Top 5 quotes on Sachin Tendulkar
As long as cricket prevails in India, Indian cricket fans will always consider Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar as the ‘God of Cricket.’ It has been five years since the master has retired from the game. Still, we can hear chants of ‘Sachin, Sachin’ whenever team India or Mumbai Indians steps into the field.
Even when poor Shardul Thakur entered the field on his ODI debut with the number 10 behind his jersey, Sachin fans in the social media mercilessly thrashed Thakur. No.10 is more than a no for millions of Indians who have watched the little man play. Thakur changed his jersey number straightaway in the next series he featured. Besides that, BCCI retired Tendulkar’s No.10 jersey on November 29, 2017. Such is the legacy of the legendary Indian icon.
Over the years, we have seen an enormous amount of quotes on Sachin from his compatriots, opponents, experts, former players, current generation players, journalists. For some different reasons, I have picked five quotes among them. Here, they are:
#5 Shane Warne
" I’ll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable" - Shane Warne, former Australian spinner
Not too long ago, experts considered wrist spin as a dying art in the limited over formats. However, the recently released ICC T20I bowler ranking tells a different story. 5 out of the top 6 bowlers are wrist spinners. This ranking shows the current trend of teams heavily preferring wrist spinners to finger spinners.
However, all these leg spinners of the current generation (Rashid Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Imran Tahir, etc.,) will unanimously accept the fact that Shane Warne will always remain as the ‘King of wrist spin.’ Such is the greatness of the Aussie legend. What separates Shane Warne from the rest is the amount of spin & drift that he imparts on the ball.
Now the above quote from the spin wizard arises two questions: Is Sachin the best player of leg spin of all time? Are the batsmen of current generation technically weak against wrist spin with lack of feet movement?