Sachin's Test Career

[zen]

Overall vs. major teams 

 

 

First half

 

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Opposition team Australia  or England  or New Zealand  or Pakistan  or South Africa  or Sri Lanka  or West Indies

Start of match date less than or equal to 1 Jan 2002

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Career averages

	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
unfiltered	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14	Profile
filtered	1989-2001	81	131	13	6737	217	57.09	25	27	6

 

 

2nd half

 

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Career averages

	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
unfiltered	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	29437+	54.04*	51	68	14	2058+	69	Profile
filtered	2002-2013	103	175	15	7446	241*	46.53	14157	52.59	18	38	7	955	30

 

 

 

• First half -> Avg 57. A 100 every 5 innings or so .... One of the best batsmen ever. Attacking batsman .... Played some memorable innings like in Aus, SA, vs. Pak, and so on 
• 2nd half -> Avg of 47. A drop of 10! A 100 every 10 innings or so .... Also became a bit Dravidisque. That 194* in Pak where he went into a shell as he approached his 200, the 241 in Aus where he cut down on some shots  .... Dravid, Sehwag, and Laxman had better averages in the 2002-2013 period. 

 

 

[rtmohanlal]

I evaluate Sachin's career like  this, ie:  by the time other greats of the game    are about to turn 20 they would have polished  their talents in domestic and  then enter national team and then make a glorious   ATG career. Sachin due to his phenomenal talent,  entered the national team by 16 y 212 d itself  and polished his  talent in national team  and by the time he  was about to make 20, started making a phenomenal career that outweighed that of every other ATG so convincingly as seen below.

 

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;spanmax1=20+feb+2011;spanmin1=02+jan+1993;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

 

13607 runs @59.41 with 47 100s,  home avg: 57.33, abr: avg: 61.48 & lowest avg: in any country  44.66  abr: 100s:25

the above stats still is convincingly better to that of every  other ATG.

[zen]

Talking about Indian batting in the 2002-2013 period

 

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Primary team India

Opposition team Australia  or England  or India  or New Zealand  or Pakistan  or South Africa  or Sri Lanka  or West Indies

Start of match date between 1 Jan 2002 and 1 Jan 2014

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Overall figures

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
R Dravid	2002-2012	100	179	21	8270	270	52.34	19235	42.99	24	36	4	1033	14
V Sehwag	2002-2013	92	163	4	7916	319	49.78	9557	82.82	22	27	16	1118	87
VVS Laxman	2002-2012	99	169	30	6800	200*	48.92	14065	48.34	14	45	10	847	3
SR Tendulkar	2002-2013	103	175	15	7446	241*	46.53	14157	52.59	18	38	7	955	30
SC Ganguly	2002-2008	54	91	8	3459	239	41.67	6249	55.35	6	18	7	414	24
G Gambhir	2004-2012	48	87	3	3496	206	41.61	7115	49.13	7	19	5	432	7
MS Dhoni	2005-2013	78	123	13	4149	224	37.71	6996	59.30	6	26	8	449	68

 

 

That is almost an Ind AT batting apart from a few slots .... Veeru was amazing not only with his avg (w/ just 4 not outs) in relation to the SR (avg of 50 at a SR of 83) but also 100s per inning (relative to others) .... scored 6 200s as well in this period

 

[Sooda]

Interesting; I dare say SRT's critics are usually younger viewers who were spoilt a bit by Indias batting riches in the noughties and who did not see him at his 90's peak.

 

[maniac]

Should have retired after Aus in 2012 in tests. Tbh should have retired after the WC win completely but he was in such red hot form in the wc that it made sense for him to play the next 2 tough overseas series but that should have been it.

 

in 2010-2011 after the Sa series and the wc no one would even dispute Sachin as the greatest of all time but unfortunately he left gaps in his stats due to post 2011.

[zen]

In the 90s, I rated Sachin as the best among his contemporaries (and also due to emotional attachment).  As time progressed, Tendulkar's cricket changed and I also became relatively more "neutral" when it comes to rating/valuing players. I rate him as one of the best now. 

 

Edited April 9, 2020 by zen

[rtmohanlal]

8 hours ago, maniac said:

Should have retired after Aus in 2012 in tests. Tbh should have retired after the WC win completely but he was in such red hot form in the wc that it made sense for him to play the next 2 tough overseas series but that should have been it.

 

in 2010-2011 after the Sa series and the wc no one would even dispute Sachin as the greatest of all time but unfortunately he left gaps in his stats due to post 2011.

then just take it as a context of longevity.  Take Kohli's alarming fall of average in NZL  from  71.33 to  36( reduced by 50%)  in a single series as a testimony . Kohli couldn't maintain his average even in his  age of 31.That is how difficult it is to maintain averages.Sachin degraded only after 38 years due to slowing reflexes courtesy aging.  That is what longevity can do to  a batsman's career in general.

[Stan AF]

Sachin's career is divided in 2 parts:

 

When he had the age he didn't have the team.

When he had the team he didn't have the age.

[Jimmy Cliff]

29 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

Sachin's career is divided in 2 parts:

 

When he had the age he didn't have the team.

When he had the team he didn't have the age.

His Test career can be divided into 6 parts.

 

The "rookie" phase from 1989-1993 

The prime years from 1994 - 1999 (pre-back injury)

The plateau phase of 1999 (post-back injury) - 2002

The initial decline and the injury-ridden phase of 2003-2006

The renaissance of 2007 - 2011

The terminal decline from 2011- 2013

 

I will do a write-up on this some day .

 

[Stan AF]

 

 

I consider this 65 & the 76 from the 1st innings to have some of the finest shots played against the classiest fast + spin bowling.