da bet vitoria： Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is rated as the world’s bestTest and one-day batsman in the international ratings released today,notwithstanding arguments that Australian skipper Steve Waugh is abetter player
01-Aug-2001Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is rated as the world’s bestTest and one-day batsman in the international ratings released today,notwithstanding arguments that Australian skipper Steve Waugh is abetter player.In arguably the most scientific system of ratings,PriceWaterhouseCoopers puts Waugh, whom Sunil Gavaskar had recentlyplaced a notch higher than Tendulkar, well behind the Indian genius atnumber two in Tests and many numbers below him in the one-dayers.Rahul Dravid is placed number four in Tests and skipper Sourav Gangulynumber five in one-dayers. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is rated as the7th best bowler in Test cricket.With 892 and 742 points in the Test and one-dayers respectively,Tendulkar leads his rivals in both versions of the game by comfortablemargins. Waugh has 861 points while his teammate Michael Bevan isplaced second in the one-day list with 775 points.Harbhajan is the only Indian in the top ten of the Test bowling listwith 733 points. Glenn McGrath is rated number one with 913 points.Dravid, who tallied 807 points, was placed behind Waugh and AndyFlower of Zimbabwe (830). Ganguly, placed a lowly 45th in the Testswith 534 points, has 742 points in the one-dayers.The highest rated Indian bowler in one-dayers was Ajit Agarkar, placed27th with 613 points. He was immediately followed by Venkatesh Prasad,Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble.