he has done this so young: Shane Warne.
» Don’t bowl him bad balls, he hits
the good ones for fours: Michael Kasprowicz.
» Hell, if he had stayed, even at 11
an over he would have got it: Allan Border (after India won the Coca-Cola cup
in Sharjah).
» He is a perfectly balanced batsman
and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He
has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and
can destroy any attack with utmost ease: Greg Chappell.
» It’s scary, where the hell do we
bowl to him: Allan Border.
» Yeah mate, but that’s with all
great players: Ian Chappell.
» Imagine what he’ll be like when
he’s 28: Allan Border.
» I’d like to see him go out and bat
one day with a stump. I tell you he’d do okay: Greg Chappell.
» Sachin’s better; Lara is more
risky outside the off stump: Mark Waugh.
» You have to decide for yourself
whether you’re bowling well or not. He’s going to hit you for fours and sixes
anyway. Kasprowicz has a superior story. During the Bangalore Test, frustrated,
he went to Dennis Lillee and asked, “Mate, do you see any weaknesses?” Lillee
replied, “No Michael, as long as you walk off with your pride that’s all you
can do: Shane Warne.
» He’s a phenomenon. We have to be
switched on when he plays allow him no boundries, for then he doesn’t stop:
Mark Taylor.
» Tendulkar is the most complete
batsman I have stood behind. I saw the hundred in Perth on a bouncy pitch with
Hughes, McDermott and Whitney gunning for him — he only had 60-odd when No 11 came
in. I’ve seen him against Warne too: Ian Healy.
» Harder he works, the luckier he
gets: Ian Chappell.
» He has defined cricket in his
fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling:
Richie Benaud.
» Sachin’s the best. I’ve had this
view since I saw him score that hundred in Sydney in 1992. He’s the most
composed batsman I’ve ever seen: Mike Coward.
» He’s better than Ben Hur: Paul
Wilson.
» The pressure on me is nothing as
compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, like God, must never fail. The crowd
always expects him to succeed and it is too much pressure on him: Mark Waugh.
» I still think Tendulkar is the
best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara: Glenn McGrath.
» He is currently the best batsman
in the world: Sir Gary Sobers.
» There’s no doubt about it. He is
the best: Tony Grieg.
» Technically, you can’t fault
Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow — nothing is a problem: Geoffrey Boycott.
» Sometime back I had written a
piece that said that Sachin’s the master and Lara a genius with his head high
up somewhere. That’s it: Peter Roebuck.
» A little genius. Reminds me of
Sunny Gavaskar: Kieth Fletcher.
» He is Sachin Tendulkar. I hope he
stays Sachin Tendulkar. We need a new player, a player in his own way. He has a
technique which is the hallmark of a great player. Everything indicates that he
will be a great player and I am sure he will prove me right. Reminds me of
Barry Richards: Eddie Barlow.
» Destined to be a great: Barry
Richards.
» What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10
Tendulkars: Paul Strang.
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