Re: Sachin V/s Inzi : Who is better?
and I agree here. 
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I wouldn’t put Youhana in the same class as Inzi… both are way above any other batsman in Pakistan team, but Inzi is in a class of his own.
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Sachin was a whole different class ahread of Inzi and most others in batting. It's been a while since then.
Inzi is alright and certainly one of the two world class players Pak has produced (in current times).
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Sachin was the most overrated batsman of the 90's and I had realized that when I was a freakin' 10 year old kid. The truth is just out there now and a lot of people have realized it. I was never nervous when Sachin was at the crease against our bowlers and I still don't think he is a major threat to any bowling attack in the world.
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Javed Miandad Inzimam ul Haq and Saeed Anwar have their own class but the greatest batsman ever is Lara without a doubt... Sachin would come second but is finished now
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Sachin should polish Lara’s shoes once in a while. Not even close to him in handling big match pressure.
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Not a chance man
Sachin is a grade A choker who scores really well when his team loses (with a few exceptions)
I would rate Dravid as a much better batsman on the Indian team
In general, I agree with the guys above → I would take Miandad, Saeed or Inzi over Sachin any day
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yup
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Yeah, all those runs in Australia in the absence of McGrath and Warne, is nothing to write home about…and that is why I said against full strength top tiered team, Sachin is mediocre…The only time Sachin played against a full strength Aussie team in Australia, he managed an average of 46, with one century, well below his career average. Against the same opposition, a month earlier, Inzi averaged 43, with one century as well. An insignificant difference in numbers…
A few years later, when there was only one good bowler, Gillespie (Averaged 37 in the series), in the opposition, and not to mention that he is nearly not as penetrating as McGrath, and against the likes of Williams, Bracken, Bichel, S. Waugh, MacGill, the all time great bowlers, who put God’s fear in any batsman, what does Tendi do? He averages 76 with a score of 241 not out… I am sure if Inzi was given the same circumstances, he would have helped himself to a double century or two…Also against the same full-strength opposition, last year, Tendulkar was upto his same medicore self. Tendulkar is characterisically motivated to score when the opposition is weak, but when the stakes are high, pressure is unbearable and the opposition is at full strength, Tendulkar has no motivation and he often plays to his true potential, as evident in the '03 WC final. India may not have won the match, but atleast, he could have stamped his authority against one of the best teams in history.
Now lets come to another medicore side, known to make featherbed pitches, so that their batters can score tons of runs at home, that is Sri Lanka…(Sri Lanka scoring world record 940 in one innings, with the likes of Jaysuriya scoring 340 and Mahanama 226, plus all the centuries and double centuries their batsmen score at home and fail miserably abroad, all reinforce the fact that Sri lankan pitches are tailored made for batting). Now in Sri Lanka, which is not a world class bowling outfit to say least, Tendulkar averages 111 with five centuries…and if you include 8 more tests played against Lankans at home, Tendulkar still averages 88 with six centuries…Throw in the numbers from Zims and Bangers, and you will start to see a pattern of extra ordinary, highly motivated, and commanding performance against medicore, subpar, half-depleted, and bottom-tiered team, while medicore performances against good, full-strength, top tiered team and that in a nutshell sums Tendulkars’s game, ability and legacy as a player…
Record against: Zims at home, 5 Tests, 4 centuries, average of 113, 201*…
Bangers overall, 3 Tests, 1 century, average of 151, 248*…
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I don't understand why people say he is not a match winner. What about his 98 in wc against us. Does that not count. People say he needs to carry his bat to be considered a match winner. What the fukk, how many openers can carry his bat all throughout the inning. He has taken his team many a times to the mouth of victory, but only to see his team mates make a mess out of his good work.
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i don;t want to argue much.. just my own thoughts... i have played a lot of cricket and we use to have pre define teams always with a bit of rivalry... and they use to be 5 over matches... and scoring anything above 30 was a guranteed win due to the place where we use to play... and quite a few times i managed to score in the range of 40 - 50 while chasing as an opener... and i don;t remember that i ever managed to score more than 6 runs in the chase if i have come after opener...
so if i have to judge between these two i think inzi is a lot more talented player... because he comes at a very cruical time... he bears a lot more pressure than an opener... his 60 run inning definitely worth more than that tendulkar's century, in my opinion.. as far as i remember Imran always use to consider Inzi as an opener... but i don't know why this experiment was never done seriously.
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Disagree. The MOST difficult position to play in cricket is that of the OPENER. The ball is hard, seams and swings and you get to face the freshest of bowlers.
5-over matches that you played in a galli are not a good analogy, sorry to say.
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Even Afridi hits a monstrous beast like 100 off 40 odd balls once in a while. To win matches consistently is what should be looked at. Sachin is a choker, and that is the coldest and hardest fact that no Indian is willing to accept.
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Says who, I for one have been on Tendulkars case for a long time now, But lets give credit where it is due, Does Tendulkar have to win every match, what are the other 10 players for.
Atleast of late the dependence on Tendulkar has reduced, not only that even the collapse on Tendulkars wicket has been almost licked, though we could do better there.
Aur Bhaya believe me you Tendulkar and Afridi can never be mentioned in the same sentence.
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Was that a playoff or a final match?..Was the series win on the line?..it was an inconcequential match and had Razzaq taken a regulation catch, earlier int the innings to dismiss him, Pakistan would have won the match anyways…
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The expectation is not high when you are role player with limited ability. However, when are made out to be the greatest batsman ever, then you should win matches left and right, regardless of what others in the team are doing or how strong the opposotion is....
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Yaar you know that and I know that, No one and I repeat No one can perform 100% all the time, yes agreed that he has been having a lean patch, for which we all have been on his case.
Still that dosent mean ke he is not one of the greatest world class batsman, but Human for that matter, with flaws and short comings, not that I really like him or idolise him, only that you have to call a spade a spade. and a spade (Afridi) cannot be compared with a golden spoon (Tendulkar).
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I'll take Afridi over Tendulkar anyday. Selflessness and team spirit and commitment rank higher in my book than talent. Unfortunately same can't be said for Tendi, or even rest of Indian batsmen for that matter. It was there for all to see, when "pushover" batsmen dominated "legends".
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Tendulkar is a better batsman anyday. Not just Inzi but above all the batsmen in the world till this day. He is way too perfect.
However Inzi has a far better record of playing crucial innings in pressure situation. Specially in last one year he has done it again and again. After 15 years in Intl cricket, we see more maturity and responsiblity in Inzi's personality and game as compare to Tendilia, who set his own standard too high that he is having hard time to meet it again in later part of his career. He has become more inconsistant than before.
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now that is a posting where even if I want to, I cannot dispute.
, and I have said this umpteen times, Tendulkar has lost his rhythm and needs to find it again. That does not mean he is any less of a Batsman.