Sachin vs Steyn: Who would you have wanted in 1989?

[Guest]

Sachin :two_thumbs_up:

[vvvslaxman]

Ironically Waqar younis made the debut in the same test as Sachin.. Both Steyn and Waqar have somewhat similar strike rates in Tests.

[rkt.india]

Why only asking about Steyn? what about Marshall, Lillie, McGrath, Ambrose, Garner, Akram, Donald. We would have liked to have all of them.:giggle:

[vamos_rafa]

Or Sachin or bradman

[Asim]

WAQAR YOUNIS, who we got in very much the same match :)

[Old guy]

u people are lucky had so many gr8 bowlers in 90's :(( still steyn is the best!

[Old guy]

on topic.. u always want something which u dont have and dont appreciate what u already have :)

[velu]

i would pick vinay kumar over sachin anyday :JPK :hehe:

[Needforspeed]

If Steyn was available in 1989 for India, selectors would have picked him for one match in one of the flat pattas, he would have gone for a lot of runs and would have been replaced by the 5'3" Chetan Sharma. That would have been the end of his career. So I would take Sachin over Steyn.

[India-KXIP fan]

200 tests is much better than the 90 or so Steyn will have played so it would be stupid to pick steyn.

[Number]

You need 1 or even 2 good partners as well for an effective fast bowler in Tests. wo kaha se laoge? If we get the duo or trio, I'll chose them over Sachin.

[Ultimate_Game]

You need 1 or even 2 good partners as well for an effective fast bowler in Tests. wo kaha se laoge? If we get the duo or trio, I'll chose them over Sachin.

A hall of famer wkt taker backed up by Srinath, Prasad and Kumble would have been awesome for us. I still remember so many matches where Srinath & Prasad took wkts with the new ball for us to release the pressure with the 3rd seamer. The drop-off from our top 2 and the rest was so steep that other teams knew all they had to do was to play out the first hour and then make hay the rest of the Test. And secondly I am assuming that a genuine fast bowling wkt taker would have allowed us to blow away the tail. I have lost count of the number of times we took away the top 5 or 6 wkts and then watched helplessly as the tail scored more than the top order :facepalm: I guess it was again the function of no decent 3rd seamer since the main bowlers simply didn't have any support.

[Pagalpanti]

Due respect to Sachin I'll go for Steyn. Because we've had good batsman over the years but yet to find a genuine world-class fast bowler. Steyn easily for me.

[Sidhoni]

Why only Steyn as a choice along with Sachin? There are several lefengs of fast bowling like the West Indies' bowlers from the 80's. OR Akram, Mcgrath etc.?

[punjabi_khota]

Barring OZ (bowling riches) and Pakistan (lack of batting), every other team would probably pick Steyn.

[Stuge]

sachin

[zaqw222222]

Sachin

[Spiderguy252]

STEYN. Fast bowler > Batsman.

[adi B]

steyn anyday, we can have batsmen having better than sachin or even strike rate in india, but steyn is a fast bowler who i would like to see in india bcoz of the deficiency in quality of fast bowlers here...a bowler like steyn can win u matches single handedly... but the question also depends on which pasrt of world u are in, for example a paki or an australian right now would anyday want sachin ahead of steyn,bcoz of deficiency in batting department

[adi B]

Why only Steyn as a choice along with Sachin? There are several lefengs of fast bowling like the West Indies' bowlers from the 80's. OR Akram' date=' Mcgrath etc.?[/quote'] bcoz steyn is currently playing a test match nd has taken a five for, the op could easily spot steyn,so compared him with sachin