Measuring the Maestros - Peeking into 5 mighty cricket careers through the lens of numbers

Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara – who comes out on top in a statistical battle between the two greats?

Sachin Tendulkar‘s retirement has once again sparked debates about whether he is the greatest batsman of all time. While that debate may be almost impossible to settle given the changing scenarios that batsmen have had to deal with over the decades, a more pertinent discussion might be who the greatest batsman of Tendulkar’s generation has been. And that’s not nearly as difficult a task as the ‘all-time’ exercise is – we do, after all, have the blessing of statistics to guide us!

So without further ado, here’s a comparative look at the career statistics of what I believe are the five greatest batsmen of Tendulkar’s generation – Tendulkar himself, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid.

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