5 Greatest Test batsmen of all time

#2 Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Sachin Tendulkar

The greatest batsman in modern day cricket was a run-machine with a very wide range of strokes and a very solid batting technique. Tendulkar’s test career lasted 24 years and he made 15921 runs in 200 tests at an average of 53.80, the highest by any batsman.

Moreover, he faced top-class bowlers like Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan throughout his career and was successful against all of them. He also scored runs in every possible playing condition and on all sorts of surfaces.

Tendulkar made his debut at the age of 16 against Pakistan and went on to score 51 test centuries in a remarkable career. He scored centuries against all test playing nations both home and away. He also carried the batting burden of the Indian side almost single-handedly for a considerable part of his career. Tendulkar’s straight drives were his signature strokes and he silenced many hostile fast bowlers with them.