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ndia's legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who scored historic 50th Test hundred against South Africa in the Centurion Test, emerged victorious over his nearest rival Sir Don Bradman.
The master blaster pipped former great Aussie cricketer in the race of Greatest batsman ever.
According to an online poll conducted by Australian daily Sydney Morning Herald, Tendulkar received 67 percent votes against Bradman's 33 percent.
A total 20768 cricket fans participated in the online survey and declared Tendulkar Greatest Batsman.
Several voters feel that Sachin played in the all three formats of the game and against all the countries where as Don Bradman's innings was just limited to four nations, mostly against England.
"Tendulkar is better than Bradman. Tendulkar has played three forms of the game to Bradman's one. Tendulkar has played around in many different pitches, against a variety of bowlers, and is the highest run getter in Tests and one-dayers. Undisputedly, the BEST EVER," one comment said.
"Bradman scored a total of 7000 runs of which 5000 plus were against one country. He played only against four countries in an era where not many matches were played in a year. He did not face too many world class bowlers, with the fastest being Larwood who bowled supposedly at 95 mph," another post said.
"I am Australian. I love Don Bradman .... But my unbias thought is Sachin is Greater. Sachin has more than 30,000 Runs. He is playing in an era where every ball is analyzed and taken note of. Yet 12 nations have not found the way to stop this man.
"When Bradman played cricket .. . it was not analyzed as we do it today. Bradman only played Test and that to only in ENG and AUS. This 30,000 runs, 50 Test hundreds, 46 ODI hundreds, 200 runs in ODI stands out for Sachin and that's why he is greater," another fan said.
Those who consider Bradman better than Tendulkar felt the Australian legend played on uncovered pitches at a time when there was no helmet and yet he had a near hundred average.
"Bradman - no helmet, uncovered pitches, higher average, no advantage of a modern bat, more centuries per innings - enough said really. Tendulkar is the best in the modern game, but Bradman is hands down the greatest," one cricket fan commented.
"No brainer in my view, but no doubt that both were legends of their era. There are two many variables to make an accurate comparison across eras. Conditions, equipment, frequency of matches, quality of opposition. 99.94 is the stand out for me," another comment said.
But some felt the comparison was futile as the two legends played in different eras.
"Sounds foolish to compare players from two different eras. Numbers don't count much when the conditions are so different. Same debate has been on comparing Pele and Maradona," a comment said.
