Friends,

This is quote from the ''White-Lightning'' about Tendulkar:

''Consistency is the factor that makes Tendulkar special. He is often spoken about in the same breath as Brian Lara, but as far as l am concerned, the comparison does not even begin. Lara is not half as consistent as Tendulkar and lacks the discipline of the latter. The left-hander plays in a more loose manner and is not that controlled or patient during the first 20 minutes of his innings. Lara was unbelievable in 1994, but he has never been able to recreate that magic consistently after that

Which is why l rate my dismissal of Tendulkar at Durban in 1996 as the best ball I've ever bowled in Test cricket. l remember that over very clearly. Tendulkar had just hit me for two boundaries, but l decided to stick to my outside-the-off-stump line. The ball just nipped back sharply and claimed his off-stump. It was a perfect ball and, more importantly, exposed a tiny chink in the army colonel is armour. Since then we have worked on bowling that ball against Tendulkar and have had some degree of success with it.''



Which are the toughest bolwers that Sachin has faced.

1. What is your personal opinion ?

2. Has he himself admitted about somebody ?

If anybody has stats it will be wonderful.

How did he fare against spin sensation Ajanta Medis compared to Shane Warne or Murali?

Thanks

Rehman of Multan
EDIT: Most impressive answer Matt !

Thanks everybody, I am retiring for the day. Good night !

Glenn McGrath

my opinion as well as his is Glenn Mcgrath

That is a good Q, & there are many . Just think. He has faced the world is best & still managed to get where he is.But l have to go with McGrath also.

The more l looked at this the more l came up with. There r 16 players who have played him once & taken his wicket once. NC Johnson from Zimbabwe played him once & took his wicket in both innings.
As far as players Tendulkar might have worried about goes, JM Anderson from England would have to take that title. He has only taken Tendulkar is wicket 4 times (only?? LOL) but he only had to play him in 5 matches to do that.
Then it would be Jason Gillespie. Although Muralitharan has taken his wicket most with 7 dismissals, he has played him in 15 matches.
Both McGrath & Gillespie have taken 6 of Tendulkar is wickets but Gillespie has only played him in 8 matches where McGrath has played him in 9 matches.
Then follows Lee 5/12, Cronje 5/11, Donald 5/11, Pollock 4/12, Lewis 4/8, Ntini 4/8.
Warne could only manage 3 of Tendulkar is wickets in the 12 matches they played against each other.

Ajantha mendis .. against mendis tendulkar read the lowest avrage
hope it helped~

sachin has faced all the great bowlers of his generation & all of them think he is a great batsman. Since sachin comes in top order, he has faced all the great fast bowlers, & because of his consistency, he even has faced all the best spinners.

for ex:

Wasim Akram
McGrath
Waqar younis
Brett lee
Shoaib Akthar
Allan Donald
Ambrose
Walsh

spinners like shane warne(but he never feared this guy)
muralidaran
saqlain mustaq

If you chuck you will get 7 wickets against sachin.

McGrath

In a career spanning about 19 years, Sachin faced over 100 test match bowlers. Important bowlers are:
Australia: McGrath, Stuart Clark, Damien Fleming, Merv Hughes, Jason Gillespie, Craig McDermott, Shane Warne, Stuart MacGill & Brett Lee.
England: Darren Gough, Angus Fraser, Matthew Hoggard, Andrew Caddick, Dominic Cork, Phillip de Freitas, Steve Harmison, James Anderson, Monty Panesar & Devon Malcolm.
New Zealand: JEC Franklin, CL Cairns, CS Martin, Daniel Morrison & Daniel Vettori.
Pakistan: Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mushtaq Ahmed & Danish Kaneria.
South Africa: Dale Steyn, Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini & Andre Nel.
SriLanka: Muralitharan.
West Indies: Curtly Ambrose, Ian Bishop, Courtney Walsh, Kenneth Benjamin, Jerome Taylor, Merv Dillon & Pedro Collins.
Zimbabwe: Heath Streak.
Amongst these bowlers, the deadliest r (very low 'balls per wicket', very low 'runs per wicket'): Steyn, Waqar, Donald, Ambrose, McGrath, Akhtar, Murali & Clark.
The data pertaining to aspects like: how many balls Sachin faced against them & how many runs he took against them is not available.
Against Mendis, he has not come good which we all know.

Shane Warne
Allan Donald
Glenn Mcgrath
Courtney Walsh
a few more too, but this is enough too.