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In the game of cricket should there be comparison?

Created by : Devi Kaladeen, Audit Manager, Health Sector Development Unit  | 03 04 2010 15:47:13 +0000
Functional Area : Sports(Personal Interests)
Keywords : cricket game comparison
Activity:  241 views;  last activity : 12 29 2010 08:05:57 +0000

West Indies cricket legend Sir Gary Sobers felt it was wrong to compare players of different eras who have played under conditions that vastly differed. Sobers rates Sunil Gavaskar as the greatest batsman he has ever seen, simply because of his stupendous success against the fearsome Caribbean pacers of the 1970s.

Sobers who was in India as the chief guest at a function to honour the epoch-making 1971 team under Ajit Wadekar as the feat enters its 40th year reportedly from Mumbai had this to say and I quote

“It's my approach, my view that Sunny Gavaskar is the greatest batsman I have come across. He has opened the innings against genuine fast bowlers like Michael Holding, (Andy) Roberts, (Colin) Croft and (Joel) Garner. He has made more runs away from India - in the West Indies, Australia and England,”" Gavaskar had a fairytale 1971 debut in the Caribbean where he amassed 774 runs at 154.80 in the series, which made him the subject of a Calypso song.
"This is not to belittle players like Vivian (Richards) Brian (Lara) or Sachin (Tendulkar). When you talk of Sachin he has done all that was expected of him," The 73-year-old Barbadian(Sir Gary Sobers) is widely considered as the greatest ever all-rounder the game has seen.

The cricket world is going crazy over Sachin Tendulkar, moreso in India he is seen as the 'cricket god'. While it is correct for his latest record to be something to brag about one must not forget the records set by his seniors nor should any comparison be made.

Cricket fans on this site, I invite you to participate by making a comment and not only agree or disagree.

 
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I support Sir Gary Sobers' comments 100%. In the world of cricket there have been many changes so it is not fair to compare  Gavaskar with Tendulkar since the era they played the game is totally different. The younger generation will be crazy over Sachin but please note the older generation will never forget the name 'Sunil Gavaskar'.

On a personal note, Sunil Gavaskar was my favourite cricketer and fortunately I was able to meet with him face to face. I know the name Gavaskar eversince I first heard the word cricket. In the eighty's (Guyanese) Indians were not supporting the West Indies teams since it was predominantly a team with only blacks. We were supporting India and Pakistan in those days...we have since moved away from that with the likes of Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kalicharran( Guyanese Indian) being included in the West Indies team and now our local hero Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan also in the team.
By Devi Kaladeen, Audit Manager, Health Sector Development Unit  03 04 2010 15:47:13 +0000
 
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It is totally wrong to compare the games of players of different eras as they faced different challenges.
By Vinoy Scaria James, Consultant, Travel Hub  | 12 29 2010 07:36:55 +0000
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The facilities, knowledge, training , motivation , more avevenues to prove talent and earn money,  support of bigwigs , part time as well as fulltime r available in Today's cricket.

So conditions difer to compare. 

 
By malladi madhukumar, AGM -MKTG, Andhra Cements Ltd  | 03 05 2010 00:26:26 +0000
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There should be a comparison because always new generation have their ideals from past & there achievements are ahead of their previous generations. If we cannot do better than what people did before means we are not developing or growing. What sachin did was better than others did in past. When later generations will break records set by him definitely they will be compared with sachin. So there should be comparison in game of cricket.
By Anteriksh Shrivastava, Executive - Busienss Developemt, Location Guru  | 12 29 2010 08:05:57 +0000
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It may be compared....

Every comparison nay be made with such situations they faced..

nowadays the approch of the game totally changed.since the stars challenged with new bowlers and new technics. So we have to compare that in such a new situation sachin made remarkable address to the indian team.

deviji, seniors made triumphs..but sachin is sachin.

personally I like Kapil dev than sunny in old stars. 
By Reni sebastian, Assistant Engineer, State government of Keralam  | 03 18 2010 02:19:06 +0000
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