On What sets them apart

Submitted by hpn on July 27, 2007 - 09:51
Tendulkar may drive a Ferrari, [:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tendulkars_aura_proves_too_much_for_…|get queued by stars for autographs], but what sets the likes of Gavaskar and Ponting apart as legends in their own way seems to be the match winning ability. [:http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/columns/content/current/story/303750.ht…|S Rajesh has a nice article today on Cricinfo] which puts some light on just that.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored 10,975 runs, but only 976 of them have been in the fourth innings of Tests.
And News channels bashed Kapil [:http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/engvind/content/story/303542.html|for saying just this on TV].

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