Tendulkar1996 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Unbelievable batting ,particularly drives off the backfoot on deliveries outisde off or on offstump that should be well left alone or defended. Pre backinjury tendulkar 1995-1999.Have you ever seen a better player?I have not. sandsaims, Stan AF, Rightarmfast and 6 others 2 3 4 Link to comment
Tendulkar1996 Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Divine footwork,majestic straight bat and balance and general dismissiveness in his shots. Link to comment
sandeep Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 18 minutes ago, Tendulkar1996 said: Pre backinjury tendulkar 1995-1999.Have you ever seen a better player?I have not. Well that's because arguably, one doesn't exist. sandsaims and Stradlater 1 1 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Sachin is the best maniac, Gollum and Real McCoy 1 2 Link to comment
Popular Post Deleted_User_1 Posted February 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2019 SRT was the most classical batsman I have ever seen. His stroke making all around the wicket was just pure, something out of a instruction manual. His balance and footwork is something you teach young kids aspiring to be a good batsman. Growing up watching Gavaskar and Viv Richards gave me the same feeling, but SRT was a cut above. Nonetheless, even with his enormous potential, I still think he underachieved in separating himself from the rest of the ATGs. But that does not diminish the fact that I loved watching him bat the most. Insidious, Tendulkar1996, maniac and 7 others 2 6 2 Link to comment
rtmohanlal Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Tendulkar for me is the batsman who played the most difficult of shots perhaps in the history of cricket.To be more precise, for his body frame, there were certain shots that were virtually unplayable for ordinary batsmen, for instance the back foot punch of good length deliveries of fast bowlers.A much taller batsman would have played these shots because of the advantage of height, but other ordinary batsmen of Sachin's same height can never play those type of shots to perfection.That was the greatness of this man. Edited February 7, 2019 by rtmohanlal MechEng and sandeep 1 1 Link to comment
Number Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 At Trent Bridge 2002, 2nd innings we were trailing by 250, he walked in at 11-2 in 2nd over, played a great counter attacking knock of 92 and saved the game with RD and Ganguly. SrinjayDutta 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Nice driving velu and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment
MechEng Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 That 177 reminds me of Virat Kohli's offside strokes in 2014 Aus tour. The biggest difference being that Kohli never played any shots on backfoot. Link to comment
maniac Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tendulkar1996 said: Pre backinjury tendulkar 1995-1999.Have you ever seen a better player?I have not. Lara probably came the closest but that’s about it. Daylight and then the mere mortals Edited February 7, 2019 by maniac Tendulkar1996 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Again the back injury nonsense? He was classy no doubt, technique in its purest form. Quote Have you ever seen a better player?I have not. More effective player? Quality of batsmanship? Lara of 90s, Ponting/Dravid of 2002-06, peak Kallis, peak Sanga, peak KP, peak ABDV etc were serious quality too....can't say for sure 90s Sachin trumped them all. Even if his quality was higher, he choked far too often to make a big difference. Smith and Kohli are in the middle of their phenomenal run, they have the potential to further enhance their standing. And please, 90s England had a **** bowling attack, when English bowlers were at their best (2009-12) we all know which Indians played them the best. There is a difference between on the up drives against Chris Lewis/Cork/Ealham and doing the same against Anderson/Broad. Just like there is a difference between a visiting batsman trumping against Shastri/Maninder/Arshad Ayub compared to Ashwin/Jadeja/Kuldeep, 70s quartet or Kumble/Chuckbhajan. Edited February 7, 2019 by Gollum Real McCoy, VT87, sandeep and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
Tendulkar1996 Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 29 minutes ago, Gollum said: Again the back injury nonsense? He was classy no doubt, technique in its purest form. More effective player? Quality of batsmanship? Lara of 90s, Ponting/Dravid of 2002-06, peak Kallis, peak Sanga, peak KP, peak ABDV etc were serious quality too....can't say for sure 90s Sachin trumped them all. Even if his quality was higher, he choked far too often to make a big difference. Smith and Kohli are in the middle of their phenomenal run, they have the potential to further enhance their standing. And please, 90s England had a **** bowling attack, when English bowlers were at their best (2009-12) we all know which Indians played them the best. There is a difference between on the up drives against Chris Lewis/Cork/Ealham and doing the same against Anderson/Broad. Just like there is a difference between a visiting batsman trumping against Shastri/Maninder/Arshad Ayub compared to Ashwin/Jadeja/Kuldeep, 70s quartet or Kumble/Chuckbhajan. Yes the backinjury of 1999 cut down on his lofted shotmaking.This was an example ,if you are talking about quality of bowling attack 116 at the mcg in 1999 was the best i think.Against lee,fleming,mcgrath and warne. Real McCoy and sandeep 2 Link to comment
Rightarmfast Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 6 hours ago, rtmohanlal said: Tendulkar for me is the batsman who played the most difficult of shots perhaps in the history of cricket.To be more precise, for his body frame, there were certain shots that were virtually unplayable for ordinary batsmen, for instance the back foot punch of good length deliveries of fast bowlers.A much taller batsman would have played these shots because of the advantage of height, but other ordinary batsmen of Sachin's same height can never play those type of shots to perfection.That was the greatness of this man. Out of all the shots, the slice upper cut that he created for South african fast bowlers, I think during 98-99 tour or sometime was the most amazing shot I saw. It totally bamboozled the SA quickies. Still remember the one straight drive that he played against Donald in the Diana memorial match. The only time Donald clapped for a batsman off his own bowling, instead of abusing which he was more known for. People just dont know the class Tendulkar was. Tendulkar1996, sandeep, maniac and 1 other 4 Link to comment
SK_IH Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Lewis, Cork, Ealham, Mulally, Patel- was that the most pedestrian English attacks of last 25-30 years ? @op this may be about England but Sachin's 100 at Cape Town 1997 had better drives, still cant forget that cover drive of Donald, that was perfection Link to comment
Tendulkar1996 Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Rightarmfast said: Out of all the shots, the slice upper cut that he created for South african fast bowlers, I think during 98-99 tour or sometime was the most amazing shot I saw. It totally bamboozled the SA quickies. Still remember the one straight drive that he played against Donald in the Diana memorial match. The only time Donald clapped for a batsman off his own bowling, instead of abusing which he was more known for. People just dont know the class Tendulkar was. Incredible treatment of mcgrath and donald. Rightarmfast 1 Link to comment
Tendulkar1996 Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 3 hours ago, SK_IH said: Lewis, Cork, Ealham, Mulally, Patel- was that the most pedestrian English attacks of last 25-30 years ? @op this may be about England but Sachin's 100 at Cape Town 1997 had better drives, still cant forget that cover drive of Donald, that was perfection 10:58 thats the cover drive.Just savage.Donald looking helpless throughout the innings,hit on both sides of the wicket with impunity. Laaloo and Rightarmfast 2 Link to comment
Gollum Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 @Laaloo Eent ka jawab patthar se, troll vote will be met with a random troll vote Real McCoy and Laaloo 2 Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 12 hours ago, MechEng said: That 177 reminds me of Virat Kohli's offside strokes in 2014 Aus tour. The biggest difference being that Kohli never played any shots on backfoot. That is a big difference. Kohli, albeit a great batsman, does not have the skill or the confidence to punch off the back foot through the covers. That I think was Tendulkar’s extra capability. Temujin Khaghan 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 The Sachin-Azhar partnership in cape town was hands down the greatest display of batting skills I have ever seen. That was a 100 times more exciting than any hitting in a T20 game. Pure class Stan AF and zaqw222222 1 1 Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Punch off the backfoot is vintage Tendulkar. Link to comment
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