Sachin Tendulkar polls “yes” in comparison to Sir Don Bradman

Sydney : Do the Australians believe Sachin Tendulkar is the best even if the name of Sir Donald Bradman comes, after the Indian made 49th 100 and crossed 14000 runs in 171 Tests.

Some 14,600 people responded to an online poll in the Sydney Morning Herald, ” Is Sachin Tendulkar the best batsman ever ??”

For a newspaper from the land of Sir Don Bradman to even ask this question was astonishing.

But the bigger surprise was in the result: 84 per cent of respondents said ‘yes’ while 16 per cent answered in the negative.

Though it’s possible that a lot of Indians voted to skew the results in Sachin’s favour, the staggering 84 per cent vote leads one to presume that a good number of Australians too think he is the very best.

For Sachin, who reminded the Don of himself, that is a supreme compliment.