1. Sachin Tendulkar:
“I see myself when I see Sachin batting”
This is what the legendary and arguably the greatest batsman of all time Don Bradman had to say about Sachin Tendulkar. One of the best players of all time, Tendulkar served the nation for over two decades, giving the millions umpteen occasions of forgetting their troubles and celebrate his exceptional feats before bowing out of the game with almost every major batting record to his name.
Over 15,000 Test runs, 100 international centuries and 18,000 runs in one-day cricket, Tendulkar’s statistics in the game is completely unbelievable and make him the best batsman of all time by a mile in terms of runs and centuries.
He arrived at the international stage as a baby-faced, curly-haired teenager and played the best bowlers with utmost ease in the early part of his career. His match-saving century at Old Trafford in 1990, which was only his second series, marked his arrival and he did not look back since then. He retired from cricket at his home ground – Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in 2013.