Sachin Tendulkar voted best Test player of 21st century

In an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia’s website, India's legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been voted as the 'Test player of the 21st century.' The poll was conducted by the website cricket.com.au, which is the official website of Cricket Australia to list out best 100 Test players since 2000.

The former Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar received the higher number of votes in the poll to become the best test player of 21st Century. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara held the second position in the list receiving second highest number of votes. Third position has been occupied by the former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist.

Sachin Tendulkar is certainly one of the best cricketers of all-time and now, this online poll has crowned him as the best Test player of this century.

"Tendulkar, the Little Master who remains an iconic figure in the sport, was a runaway winner, while batting giants Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis were separated on countback, with the Australian just edging out his Protean counterpart," the website said.

The survey was taken by over 16,000 cricket fans and Sachin managed to get 23 per cent of votes to top the list while Sangakkara got 14 per cent votes to be at the second position. The top 10 Test players list includes only one Indian (Sachin Tendlukar), four Australian, three South African and two Sri Lankan cricketers.

Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record for the highest number of runs scored in both ODI and Test cricket formats as well as the only player to have hit 100 international centuries.

World Cup 2015 - India vs Pakistan without Sachin

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is scheduled to start from February 14, 2015. All teams have arrived to Australia and have participated in the opening ceremony on February 12, 2015. The team has has also arrived to Australia along with its 15 men squad. The first match of India will be against Pakistan on February 15, 2015.

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The match of India Pakistan is going to be the most exciting match of this world cup, at least for Indian and Pakistani viewers. This will be first time when Indian team will be playing a match against Pakistan when Sachin is not in the team. Yes, Sachin has always been there in all matches between India and Pakistan. This proves that Sachin is a crucial factor for India in such matches. But this year, India will be playing without him and this increases the problems for the team.

India - Pakistan Match Stats are as below

Total Matches played - 59(Tests) +126(ODIs)+ 6(T20s)
Won by Pakistan -  12(Tests) +72(ODIs)+ 1(T20s)
Won by India - 9(Tests) +50(ODIs)+ 4(T20s)

It is clear that Pakistan has won more matches than India in the India-Pak rivalry. And this war is going to be tougher due to the absence of Sachin in this World Cup. People are already talking about the unstable situation of Indian team due to its poor performance in recent matches and series. Team India still holds the second rank in the ICC ODI ranking and this is an assuring factor.

The first match will be crucial for both teams if they want to enter the next round of ICC World Cup 2015. The match will also be the most exciting one for the viewers of both countries. I am not going to miss the match. If you are not able to watch the match, you can at least stay tuned with the live score at www.worldcup2015score.com