NEW DELHI: Talk about the Don of a new era. As Sachin Tendulkar notched up his sixth Test double century on Tuesday, some 14,600 people responded to an online poll in the Sydney Morning Herald. The question: Is Sachin Tendulkar the best batsman ever?
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For a newspaper from the land of Sir Don Bradman to even ask this question is astonishing. But the bigger surprise was in the result: 84% of respondents said 'yes' while a mere 16% answered in the negative.
It's possible that a lot of Indians voted to skew the results in Sachin's favour. But the staggering 84% vote, one can safely presume, would mean 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.