Sachin Tendulkar named cricketer of the generation

Sachin Tendulkar

Indian cricket’s greatest son Sachin Ramesh Tenulkar has been voted as the cricketer of the generation by eminent panelists from across the globe. He faced tough competition from the great South African all rounder Jacques Kallis and his great rival Shane Warne.

Sachin indeed has been the greatest player this generation has seen. That notion has been born stamp by the Don himself when he said that Sachin’s batting resembled himself. This award was instituted to celebrate 20 years of the most popular cricket website - Cricinfo.

Sachin has demolished, dominated and destroyed almost every bowling attack he has faced the past two decades or so. No batsman has ever lasted so long and this is just a small token of respect for the great man. He has given fans moments that wouldn’t so easily fade off their heads.

His competitors; Warne and Kallis also had a lot of runs and wickets behind their back. But finally, it was Tendulkar so emerged victorious. The jury that decided on the award included Rahul Dravid, Michael Holding, Ian Chappell, Martin Crowe, Mark Taylor, Younis Khan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Barry Richards, John Wright and Jeff Dujon, among others.