Sachin Tendulkar better than Bradman

Have you wondered if Bhajji was right? Harbhajan Singh who had said that Sachin Tendulkar was better than Sir Don Bradman feels to me as rather right with his remark. But there is more to it that might count to make a player either better than Sir Don Bradman or at par with the great!

Earlier Cricket was only Test Cricket! The game has been in existence over the past couple of centuries but cricket became popular since the very beginning of the twentieth century. But then there were not much developments on the game during a Bradman. Sachin Tendulkar was the destiny's child who chanced upon the game by destiny at a time when the impact of One Day Cricket was felt upon the Test Cricket Runs Per Over.

A time when Test Cricket was played with four runs per over. Sachin Tendulkar was one who came to the game after India won the World Cup. The Indian Team, I believe, had hitherto been an underdog in the ODI format ever since the first World Cup. I mean prior to the World Cup win in 1983.

Sachin Tendulkar had an innate ability with the bat which came at the very age of three. His love for the game could have started much before he held his first bat and took his stance.

Sachin and Bradman

Sachin Tendulkar vs Sir Don Bradman is the debate that was once initiated when Sir Don Bradman observed that Tendulkar's batting style was similar to his. He was a prolific run scorer and so was Sachin. They both played the same kind of shots. I had not known a certain Bradman before Sachin Tendulkar was invited by the great man! But I always knew Sachin Tendulkar since two years after my birth.

Who would know how Don Bradman would look at the one day game, if he were young and he would play it? So Sachin Tendulkar's cricket coincided with the proliferation of the One Day format and it is surprising that Twenty 20 has not had much impact on him. The twenty 20 format of the game can be ranked much below the willowing skills of the master!

The younger players of the Indian team who put up very good occasional shows are much humbled by the presence of the God before them. They know the caliber of the man.

To me, I understand that Bhajji's remarks come as a backlash against the Australian fraternity with whom he has had the worst of tiffs with. It is not only the chancing upon on the evolution of the game that has made the little man great!

It is love, passion and ability all intertwined to make Sachin Tendulkar the God!