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Is Virender Sehwag the world's best attacking batsman?
 
 
 yes he is the best opener forever ... he was the attacking batsman  

   gopikrishnan

 
 He is the Best Ever attacking batsman i have ever watched.. i am 22 years of age.. and i watching cricket since my 10. & from last 12 years i have never watched any one who create such a fear in opposition like sehwag makes... people respect sachin but they have a mix imotion for sehwag.. which contains fear & respect equally.  

   mrigank

 
 you know he's a big hooker of cricket.  

   anmay

 
 YES VEERU IS MOST DESTRUCTIVE BASSMAN  

   S M D BASHA

 
 All the opposing Captains think so.The Pakis rate him the best.Doubt is only in the minds of us Indians , specially the self-styled experts and oversmart reporters of various channels and newspapers.The sheer power and ferocity of Viru is unmatched in the history of batsmanship/batting.Viru is the most destructive ever and a sheer delight to watch. Crickrt competes with the most entertaining sports on the strength and beauty of players like Virendra Sehwag. India is proud of Sehwag.  

   capt g r choudhary

 
 Good answer I am with you.Veeru is not blessed with umpires and century fixing opponents.He has no God father,except he was noticed and given freedom by the greatest captain of India S Ganguly.  

   narmadakumar

 
  Pleased to read your views. Where is the doubt when you are winning on the strength of your openers in all formats of the game.Also, the opposing teams are in awe of the bloke, Sehwag.The simplicity and uncluttered nature of the person is reflected in his batting and also on and off the cricket field.A great treat to watch.  

   capt g r choudhary

 
 yes  

   mallesh

 
 yes he is firing batsman in the world cricket . he has no fear on his eyes  

   anil

 
 certainly the most desructive batsman, once he starts going on there is no one tostop him  

   chandan

 
 yes definitely he is at the moment  

   sheila

 
 yes, why not he is the best destrective bestman in the cricket's furtnity although' sachin, gail, gilchrist, harsal gibs and other can does well on their day but sehwag can does anytime anyday so you can say that GOODLUCK SEHWAG for test series.  

   sikandar khan

 
 YES. currently he is the only player having strike rate of morethan 100 in ODI's and scoring nearly 6600 runs, afradi eventhough having strike rate of morethan 100, he is not so consistent and averaging about 25, whereas shewag averaging about 34.5, eventhough somewhat low, it is most worthful as he gives a sucessful firing start for India. the way he played irrespective of achieving 50s or 100s, makes him as a destructive batsman.   

   KRVenkatesh, sirkali, Tamilnadu

 
 At present Yes . Veeru is most destructive batsman in the world cricket . Still long way to go . He has to more consistent in his performance & convert 30-40s to Half Century , 7-80s to Century to become most destructive bastman all time in world cricket  

   KALPESH

 
 None of th epresent player can be compared with Sachin. The question in itself should not had been asked. Sachin has played and scored runs against qulaity bowling - Ambrose, Walsh, Wasim, Waqar many more, Sehawag has not seen many of them on the 22 yard,  

   Rajendra

 
 Current form of Virender Sehwag is good. But, it does not mean that he is better than Sachin. Out of his 20 years of exp, Sachin was not taken out of the team because of poor performance, but Sehwag? It is not wise to ask a great player to retire since other players are performing well. He is experienced, he knows what to do and when to do? Because of Sachin's presence in the dressing room, the morale of the team is boosted. From my perception, he should continue at least till the next world cup.  

   Somasundaram

 
 Yes veeru is the faaaastest opener in the world !!! Its time for Sachin to give other younger boys also a chance to make money !! India can do well even without Sachin and want to say thank you and goodby to him !!! Let Sachin retire with his tail up !!! Its time the younger generation replace him this year !!  

   naveen

 
 Another stupid answer. Everybody wants tendulkar's blood. Are you ready to retire from your current job to give opportunity to youngsters Mr. Naveen? Indian team has given chance to so many youngsters. Giving opportunity to a youngster doesnt mean that a performing asset should go out. So many players are not perforing for india. like Rohit sharma and munaf patel. Throw them out and give iopportunity to youngsters..  

   sajesh

 
  I will retire LIKE GANGULY,M AMARNATH,M AZAHAR,K DEV and many others who do not have a god father like Gavaskar a god like Pawar demi god like Vengsarkar and many sponsers and umpires along with IPL sponsered players help score centuries. It is a dog eats dog world.Except Gavaskar Vengsarkar and Tendulkar no body were given a long rope(miles of long rope). Nowadays every match is televised. If someone watches properly except blind man he will see the fraud of cricket.WWF seems to be motre realistic than Tendulkar century  

   narmadakumar

 
 sachin is a god in cricket in india nd as per i know no body can beat god....wat u say.....?  

   vinod pradhan

 
 SO THE SAY IS IF CRICKET IS RELIGION THEN TENDULKUR IS THE GOD.THE COMMITMENT YOU HAVE TO APPRECIATE.  

  

 
 I think sachin's 16k+ runs says it all, whose the best and most destructive batsman  

   vinay

 
 There are millions are crow comparing to peacocks.Tendulkars runs are same compairing to VVS Laxman.There are billions of dogs comparing to tigers.Gavaskars runs are same comparing to GR Viswanath or M Amarnath. Our national bird is peacock and national animal is tiger.Our national cricketer is Kapil Dev.  

   narmadakumar

 
 India is such a vast country with big population. There are many more talented players in the country who if given chance can do even better than existing players. We should keep players in the TEAM on their present form just not by only past records. Sachin Tendulkar no doubt did good for the country But yes Indian Cricket Team is not dependent on him at the moment and right now certainly VIRENDER SEHWAG is much better than Tendulkar  

   Karan

 
 He is in good form right now.Moreover the quality of ballers that he is facing right now has deteriorated much.There are no ballers like Wasim Akaram, Waqar.... The ballers are average and so the cake walk. Tendulkar was nice but now he should make way for new players. We accept that he is a great batsman.  

   Sanjay Patel

 
 What a stupid answer... Are you ready to retire from your job right now (if you are a performing asset, otherwise the company will throw you out) to give opportunities to youngsters. apply the same formula everywhere. and dont make stupid reactions... anybody can tell anything. bu its very difficult to be practical..  

   sajesh

 
 World's Top 5 Batsmen 1)Sir Donald Bradman 2)Viv Richards 3)Virender Sehwag 4)Ricky Ponting 5)Sachin Tendulkar  

   Rajanikanth Krishna

 
 You are right but for DOOM Bradman/SPONSORS Tenludakkar is a ploy by Sunil Manohar Gavasakkar and some Aussies to compliment these two and keep Lara &co out.After all Sunny beleives in Black&white more than British and Africans.Courtesy his commentery  

   narmadakumar

 
 do you really watch cricket?  

  

 
  I agree with you Don Bradman and S Tendulkar are misfit there.I have been listening and then watching cricket for 55 years.John Wayne and M G Ramachandran got oscar and barath awards respectively for their acting.Brando and Rangarao are least bothered.so the Lara and co.  

   narmadakumar

 
 He is in good form right now.Moreover the quality of ballers that he is facing right now has deteriorated much.There are no ballers like Wasim Akaram, Waqar.... The ballers are average and so the cake walk. Tendulkar was nice but now he should make way for new players. We accept that he is a great batsman.  

   Sanjay Patel

 
 common, there is no way to compare Sachin and Shewag. Shewag can never ever get to Sachins balance and technique. but yes Shewag has become matured and time for sachin to retire  

   Nachi

 
 It has been a habit for the media to focus on short term achievement, making it bigger than real rather than looking into long term consistent performance. Shewag needs to be consistent to match Tendulkar.  

   Vicky

 
 Yes, he has matured over the years. He doesnt changed his thought of destructive opening but changed his playing methodology thereby keeping his wicket even after 10th over of the innings which was the main concern in the past. One best example was the last 5th ODI, even other players find difficult to hit the ball, he had cleared the ropes as usual.  

   Naga Sundar

 
 yes  

   shiva

 
 Veeru is the world most destructive batsman in the world. Sachin should now retire and not wait to be dropped and give the youngsters a chance to make big bucks by endorsing in advertisements. We hope Sachin will not be greedy for more money and will give 50% of all his income to the poor !!!  

   deepu suman

 
 yes Veeru is much better that Sachin in both one dayers as well as 20-20 matches. Sachin has a wonderful PAST record and is only interested in making money by endorsing products in the name of representing INDIA. How much has he given to charity ? Let other youngsters make money too !!!  

   rene fernandez

 
 Both are great player.Sachin is a complete cricketer. Sehwag is a complete entertainer. Even Sehwag won't like this Comparison.  

   Vinoth

 
 Yes Shewag is the BEST as of now. Earlier it was Gillcrist  

   thayi Madhusudan

 
 Can Rajinikanth be compared to new breed of actors in Tamil Film industry or can Amitabh compared to other stars. they are legends and similar way Sachin is somebody who has been playing for India and leading the way in his own style. Shewag plays his way and wins matches for india. So stop comparing sachin with shewag and similarly stop blaming sachin saying " he plays for records". Sachin has won matches for india.   

   sarav

 
 How many matches he has won for India.Pl go through the replays and let us know.In the recent match against Eng Sehwag should have been the man of the match for the start with a quick fire 96 which was cut short by umpire.It was made stronger by Yuvi who by the way allowed Tendulkar score his century. As usual the the adjucating jokers gave it to the sponsered man T' ludakar for his quantity and forgetting the quality. Just concluded NZ match he is bestowed with man of the match by the biased judges.when evey one including the tailenders score centuries he scores the highest score with the help of umpires and dropped catches.It should have gone to Bajji who took wickets on batsmen freiendly track. Veeru and bajji like many greats have not played for mumbai.Only Tendulkar and Zahir who gets one are two wickets in every innings free from umpires are eligible for glories Pl watch every innings of Tendulkar once again and will find how hollow and fraud they are.watch for the dropped catches,umpire judjments and number of lose deliveries bowled only to him.You will not only stop watching tendulkar you will start beleiving WWF and Casinos are more beleivable. Beleive me not only he is playing for records sponsores, opponents captains,umpires,bcci(Pawar,Gavaskar,Vengsarkar and many)are involved.It is not easy for a single man to do that.The man who should have been thrown out even before his 35th century is still surviving b'cause of godfathersssss. Please I repeat please watch his 35th century 3-4 times.Mean time let us all appreciate the feast dished out by the great players like Kapil,GR Viswanath,A Gaekwad,M amarnath, K Srikkanth,BS Bedi,EAS Prasanna,M Azar,M Lal,S Ganguly, A Kumble,R Dravid,VVS KLaxman,H'bajan,Yuvraj,Ishanth, Gambhir and so many unsung heroes.Some of these deserving canditates if had a god father will be still playing by their right and would have set many milestones honestly.  

   narmadakumar

 
 yes he is he can hit any ball in any direction.  

   asnit

 
 I have enjoyed cricket only when he plays. good to enjoy his batting. Veru da jawab nahi.  

   ks rajan

 
 Yes indeed he is joy to watch.There was srikkanth who showed the world how to play.Sehwag is more consistant and also lucky he was given freedom by S Ganguly and subsequent captains and have not to put up with biased and sadist captains.Keep going Sehwag.Myself and KS Rajan will keep watching you.   

   NARMADAKUMAR

 
 Its really very difficult to answer this question? First of all this question is wrong. No wouldlike to answer this question because CRICKET is our religion & we love both the players Sachin as well as Sehwag. Both of them when in a full flow its really very difficult for any Team to stop then and put a break on a Run Rate. Both are world class players. Sachin is Technically Strong and play according to the situation demanding where as Sehwag is a Destructive player and plays his natural game under all condtion. The are the most Dangerous Players when both are in a full flow. So according to me both are equally Fantastic Players and They is no question of comparison between the two.  

   Bharat

 
 Definately looking at the way he hits the ball and his approach towards the game with such a cool temper I think he has surpassed tendulkar way long and he is the best at present in the cricket world. With such a tough competition and change in the cricket scenario like 20-20, he is the undisputed champion leading over the tendulkar and gambhir.  

   Deepak Kashyap

 
 It is not fair to compare Sachin and Sehwag. Sehwag has just started his nice career whereas Sachin has a long history. One can say both are at their best. ....  

   sUNIL

 
 No chance... Sachin is great, Virender Just play in one/two maches, Let wait and watch  

   S. Ramesh

 
 NO ONE CAN BE COMPARED WITH MASTERO AND DON'T ASK THIS STUPID QUESTION IN THE PUBLIC FORUM.   

   S Srikanth

 
 i am glad that i waas born in an era or epoch where i could see Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar playing live! my only other desire is to see him playing in real life and not on TV. this debate is pointless. Noone i repeat none can be compared with Sachin!  

   rd

 
 sehwag is the most destructive batsmen .Not only to the bowlers but also to the hallow myth of sponsored runs of Tendulkar.  

   narmadakumar

 
 Sachin is Sachin, Sehwag is not consistant as Sachin  

   sagar

 
 yes sachin is consistant. He always fails when all fail.He succseeds only when ganguly dravid,azhar,laxman shewag gambhir and other batsmen help him.he is consistant.Shewag is not consistant.He fails sometimes when everyone including Bajji and Zhahir are scoring.He is not consistant.When everyone like Ganguly,Laxman,Dravid,Yuviand Gambhir ofcourse along with Tenndulkar fail he hammers the bowlers.He is not consistant.On bowler freindly pitches he takes them to cleaners.he is sure inconsistant.WHAT A PLAYER!!!!  

   NARMADAKUMAR

 
 Sehwag is much better than sachin  

   Vishal Rastogi

 
 shewag is much better than sachin. shewag is playing for result not for records like sachin.  

   lawrence

 
  Honest answer  

   NARMADAKUMAR

 
 sewag match winneer  

   archunan v

 
 SEHWAGis not only a match winner he is also man of the match donater to sponsored player.  

   narmadakumar

 
 pls dont ask such stupid question,s.sachin is best.if u talking about destructive batsman then i think sehwag still have to learn some tips from sachin.sehwag can,t be like sachin.that,s truth.sachin god bless u.u r the god gifted to indian team.cricket will always miss u.  

   raj

 
 never we cant compare sehwag with sachin.sachin is god of the cricket.sachin is the best best and best.sachin is great player in indian team.we always respect him as a god of cricket.  

   vikas

 
 yes ! he is a destructive batsman that right . but we can not him with sachin is the father for him. you know one thing when sewag enter in internationa level he admited that he copied sachin and practice accordingly. then how you can say he is greater than sachin. it is wrong father alway father child can not cross him  

   bishnu

 
 Sachin Was best but sehwag is best.That tells all.  

   Akshay

 
 NO DOUBT, HE is the best opening bat hitter of the ball at present, but how can anyone compare him with Sachin who played 6-7 years more cricket than him and has been the mainstay of indian batting for a long time. tHE style of both batsmen is different though some of the shots they play are identical like the six over the backward point. So, while Viru is definitely in the prime of his form defying copybook style and has a lot of cricket left in him Sachin in the past too with copybook style mixed with agression has helped india win many matches. One is Hanuman of Indian cricket and the other is laxman. VIKRAM BHATIA,N.DELHI  

   vikram

 
 yes better than Sachin as he palys for the country and not for records- after gilchrist now its sehwag  

   samant

 
 Sachin is greatest. As Sewag is Batting with no action and not that shoot can be learn. Sachin's shot may reading the generation No body will remeber sehag;'s shot after that match. But sachin will be mind at every time for his action and show light how to play. i Fever sachin  

   Bijay Kumar Bhoi

 
  If someone wants to watch shot making and driving skills. a) B C LARA:- poetry in motion wiilling the ball to go b) M Waugh:- Laid back act c)VIV Richards:- Sheer arrogance d)M Azaruddin:- Silken touch e)G Chappel:- class act f)GR Viswanath:- stylish g)R Ponting:- Flamboyant h)A Flower copybook i)VVS Laxman:- " j)J Kallis:- " k)K Sangakara:- " l)R Dravid:- on merit l)S Chandrapal on merit These players have made runs in good quantity but most important with quality.A treat to watch for a cricket lover of any country.   

   NARMADAKUMAR

 
   Good Day. The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth. I am from Zambia and learning to speak English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "Apparel and merchandise from sfgate fan shop including a great selection of jerseys, hats, t shirts and other clothing." Thanks 8-). Russom.  

   Russom

 
 YES.. Absolutely right at the moment  

   jijit

 
 You can say right now Virender Sehwag is world's most destructive batsman.... Finally you can't compare Sachin (Sri Ram ji of Cricket) with Veeru (Jai Hanuman of Cricket).  

   Rachayya Swami

 
 Yes, Virender Sehwag is worlds most destructive batsman. He is not only hitting the Ball and also techincally playing the correct shots.  

   Sunil Sankhla

 
 We can say this if he reaches 15k runs and cross that 45 centuries...Too early for a comparison...But Viru is always the best player in his own way.  

   Prince

 
 No Comparision because both are the best player in Indian Team. Both are masters.  

   Lokesh Acharya

 
 Stupid questions do not solicit any replies.  

   Gaurav Kasliwal

 
 Yes you are right.When whole world knows Virendra Sehwag is the most destructive best attacking player why ask this question  

   narmadakumar

 
 yes sehwag is most destructive bats man in cricket but after the retirement of Gilchrist. now every bowlers fears him to bowl he can change the course of a match . but never ever compare with the little master sachin no one can fit his boots after his retirement his place will be empty in the cricket arena no one can play like until cricket is destroyed  

   seenu

 
 I am totally aggry with comment that sehwag is destructive bats man, but don't compare sehwag & sachin. Sachin Plays in his style & sehwag in his style. How we compare them together. How can we forget sachin record & his achievements for our country. I am not saying that shewag is not good, he is best but we can't say that shewag is bettar than sachin. Shewag also agree with this that Sachin is my Role Model. If he is saying that Sachin is my role model than how can we compare them.  

   Ravi

 
 yes.Sehwag is one of the world's destructive batsman.He should improve him to play on all type of grounds.   

   Saranya

 
 All these years Tendulkar was able to play well on types of pitches, but we are yet to see Sehway doing that.....  

   Rambo

 
 Dont compare legends like Sachin with Thunder boy Shehwag  

   Bhargava

 
 Don't Compare Sachin with Sehwag. Sachin is a Master & Sehwag is a learner.  

   RANGARAJAN

 
 Don't Compare Sachin with Sehwag. Sachin is a Master & Sehwag is a learner.  

   RANGARAJAN

 
 No Doubt sehwag is one of the world's destrucive batsman but we cannot compare him with sachin. Right now there is some good time for sehwag but technically sachin is lot more ahead compared to sehwag.\we hope sehwag's form remain for long long time till he is playing.  

   sumit

 
      Pl let us know the ten matches which Sachin won for India of his own.Most of the matches won for India by M Amarnath,A Geakwad,K Dev GR Viswanath,S ganguly,VVS Laxman,K Srikkanth,M Azaruddin and many others.S Gavaskar and S Tendulkar have made best use of Indian batting line up to make runs for themself that too with the help of good number of dropped catches.Tendulkar particularly had beniffited the maximum from the umpires.Some people along with the 36 n.o. in sixty over great batsmen and tounge in cheek biased commentator Suunny may paint a different picture.If one has time and go through each and every innings of this so called great batsman they will find he has recieved four in his favour for one against.To compare him with Lara who single handed made the heavy scores without any partners is a joke.Tendulkar and Gavaskar have never played innings when going is tough.The latest man of the match was a mockery.It should have gone to Shewag who with his blisterring knock of 96 paved for Indian victory which Y Sing carried forward.Yuvaraj alllowed him to score century and pro Tendulkars robbed the man of the match from Shewag.There are many episodes like this.It is only to give an example that to being the fresh one every one can see the logic.Shewag is a great Indian player.Tendulkat is a pampered pet boy of BCCI and sponsers.  

   narmadakumar

 
 YES,He is the one who could take the pace as well while opening against any bowler.  

   jayamani

 
 Shewag can hit 6 when his score is 96...But Sachin? Sachin has enormous talent..but he should use it for team winning...not for personal records...  

   Raj

 
 Definitely , by the way he has been batting recently and of course as he is known to be most aggresive batman - in any forms of cricket. He enjoys the respect of being able to bring the other team on back foot with his extra ordinarily destructive batting. He is a great strength to indian batting line up.  

   nil

 
     Hi this one is good comparison between Lara and Sachin.... sewag is good batsmen but think about his responsibility..... he is not showing any responsibility...if he keep scoring it will go like bullet.... we have seen that in many situations he batted irresponsible. even we have seen it on fifth oneday.. I also like the way he play...am not talking that he is a bad batsmen and I dnn wanna criticis him....he is too good on his days...next thing is his batting techniques...If you are a really cricket player you never say he will survive once he lost reflection and eye hand cordination...for him everything is eye hand cordination and superb timimg.... the same thing happened to ganguly at the age of 35.... he is too bad on foot work.. why jayasurya still sparkling he is good on foot work....sewag never try to implement something in his footwork.if he shows more responsibility and good on footwork, he is awsome.... now come to Lara Sachin, they both are non cmparable.... most part of his carrer lara never got a good support from team until Sarwan and Chandrapul comes in to the team, and in the same time he won several match by his own talent. I also never want to rate sachin or Lara high...if we rate 2 things if both have equal points what will we do we go for stats..thats what we have to look....Tendulkar is solid and steady for 20 years...never faded and will not until he retire... as an Indian. even Lara, warne, murali etc etc rate Sachin better than Lara...so its not a matter of my comments. Sachin alone takes many matches into winning situations the other guys make the situation somply worst...do u remember world cup semi 1996...If we son that match we will be winners...Sachin almost take india to semi in 1996....then 2003 what happen he alone take the team to final...bowlers make the worst performance in fnal and all say its tendulkars mistake that we not reach the target more than 350..... is it good to criticise such a profilic player.cricket is a team game. One can do 60 to 70 % the remaining belongs to team.if they r not capable no one can save... can name a single player who is super man throughout australian dominance in word cricket.No they r team of good players if one fails one will take care....in India in most case this is not the situation... tendulkar just got relief after the new dhoni force comes into picture....  

   naveen

 
 yes, he is  

  

 
 Yes currently he is the most destructive batsman. He plays without fear in all formats of game. If he learns to keep a little bit patience be can become all time best batsman.  

   Mukesh Goel

 
 Sehwag is undoubtedly the most dangerous batsman. And given his form, m sure he'll steer India to the Test series victory.  

   ria

 
 WHAT! From where did this come in. Sehwag is a human form of a player in the video game, maybe stic cricket. Sachin is the MAN who plays cricket like "The Cricket". You aren't even comparing apples and oranges here. COME ONNNN. This shouldnt be disussed at all. No way is sehwag better.  

   Sundar

 
  Sundar, the question here is, Is Sehwag the world's most destructive batsman, not is Sehwag the worlds best batsman. Sachin is and was no where as destructive batsmen as Sehwag is. Period.   

   Mohan

 
  Sundar, what are you talking about. Sachin tendulkar may have the highest runs, but he is nowhere a matchwinner. Look at his record during chasing. He feels nervous while India is chasing and has won not more than 4 matches while chasing in his career. He cannot play down the order. he was an utter failure at No. 4, where a match winner "Yuvraj Singh" Plays. Sachin has a great style and is the highest run getter, but by no means a matchwinner. When wickets fall around him, he has rarely stood up for the team. Gives away his wicket in crucial situations. Sehwag has easily won 10 times more matches than tendulkar, in his much shorter career.  

   SN

 
   My Personal stake Sachin being a match winner! Sachin was not a match winner cos as a team, WE SUCKED! Remember the game against pakistan in chennai, where sachin had a back ache and we needed 13 runs and he lost his wicket on 100 something. If you scored a century and just cos you lost your wicket at last few overs, it doesnt mean u arent a match winner. IMO, i feel the team was incapable of making mince of a great situation to win. Sehwag is most certainly better than Afridi and Symonds, NOT SACHIN. He lacks technique. Did u watch the century against NZ in recent game. His legs was rooted down. He was playing like Sadagopan Ramesh, or other wise, stic cricket! So please please please DONOT COMPARE SACHIN TO SEHWAG!  

   Sundar

 
   may be sewag is in form..this will happen to all players called like peak form in his career....do u remember year 1998...how many match we won easly with sachins performance... batting 2nd and winning is only a part of cricket...when batting first tendulkar easy destroys the opponent...this makes us feel india won comfortably....no one taking that into account.... if we r not able to chase and tendulkar fails means everything into the head of tendulkar....ha ha ha....well thats a big comeday..i am analysing all match as wellas all stats for years...just go to cricinfo and check all the match stats....do u know tendulkars first match as opener..it happened in 1994....84 run from 49 balls India easly won the match in Eden Park...first study stats...then talk....  

   Naveen

 
     please see the statistic, Tendulkar is the only person who scored most centuries in tne winning side simply dont say anything becoz of nervous ninties, did u from forget the chennai test against england.  

   karthick

 
    I would say Sachin is a Good batsman and we can't compare him with Sehwag. We need to compare him with Lara, as Lara was always a match winner. Check the records how many time we won the match when sachin made a century and check same with Lara or Sehwag or any other good batsman in the World. Its a matter of shame for Indian Cricket that we had the best batsman in the World in our team for last 18-20 years supported by other good players and still we were not able to manage a World Cup for India. Sachin is a good technical player. But when it comes to Sehwag, see his records and the runs he gave to the Indian Cricket. See the utilization of his runs, see his records and just analyze whether he played for his centuries or the Country. Both batsman have there own way and attitude towards the game. I wrote this because I saw a lot of dishonor for Sehwag in this blog. We should respect every player but be pratical, don't make anyone god and don't try to neglect + and - of a player. Thanks Guys.  

   Kamal Singh

 
   Hi SN, do u know what is cricket and what has tendulkar done in cricket..he is playing this game nearly 20 years....do u remember sewag out of form and went out of international cricket. just wait and watch whether he can perform after 3 or 4 years with his batting techniques....no ne who knows compare the talent of form of tendulkar with a sewag...even sewag doesnt do that.... he himself confessed that no one is comparable with sachin....so think before writing something like a genius....  

   Naveen

 
    Not only Sehwag everyone including SWarne,Dhoni,I Chappel and many people are saying Tendulkar is great.God bless them.They all know which sideof the bread is buttered. Everyone has to sing and dance for Tendulkar for the extra buck.You do'nt do that you are antogonizing Gavaskar,the dictator of world cricket.Tendulkar would have left the sceen long long ago,so long ago before he could score his 31st cetury only if wasn't a Mumbaikar.He has survived because of his god fathers the great 36n.o.in 60 overs Gavaskar,Vengsarkar,S Pawar sponsors and century fixing players and umpires.Please I repeat please watch each and every match Tendulkar has played if possible Gavaskar's also and see their contribution to the team.They would score when every one like vettory zahir and even prasanna score. They will be the fastest to leave the field on a bowler friendly wickets where players like amarnah,geakwad azar,dravid,laxman,viswanath,ganguly,kapil and many unsung heroes would put their effert for the team.They have made best use of Indian strong line up.Lara the genius made high scores without any big supporting players.No one,no one dare say anything against Tendulkar he will not get hefty IPL cheque.Bowlers should bowl to him where Gavaskar tells.Umpires should not give him out. Any mistake he is out.Openents should drop minimum two catches in every match.Sanjay Manjraker a mumbaikar rightly pointed out Tendulkar is picking and choosing his games.Where is he now.Removed fom the cricket scene.The totally out of form T'kar immediatly scored 50 with the help of two dropped catches and oneumpire benifit.He still struglled.Lara came to his rescue.He said form is temporary and class is permanent and prooved right by dropping two catches himself one through WHinds of T'kar and allowed him score century.His 35 th centuy had 2 catches and one stumping missed and 3 clear cut umpiring favours.To be honest first 2 wickets of MPanesars test cricket are T'kar, T'kar.Both times he was plumb lbw to the Indian born Eng player.The tongue in cheek great commentator who gives class on white and black to Aussies, Mr Gavaskar said umpires could not read Panasaer as he was a new bowler.The pride of taking the so called great batsman Tendulkar wicket as hismaidentest wciket was robbed.Gavaskar speaks rasim of black and punishes Symonds and bucknor because he feels they are white.This is to proove the clout and clowning of Gavaskar.If this man is the godfather to someone anything is possible.please watch the tapes every innings of T'kar and note down the umpire decisions plus and minus number catches dropped, number of loose deliveries bowled to him espsealy by the main bowlers comparing to other Indian batsmen.Also note down the scores scored in the innings total and the rasio on good wickets and sticky wickets. One of the reasons S Ganguly ouster was a ploy by Gavaskar and Chappel to enable T'kar back to opening in short version of the game.Not only Ganguly Ghambir too have to keep mum.Dhoni has to tow the line otherwise he is out. Why should a gentleman like Dravid declare the innings closed when T'kar was nearing double century.Every team member is irked by the step motherly treatment to T'kar. It is the survival as well some descipline keeps their mouth shut.T'kar wants to open the innings at the expence of one of the best international opening batsman in onedayers to take advantage of field restrictions and hides behind him toavoid the conditions swing of new ball and fresh bowlers and take advantage of the good work put up by thetop 3 btsmen.f they fail he too will fail.The duo of sunny and ravi will conveniently say when T'kar fails everyone fails.The fact remains in 20 years he has scored very few scores alone that to when the conditions ease out or the teams which do not have back up back up bowlers.If one goes through the each and every match replays ball by ball an  

   narmadakumar

 
    Sachin has been a great cricketer for decade...sehwag is now as he is in form...also remember the pitches were made for batsmen...if it was seaming swinging pitch..then sachin is best....  

   rahul

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