Kiwis rate Sachin Tendulkar BEST

[Guest Shivani]

Sachin Tendulkar is the choice for most of the Kiwi cricketers, who rate the master blaster as the most accomplished player of his generation. New Zealand's 'Herald on Sunday' newspaper enquired a few former Kiwis cricketers who was the best batsman in the world and whom they would like to bat for their life? Replying to the questions, former Kiwi Test players John Morrison and Dipak Patel picked the Indian batting ace and were all admiration for his exploits all around the world in different conditions and various match situations. "I'd go with Tendulkar. He is still the most capable batsman in the world. He has the full array of shots too, though he might not play them as freely as he once did," Morrison said. "I like Tendulkar because there are guys out there brilliant on certain types of surfaces but he is adept at playing on anything. Slow, bouncy, turning, whatever -- he covers the field on all of them. "I'd still back him ahead of everybody, even at the age of 36," Morrison, who played 17 Tests between 1974 and 1982, said. Dipak Patel echoed the same sentiment. "I like Gautam Gambhir and Graeme Smith at the moment but in the end, if they were batting for my life, I couldn't go past Tendulkar. He's got the experience, the sheer weight of runs and best all-round game. "He can bat for survival and can bat to force wins. He's got a big-match temperament and he has scored runs all around the world," Patel, who played 37 Tests between 1987 and 1997, said. "Gambhir is the new kid on the block but I would put Smith in just behind Tendulkar. He has a wonderful track record of getting through the new ball," he added. Tendulkar's teammate and another Indian great, Rahul Dravid also has his own admirers for his sound technique, one among them is former Test player Gavin Larsen. "There'd be a few on my shortlist. Shiv Chanderpaul would make it, Ricky Ponting, Mike Hussey. Graeme Smith would be there, as would Mohammad Yousuf and Sachin Tendulkar but the name I keep coming back to is Rahul Dravid," Larsen said. SOURCE :icflove:

[Sachinism]

They know best

[King]

I know of one Kiwi bowler that said he didn't want to get Tendulkar out when he was on the verge of a century in NZ. In fact the bowler's mindset was such that he wanted to just give him a couple of runs to ensure he gets his 100 and then the bowler wanted to get him out. I'm not surprised Kiwis have a lot of respect for Tendulkar.

[Riley's Girl]

Excellent choice. If my life was on the line I would pick Sachin Tendulkar as well.

[umpire]

wish their neighboring cricketers were this intelligent

[Lurker]

I know of one Kiwi bowler that said he didn't want to get Tendulkar out when he was on the verge of a century in NZ. In fact the bowler's mindset was such that he wanted to just give him a couple of runs to ensure he gets his 100 and then the bowler wanted to get him out. I'm not surprised Kiwis have a lot of respect for Tendulkar.

The question then becomes - All things considered if Indian bowlers did the same to a respected batsman(say Lara) would it be okay? If what you say is indeed correct its a great gesture(long lost though). Gestures like this made it a gentleman's game.

[umpire]

^but thats not right. As a bowler your job is to get other guy out. You can't offer freebies.

[Sachinism]

^but thats not right. As a bowler your job is to get other guy out. You can't offer freebies.

I agree things like that shouldn't happen even if you adore the batsman you are bowling to. The only time I would see it acceptable was when Bradman was playing his last innings and needed only a few runs to average a 100 but got out 2nd ball or something, the bowler then said if he knew he would have given him a full toss. i think something like that is different, but even then it depends on the match and series situation

[DomainK]

Excellent choice. If my life was on the line I would pick Sachin Tendulkar as well.

Most will. Just that they don't like saying it because Tendulkar plays for a rival team.

[gaurav92]

SRT is the choice of any cricket lover guys so no new answer it keeps coming from every mouth.......:adore:

[rahuliverpool]

wish their neighboring cricketers were this intelligent

:dito:

[King]

The question then becomes - All things considered if Indian bowlers did the same to a respected batsman(say Lara) would it be okay? If what you say is indeed correct its a great gesture(long lost though). Gestures like this made it a gentleman's game.

The bowler had grown up idolizing him through out his life Lurker and when you have that sort of respect for someone you just ease it a bit even if rarely. I'm not the one to judge if it's ok to have a mindset like that or not but sometimes the respect for the person may overwhelm competitiveness. Not hat he didn't want Tendulkar's wicket but not when he was on 99.

[Anakin]

That's called respect and adoration. It's not like he bowled badly so that SRT doesn't get out, but he wanted SRT to do well even if that's not good for you. It's not something uncommon. I've heard quite a few commentators from the opposing countries saying the same thing about SRT.