No Current Players In Sachin Tendulkar's List Of Top All-Rounders

Sachin Tendulkar, who celebrated his 47th birthday on Friday, named his favourite all-rounders on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected show. The list of five players picked by Sachin Tendulkar was a mix of versatility and brilliance in at least one aspect of the game. Incidentally, none from the current generation of players could make it to his list, which was completely dominated by the greats of the game.

Among the list, Sachin Tendulkar shared the dressing room with one of the Indian cricketer while played against rest of them in his long and successful career span. He also said, these are the players he grew up watching before playing with them on the international circuit.

Sachin Tendulkar: grew up watching the top five all-rounders of the world

Speaking on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected show, the former right-handed batsman said: “I grew up watching the top five all-rounders of the world. I played with one of them which is Kapil Dev. Second would be when I had gone on to my first tour to Pakistan and played against Imran Khan,” he said.

“The third was playing against Sir Richard Hadlee on my second tour to New Zealand. Then in Australia I played against Malcom Marshall and Ian Botham,” he further added.

“So, these are my top five all-rounders whom I grew up watching play and later, had the opportunity to play against them,” he further said.

Currently West Indies star Jason Holder leads the all-rounders ranking in Tests, Mohammad Nabi in the ODI and shortest format. However, English all-rounder Ben Stokes and Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan have constantly done well for their sides. Veteran Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was recently banned by the governing council, has also contributed immensely with the bat and ball for his side.