vidiq
State Regular
It doesn't tell anything tbf
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Sachin. Sobers. Smith.
- Thread starter DrWolverine
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DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Not one person has chosen : Smith. Sachin. Sobers.
Thala_0710
International Regular
Only 1 guy has Sachin at 2nd at all. He's either 1st or 3rd by everyone
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
I’m sure they have.
Thala_0710
International Regular
DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Is this from 1998 or 1999?
Thala_0710
International Regular
1998
Thala_0710
International Regular
You really don't want to get into a fight of quotes with a guy whom his opposition described like this.
DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
The best tribute
vidiq
State Regular
Only shane warne's quotes are genuine praise ,
The rest are just trying to appease the Indian masses ,
Indian journalist asked them such akward questions and they forcefully answered them ( in other words overreacting).
Similarly you can see rohit sharma, virat kohli etc are getting goat shout from some old generation players on regular basis.
Sliferxxxx
State Vice-Captain
Nobody is overhyping anything. Someone stated he didn't face any atg fast bowling i simply replied with that example. But im curious to know why it's ok to overhype teenage Sachin but no one else because you and i both know it's happened. Like his 1992 series vs a middling Australia attack at 18. Their main bowlers were Hughes and McDermott. Please.
Thala_0710
International Regular
Bradman said that out of his own accord.
Lara said that when asked about who is the best batsman in the world according to him.
Andy flower said that in 03 wc, when asked about why he wasnt making more runs and he replied we are not Sachin Tendulkar, we make mistakes.
Mark Taylor again wasn't the case you're talking about.
Not really sure about the rest.
vidiq
State Regular
I wonder how Don Bradman would have reacted to Smith's batting and bowling. He would likely have been astonished, to say the least
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
I believe you’ll find consistent history of me specifically not overhyping teenage Tendulkar.
Thala_0710
International Regular
It's not about the fact whether they were actually similar or not. It's about the fact Bradman himself thought they were. For the first time in over half a century, Bradman thought there was a guy who played like him.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
I mean lets not even bother getting into a measuring match of how much x praised y and trying to use it as a useful measure of rating a player.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Believe me, Don Bradman looked nothing like Smith.
Thala_0710
International Regular
I'm not, I'm actually pretty against using peer rep to rate players, especially from the modern era whom I've seen live (or lots of footage of). The only point was Ashwin talking about Smith like that simply isn't the first instance. Great batters have been talked about in the past like that, sometimes in ever more glowing terms.