Sachin became the greatest batsman of the 21st century

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has become the greatest batsman of the 21st century. Sachin got tough competition from Sri Lankan great batsman Kumar Sangakkara. Both the players had equal points but Sachin emerged the winner as he was on the list of more jury members. The announcement was made during tea hour on Saturday, the second day of the final of the ICC World Test Championship between India and New Zealand at the Aegis Ball here. Was done.
India’s leading sports broadcaster Star Sports took a unique initiative of choosing the greatest player of the 21st century in Test cricket to celebrate historic moments in Test cricket ahead of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final. The aim of Star Sports behind this initiative was to bring together the entire cricket community, from veteran cricketers to senior sports journalists, broadcasters, statisticians, analysts, anchors and the entire world.
Star Sports will choose a great player from four categories Batsman, Bowler, All-rounder and Captain. For this, Sachin Tendulkar, Steven Smith, Kumar Sangakkara, Jacques Kallis in the batsman category, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Dale Steyn, Glenn McGrath in the bowler category, Jacques Kallis in the all-rounder category, Ben Stokes, Andrew Flintoff, Ravichandran Ashwin and in the captain category Steve Waugh, Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, Virat Kohli have been named.
Star Sports has constituted a 50-member jury consisting of legendary cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Ian Bishop, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Scott Styris, Gautam Gambhir and eminent sports journalists and coaches to select the greats from these nominated players. . The broadcaster has also given fans a chance to be a part of the jury. Cricket lovers will be able to vote on Twitter to choose their favorite captain and all-rounder on 15 June, while the batsman and bowler will be able to vote on 17 June.
Talking about the process of selecting great players, complete transparency has been ensured in it. Players in the four categories have been nominated only on the basis of data from or after January 1, 2000. According to the criteria of the best batsman category, a player must have more than 10,000 runs, an average of more than 50 and more than 25 centuries, the criteria for the bowler category is that the bowler’s average at home and foreign soil is less than 30 and to his name 15 times. Must have five wickets, an all-rounder of more than 2500 runs, more than 150 wickets and a positive difference between batting and bowling averages, while the captain must have at least 10 wins at home and abroad and a match win or draw percentage of more than 70 Should be.