Best Batsman,Kaun Hai?????

The world of Cricket has seen many legends and great batsmen, who have warmth the hearts of millions.. Some of the greats the Cricketing world has seen are Don Bradman,Brian Lara,Vivian Richards,Sunil Gavaskar,Ricky Ponting , Sachin Tendulkar and still lot more...Out of these players let me analyse who is the best of the lot...

Don Bradman:
No doubt,he is one of the best batsman of his generation.. He averages around 99.9 in Tests which seems to be an improbable record to be broken by anyone..But, the question is whether he would have created this kind of record, if he is a player of this era??? In fact, he has played lot of cricket in his home soil and also against the same opponent[ENGLAND]... He would have known the attack of his opponent very well,since he played only against the same... And,not to take credit away from him,he was really aggressive in nature and tormented the bowling attack...A talent of his kind are very rare...

Sunil Gavaskar:

One of the the best batsman for India in Test Matches...The main advantage of his batting is his Concentration,Patience,Attitude...He would stay in the crease for hours and face the Best bowling attack of West Indies and also of the world Without wearing Helmet or any other safety measure on his head...Unlike Bradman, Gavaskar has faced different bowling attacks in different ant tough conditions... He was the highest century scorer in tests when he left the arena...The main drawback of his batting is his lack of aggression... I have read in an article that he scored 36 runs without being out and played the whole quota of 60 overs and was also not in a mood to accelerate his scoring rate.. And this was considered as his main pitfall...

Vivian Richards:

The other batsman who comes to the mind when talking about the greats is The Great West Indian Batsman Sir Vivian Richards... He was never afraid of facing any kind of bowling attack in his entire career and he had No Mercy for the bowlers... He was very aggressive and it was because of him in the batting department of West indies got stronger...He almost played in the same era of Gavaskar and these two were completely different in their approach towards batting... He was considered the best of the above two mentioned..


Brian Lara:

Brian Lara,also,hails from the same country that of the Great man mentioned above... And was considered as the best batsman after Richards for Windies in the latter part of his career...This guy also possesses the skills of Richards,that of attacking,but minus CONSISTENCY.... Yet,he was Robust and Powerful... He was the highest scorer and also has individual score fora batsman in tests , when he bid good- bye to Cricket.... He was very aggressive right from the start and was uncontrollable when he goes all guns blazing...During the end of his career,he was more vulnerable...And,Brian Lara was considered as the bunny of McGrath as he took his wicket more than anyone...Consistency factor is one of the drawbacks of this guy... He also holds the record of highest individual score in domestic Cricket scoring 501* against a county side in England...


Ricky Ponting:


Ricky Ponting,the ruthless Australian,was just an ordinary player in the former part of his career..But, a great fielder... He would be in and out of the team but he soon cemented his place in the Australian side....And after the exit of Steve Waugh,Ricky Ponting became the captain of Australia...From then,his fortunes have changed... He began to score tons after tons and was seemed to be unstoppable....If u have a deep look into the career of Ponting,more interesting points surface... Ponting scored most of his runs and tons against the toothless English bowling of 2003-2006..And also score more than 50%of his runs in Australia...Ricky,also didn't score much when the Bowling Greats like Wasim Akram,Waqar Younis,Curtly Ambrose,Courtney Walsh,Allan Donald were around the corner.... He was always a flop when facing quality spin Bowling and is a bunny of Indian spin wizard Harbhajan Singh...He has picked him 9 times in his career,most by any bowler...India is considered as the ominous place for Ponting,as he hasn't scored much and his first hundred came only in his fourth visit to India in Test Matches...But,really an aggressor..

Sachin Tendulkar:

When taking about the Legends,it would be a crime not to talk about Sachin Tendulkar...The very name that creates fear in the hearts of bowlers... He faced the quality bowling attack of Pakistan on his debut,when he was 16..He scored a naught on his debut and from then he hasn't turned back...His first hundred in tests came against England in England and he revealed the truth that the hundred against Australia in Perth,when all the batsmen were struggling and he was 17 then,was the turning part of his career...And after the retirement of Kapil Dev,Srikkanth,he was the lone survivor for India..Soon India became One Man Army depending on this young man to fire in all the matches...He carried the burden of millions and trillions of spectators right from the word go..Be it in tests nor in ODI's,he plays his natural game and don't succumb to pressure often....And,importantly he succeeded many times...He was also considered as the GOD of Cricket... This guy was considered as the yesteryear Vivian Richards... He was very attacking and also be patient,whenever the situation demands and this has been the hall mark of his career...He succeeded in almost all tests that he faced.. When he gets set,he would make the bowlers run for their money...He has scored almost in all countries and in all different conditions and different attacks...Sachin is a Package of The First Three mentioned above... The most suffered and suffering team in the hands of Sachin is the Mighty Australians,who were the best in the business during Sachin's era...most important feature of Sachin's career is that he was very Consistent....During the era of 1990's,it was only Sachin who came to the rescue of India,and these times were the peak of his career... It is good to hear from Ricky Ponting,the Australian Skipper,that they come with different plans to Tendulkar but every time he finds some other way to tackle it,which is considered masterful...The only disappointing feature of Sachin's batting is that he has not scored much runs nor centuries in the second innings of a Test Match,Yet Powerful...He is unstoppable by any force..He is presently the highest scorer,has most number of centuries and fifties in both forms of the game... It would take me another blog to list all of his records...And it would take a big effort from anyone to break this record...



By reading the above paragraphs,There are two greats who stand apart from others... One is the West Indian Vivian Richards and the other one is Sachin Tendulkar of India..It is difficult to compare these two as they have similar attributes... But,considering the expectation factor and percentage of succeeding the expectation, I would consider Sachin to top the list... Hence,there is only one man who was/is/will be the greatest of all the legends in years to come...Proud to be born in the same country of this man...