How can Tendulkar be better then Ponting when ponting's got better averages?

Question

Also Ponting is the best ever captain. Who would you rather be on your side, if your from a neutral country?

He only holds those records because he started really young. i woulded call them records

Answer 1

well tendulkar still thinks he is a star.. but he not a star anymore...and he always thinks about his previous performances and records.. while ponting always concentrate on the day he is playing the game and he adjusts himself according to sitituation.. ponting is far more better than tendulkar no doubt he is is No. 1 batsman in ICC Rankings in both forms of games bcoz he delivers... as sachin is not even top ten in both forms of game...so forget about him... he is past now and he better retire now before he is kicked out of the side....its time for younger players now like Yuvraj and gambhir to take over sachin's & ganguly's place..

Answer 2

Your comparison is not correct.

If you want to compare their batting averages, you take the present average of Ponting and the average of Sachin when he has completed equal no: of matches to that of Ponting.
Otherwise you have to wait until Ponting reaches the no: of matches , Sachin has played.Then only your comparison will be fair.! You must remember that Sachin has crossed his Prime days now, even though he was
talked along with the Greatest ever
Don Bradman..!!!

You must remember that he gave up captaincy, because he could not concentrate on batting He was never mentioned as a good captain.!!!

Answer 3

Well he's not. He's not a leader - he was tried as that and failed dismally. He's too emotional and relies too much on feeling good to score runs.

It's like comparing Brian Lara or Mark Waugh to Ponting or Steve Waugh. They're all great batsmen but well ... It's a thing called determination!

As for the crap below about racist island: In a previous posting I pointed out that Dravid and Gavaskar both shared the qualities of Ponting. The ability to score runs when it really counted. That comment is the usual rubbish from those who struggle for facts - and is incredibly offensive and, well, racist. If you want intelligent discussion lay off the insults.

Answer 4

I'm not from a racist island okay. I'm a New Dehli college student & thinks Captain Pointing is garbage. This yellow troll never scores as mush like Sachin. Sachin is & will always be better than Captain pointing. Sachin is far better, there is no comparsion to this ......

Answer 5

Vakayil K is 100% righteous.

Answer 6

ponting is better

Answer 7

While Ponting is undoubtedly a better captain, he cannot be considered as better batsman than Tendulkar as tendulkar has many batting records to his credit.

The records of sachin tendulkar are listed below:

Test Cricket
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1) Tendulkar was the youngest India to make a Test debut.

2) Tendulkar holds the record for playing most test matches by an indian.
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3) Tendulkar is the first Indian to score more than
11000 runs in test cricket.

4) Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in Indian cricket.

5) Temdulkar is the first Indian and second in the world to score fastest 10000 runs in test cricket.

6) He holds the record for scoring highest number of run s ion test cricket away from home (5751 runs. The second being
5736 runs scored by Brian lara

7) His career average of 55.19 is - the highest average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs as well as above 11,000 runs
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8) Tendulkar has scored more than 1000 runs in 4 seasons Sunil Gavaskar is the only other India who has done so.

8) Tendulkar holds the record for most centuries in
Test Cricket (37 centuries):

9) Tendulkar is the youngest indian to score a test
century..

10) Tendulkar's record of five centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.

11) Tendulkar holds the current record for highest score
(217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side.

12) Tendulkar was the first Indian and 3rd in the world to score centuries against all test playing nations. Subseaquently Rahul Dravid has achieved this feat.

13) Sachin's 37th century against Bangladesh during the 2007 series 2nd Test, made history as it was the 1st time the top four batsman of any team had all scored centuries in a single innings.

ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS;
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1) First Indian and 2nd in the world to play most number of
ODI matches.

2) First in the world to play most consecutive ODI matches for a team.

3) Most Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds

4) On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world.:

5) Tendulkar holds the record for most runs in ODI (15484 runs). He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 15,000 run mark.

6) He is the first player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000 and 15,000 ODI runs.

7) He holds the record for highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).

8) Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003.

9) Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.

10). Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs

11) He holds the record for most centuries in ODI ( 41)

12) Sachin is the only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 83 Fifties)

13) Holds the record for most centuries vs. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
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14) He holds the record for most Man of the Match
Awards in ODI (55)

15) Holds the record for most Man of the Series Awards(: 14 Man of the Series Awards )

16) Holds the record for most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998.

17) Holds the record for most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

18)Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches that includes 20 century partnerships and 21 fifty run partnerships. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair is also a world record.

19) Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 at the LBS, Hyderabad

20) Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting.

WORLD CUP RECORDS:
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1) Most runs (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20th Mar 2007) in World Cup Cricket History including 4 centuries & 13 fifties with a best score of 152* against Namibia in 2003 world cup

2) 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup

3) Player Of The World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS:
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1) Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket. He has now scored 78 (37 in Tests, 41 in ODIs).

2) Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30th June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.

I wonder after going through the above records you sill consider ponting as better batsman that Tendulkar.

Answer 8

Obviously, he isn't.................