‘I think Sachin was the first great dominating batsman against fast bowling. We had a generation earlier of Sunil Gavaskar, G R Viswanath, whom we grew up idolising, and Sachin did as well. We had some great fast bowlers in 80s and 90s and Gavaskar had a phenomenal record against them. But what Sachin brought was dominance to fast bowling,’ Dravid said.
‘Gavaskar was a slightly more defensive batsman, if I may say that, but Sachin had grown up in a different era and had someone like Viv Richards as his idol, especially when he first batted in the 90s. The way he dominated fast bowling and the way he took on fast bowling was something that was unique and different,’ Dravid said at the annual ESPNcricinfo awards on Friday night.
‘He was the kind of player whose respect you wanted to earn. I remember ‘Sportstar’ used to interview players and they would ask who were the cricketers of the future. We were playing the Test series in England and we were in Cambridge and somebody gave me this magazine and it had Tendulkar’s interview. I quickly turned to the interview and saw cricketers of the future and he had mentioned Rahul Dravid. I felt so happy,’ he said.
Organise more tests: Tendulkar
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar has suggested ICC must organise more Tests if the traditional format is to survive and credited Twenty20 cricket for making the five-day matches more result-oriented these days.Tendulkar was speaking at the ESPNcricinfo awards night after being voted Cricketer of the Generation on Friday night. ‘ICC should take notice of it and organise more Test matches if they want Test cricket to survive. (However), I still believe Test cricket is in good hands, players are producing unbelievable cricket. If you see all across the world, most of the Test matches, they have results, very few Test matches are drawn games nowadays and that is due to introduction of T20 as well. It is complementing each other,’ the 40-year-old said.Tendulkar added that for beginners, Twenty20 was the ideal format to follow and added that Test cricket should not be forced on players. ‘If you want more guys to follow cricket, T20 is an ideal format to introduce people to cricket. And then gradually go on to one-day cricket and Test cricket, ‘ he said.
‘Gavaskar was a slightly more defensive batsman, if I may say that, but Sachin had grown up in a different era and had someone like Viv Richards as his idol, especially when he first batted in the 90s. The way he dominated fast bowling and the way he took on fast bowling was something that was unique and different,’ Dravid said at the annual ESPNcricinfo awards on Friday night.
‘He was the kind of player whose respect you wanted to earn. I remember ‘Sportstar’ used to interview players and they would ask who were the cricketers of the future. We were playing the Test series in England and we were in Cambridge and somebody gave me this magazine and it had Tendulkar’s interview. I quickly turned to the interview and saw cricketers of the future and he had mentioned Rahul Dravid. I felt so happy,’ he said.
Organise more tests: Tendulkar
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar has suggested ICC must organise more Tests if the traditional format is to survive and credited Twenty20 cricket for making the five-day matches more result-oriented these days.Tendulkar was speaking at the ESPNcricinfo awards night after being voted Cricketer of the Generation on Friday night. ‘ICC should take notice of it and organise more Test matches if they want Test cricket to survive. (However), I still believe Test cricket is in good hands, players are producing unbelievable cricket. If you see all across the world, most of the Test matches, they have results, very few Test matches are drawn games nowadays and that is due to introduction of T20 as well. It is complementing each other,’ the 40-year-old said.Tendulkar added that for beginners, Twenty20 was the ideal format to follow and added that Test cricket should not be forced on players. ‘If you want more guys to follow cricket, T20 is an ideal format to introduce people to cricket. And then gradually go on to one-day cricket and Test cricket, ‘ he said.