Bradman himself paid Tendulkar the ultimate compliment, once declaring that the Indian was the only batsman who reminded him of himself. Quick Single: Greats pay tribute on Don's birthday. Those four numbers, Bradman's Test average, is all most Australians need to prove their theory that The Don is the best ever.
Bradman scored 29 Test centuries in 80 innings at Test level, meaning he passed triple figures every 2. On the other hand, Tendulkar only averaged Bradman's average is so ingrained in Australian culture that the mailing address of the ABC, the country's national broadcaster, is PO Box in each capital city.
Conditions One of Tendulkar's greatest strengths was his ability to dominate against all teams, against all styles of bowling and in all conditions. While many of his teammates regularly struggled away from spin-friendly wickets on the sub-continent, Tendulkar's record was impressive in all ten Test playing nations. Interestingly, he averaged more in England and Australia than he did at home in India, with his lowest average in any country A breakdown of his record against each nation is also remarkably consistent, with his career average of Due to the restrictions of his time, Bradman only ever played Test cricket in two countries; Australia and England.
Hypothetically, and based solely on Bradman's average of 4. That would have left him just three short of Tendulkar's mark of 51 Test centuries — from fewer matches. It's also important to note that in the summer of , 12 months before Bradman returned to Test cricket, he was unable to play after being struck down by regular bouts of fibrositis.
The Little Master scored 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries from one-day internationals, an extraordinary set of numbers that will stand the test of time. Of course, Bradman never got the chance to play over cricket so we will never know if The Don would have been able to match Tendulkar in the limited-overs game.
This, despite walking out to bat only seven of the ten times Australia did. He scored He has by far the highest average among active players who have scored runs. Since making his Test debut in , he has scored And yes, Smith is right there in the top three when it comes to the overall highest percentage of team runs scored by a player.
Height only plays a small part in cricket, as it gives the players a greater reach and a longer swing. Tendulkar's smaller stature may actually help him with greater balance and stability, a factor rated highly for cricket players. In a close call, I would give the Physical Battle to Bradman, but the above ratings gives the prize to Tendulker.
There are six physiological factors from the list above to consider in this battle, and Tendulker tops Bradman in every one. Bradman would not have been involved in any fitness testing, and even Sachin may have been able to miss the fitness testing sessions if any have been held for the Indian cricket team.
Either way, there are no results to compare. Bradman's fitness may have been limited by his smoking there are photos of him smoking a pipe , which was not uncommon for sports people at that time. The modern day player has greater knowledge of the benefits of being fitter, and there is more support with fitness trainers, so Tendulkar would be expected to be in better shape than Bradman. Tendulkar to win this battle. Both players are known for their mental strength, though Bradman had a famous failure in his last innings.
All these factors are won by Tendulkar in the above table. I give this battle to Tendulkar. Of all the factors to consider, skill is the most important, as skill and therefore performance is what ultimately a cricketer is judged on.
Bradman played 52 versus Tendulkar's at least he is still playing , though Tendulkar's test average of just over 56 is well below Bradman's Bradman has a higher top score, Bradman's versus Tendulkar's not out. In Wisden's ranking of top players of all time, based on their rating system of all innings, Bradman was the clear leader above Tendulkar. Bradman also played most of his tests against England 37 out of 52 , while Tendulkar has boosted his average playing a larger range of skilled teams.
However, in one day cricket, which was not played in Bradman's time, Tendulkar has excelled. He is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals, the first player to make 10, runs in one dayers. Again overall there is no clear winner.
In the table above, the skill factor is the one in which Bradman gets closest to beating Tendulkar. In the land of a billion people and hundreds of Gods, Tendulkar is like one of their Gods. In the cricketing world, including India, Bradman is known as possibly the greatest cricket player ever, though many would believe that Tendulkar now is justified in wearing that title. It is hard to split these two in popularity. In the Hero ratings on this site only early voting results , Bradman Hero ratings are clearly higher than Tendulkar as a hero.
In a close call I give this to Bradman. Share: Facebook Twitter. Tendulkar plays under huge pressure. To perform consistently well for 20 years as per expectations is just Brilliant! Bradman never had such pressure in his whole career apart from bodyline series and in his last innings against England. And just look what pressure can do. His average which was usually over in maximum series came down to just 52 in bodyline series.
When the whole world was watching him to score just 4 runs in his last innings he couldn't even score those runs. This is what pressure is all about. And Tendulkar goes through such pressure in each every match. Even the matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. With one failure public, media, everyone in India starts criticizing the Greats of Indian cricket.
Still he is performing consistently.
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