Sachin Tendulkar or Jacques Kallis? England Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler share the verdict on the biggest cricket player
EnglandWhite ball captain If buttlerAlongside the old cricket Stuart Broadtriggered a new debate in the cricket world by weighing on one of the most sustainable comparisons in sport, Sachin Tendulkar against Jacques Kallis.
Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis Carament International in number
Kallis’s international career is a statistical wonder and undoubtedly the most balanced record that the game has ever seen. In Test Cricket, Kallis appeared in 166 games and amashed an astonishing 13,289 points at an average of 55.37, including 45 centuries and 58 half-centuries. In one day, internationals (ODI), he continued his domination by scoring 11,579 points in 328 games at an average of 44.36, reaching 17 centuries and also capturing 273 windows. Combined through formats, Kallis has collected nearly 25,000 international races and more than 550 counters.
Although Kallis’ versatile numbers are beyond the comparison, Tendulkar’s career represented something much more than functions, this represented resilience, coherence and national emotion. Tendulkar remains the most prolific praise of international cricket, with 15,921 points in 200 tests at an average of 53.78, including a record of 51 centuries. In the ODIs, he collected 18,426 points out of 463 games at an average of 44.83, including 49 centuries and 96 fifty, recordings which are still intact, except the hundreds.
Daring verdict of Jos Buttler on the biggest cricket cricket player
Speaking on the popular podcast ‘for the love of cricket,’ Buttler did not hesitate to tip the balance in favor of Kallis. Citing a declaration of the legendary Australian captain Ricky PontingWho himself considered Kallis as the best cricket player hands down, Buttleler stressed that when the cumulative contributions of a player with Bat and Ball are taken into account, he becomes extremely difficult to ignore the South African faithful.
Buttler compared the achievements to the stick of Kallis to those of Tendulkar, and his impact of bowling alley to someone as Zaheer KhanSummary essentially that Kallis brought the value of two elite cricket players in one. He said that when selecting a XI game of all time, Kallis’s double versatile versatility offers an unrivaled team balance, which is why the South African versatile went to the Indian icon in his books.
“I’m going to say to Kallis just because I saw Ricky Ponting say from afar Kallis is the best cricket player. His numbers, when assembled, are equivalent to tendulkar with bats and Zaheer Khan with the ball in a cricket player. It is quite difficult to look after that if you try to choose a team,” Said buttler.
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Stuart Broad chooses his favor between Sachin and Kallis
Adding more weight to the debate, the old stimulator of England Broad also gave his point of view during the same podcast. Although Broad leaned too much to Kallis for the pure balance he brings to a cricket team, nearly 300 counters and an average of 55 with the bat, he made a convincing case on the ability of Tendulkar to prosper under pressure.
Broad pointed out that, while Kallis discreetly carried out his business in the South African configuration, Tendulkar played with an entire nation on his shoulders, in particular through the 1990s and in the early 2000s, when the success of the Cricket of India was largely dependent on his performances. He quoted the coronation of Tendulkar, winning the ODI 2011 World Cup in front of a home crowd in Mumbai as a decisive career moment which presented not only his cricket class, but also his emotional importance for Indian cricket. Broad concluded that the longevity and mental tenacity of tendulkar in such an environment of a casserole-header was incomparable, even if in a perspective of equilibrium of the team, Kallis could be the best full choice.
“I think you have to go there, in your team, for balance, Kallis for 300 test counters (292), on average 58 (55.37) with the bat. He is probably in my opinion the greatest versatile cricket player of all time. But then you speak with the pressure he played under, compared to Kallis, which made the pressure. kept the standard test games, 200, “ Broad said.
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