Best Cricketers of all Time

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The Top Ten

1Sachin Tendulkar
No doubt Tendulkar is the best cricketer of all time, he is the god of cricket, I think don bradman is also a great cricket but when compare with sachin he is no match to him, of course bradman played with no helmet on the head but at that time bowlers are not bowled such fast to him and also pitch conditions are batting friendly and fielding standards are improved a lot better when compared with olden days. Even the bradman praises his batting

A great cricketers have one or two records in their names but tendulkar breaks all the records made by them so sachin = all the great cricketers.

In india sachin is god and cricket is a religion and this religion spreads all over the world by the god sachin tendulkar.

Even great players like lara, warne and hayden etc worship him as a god of cricket

He starts his cricket carrer at the age of 16 and he faces all time great bowlers of world at that time with no fear and it shows greatness of a greatman

Sachin means cricket and Cricket means Sachin. Jai Hind!
As one would like, he is the living University of cricket and others are students of that University.
Don Bradman may have been good but think of it this way. When that guy was playing bowlers had no techineque, they just tried to hit the stumps or whatever. And he only played test matches against Australia. But Sachin, come on the guy played much more teams and faced much more bowlers. and he has bashed them all
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2Don Bradman
bradman the best ever he had a batting average of 99.86 and no one is even close and he has a cricket bat that is worth 14,999 dollars he does hold the record for highest batting average check guiness world records 2010 69 years and counting NO ONE WILL EVER BE BETTER THAN HIM
Nobody can outmatch a legend he was more consistent than Sachin and more aggressive than Chris Gayle. And if he was there now one day and test match would be manipulated by him and 20-20 he alone would score three centuries in one match
Sir Don Bradman should be in first position... And regarding tendulkar he is not match winning to... He should be place below Brian Lara, Rocky Ponting, Inzamam, viv richard, and many more player.. He is not worthy for even to place in number one
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3Shahid Afridi
He is the best captain of Pakistan ever I have seen. He has the world record of 100 runs of 37 balls. That's why we called him boom boom. I am the biggest fan of shahid afridi. From my childhood I like him. Shahid vai we like you.
Afridi Lagging behind any other cricketer on earth is like saying the sun rises from the west instead of the east. He is not only a marvel at his skill but an excellent sportsman, gentleman and all rounder not only in all formats of the game but of his life too. The most unorthodox entry in cricket and certainly the most entertaining one.
The most powerful batsman of cricket history holding two records, one for biggest six and the other for fastest 32 runs in an over. He is a great sportsman of all times
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4Jacques Henry Kallis
He is such a marvelous player. I think no player can bat like him. We canot see a best batsmen after him
What the hell afridi suks
Stats in tests and ODI's says it all, you cannot argue with the stats.
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5Virender Sehwag
The nawab of najafgarh is an awesome batsman & an underrated bowler with a calm & cool head
One of most aggressive player in history of cricket
Virender sehwag 'viru' he is the best ever
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6Saeed Ajmal
Spin Master. He delivers the ball magically! Inventor of the TEESRA


He know what is his job and he perform his job very well
Saed ajmal is the best bowler of the world. He is best as he bowl the doosra and now he has invented the teesra. So vote him

7Matthew Hayden

8Ian Bell

9Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist is known as the best wicket-keeper batsman of all time. He has the highest strike rate in all the three formats. He is also the most impressive cricketer ever. His each and every shot is unforgettable. He is the best ever.

My best players are adam gilchrist and rahul dravid

Adam gilchrist all ways is my favourite he should be in a much better position then sachin. A much better player

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10Michael Clarke
Michael Clarke should at least be in the top 5 grea captain
He should be no. 1
He has great ability

The Contenders

11Irfan Pathan

12Brian Lara
he has the highest individual score the world record in test and first clao and is also a match winner, one of the greatest batsman ever
Lara is undoubtedly the best, his records are proof.
He was just the best, and his record speaks for it self. He help make west indies better and got the hiestest indevidual score not once but two times, who can beat that mabe another west indian
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13Misbah-ul-Haq

14Shakib Al Hasan

He is a player with a huge responsibility for his team and country. He's both a good and economical bowler in shorter version and the striker bowler in test matches. In IPL he's the only man playing seriously from BD. With bat he played many match winning innings. He is now in the 1'st position in ICC all-rounder ranking in OID.

He is the best cricketer of all time because he is the man who has taken Bangladesh cricket up to a flayer. He is the alone solder for BD. I don't see any particular player who has given so much for his country. When he will finish his career he will be in the chart of best of all times insha-allah

15Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting, nicknamed the punter is considered a legend in cricket.

Ricky pointing should be number 1 he was the greatest captain of the greatest team Australia HE ROCKS

The greatest because he made heaps of runs and competed with sachin while being a captain. Sachin was never a good captain. He wilts under pressure. He scores when all is well. Ponting made century is world cup final. Sachin can never handle pressure.

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16Mutthiah Muralitharan

class act. he is the all time great bowler in cricket history

Sri lankan off spinning legend whom holds the record of most number of wickets in cricket. He is well known for his doosra

17Umar Akmal

18Rahul Dravid
One the greatest test players of all time and India's best player abroad. He is the wall, one of the best defenders of all time.
He is the wall of indian cricket if he stands to bat no bowler can take his wicket he is greatest player of all time
Hey man don't forget mr. Defendable...
He is wall of india
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19Daniel Vettori

20Vivian Richards
He never wore a helmet and played in an era of great fast bowling, when fast bowlers were not limited to 1 bouncer an over. Had a Test Batting ave. Of 50 and a strike rate of 70. An absolute fearless genius unlike the modern batmen covered in full armour.
West indian master piece batsmens, whom was always a nightmare for bowlers, his one hand contributions made a great part of Caribbean dominance at 1975-1983
Got every bowlers and fielders tired by his amazing batting
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21Jhonty Rhodes

The no 1 fielder. No 30 Batsmen. No 1 cricketer HE ROCKS OO!

JHONTY ROCKS
HE IS THE BEST FIELDER.
He is the unsung hero I guess. There should be a list for all time fielders also because fielding is the one that win matches many times...

22Shane Warne

Shane Warne HAS A MAGICAL SPIN

Ha no doubt the best legspinner in the world cricket arena. The man who has bowled the Ball of the century. Undoubtedly he is the best ever spinner anyone can see!

One of the best spin bowler the world has ever seen. His performances have made australia the best cricketing nation of the world he will be remembered as the best spin bowler ever and will be a inspiration for teen cricketers

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23Sunil Gavaskar

C'mon. Dont place him here. He has broken Bradman's record

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar was an Indian opener, a great captain. He was the best opener of 70, S.

He is the best cricket player of all time. Against the west indies, he showed that no one can frustrate him. He was known as little master, because he was 5'6" and and an amazing batsman.

24Gary Sobers

Dont forget, he's the first man to hit 6 6s in 1 over.

25Kumar Sangakkara
KUMAR IS THE REAL CRICKETER EVER, OTHER THAN CRICKET HE HAS GOOD MANNER, WHICH ARE NEVER SEEN FROM ANY OTHER CRICKETER, HIS PASSION IS BRILLIANT, AND HE RESPECT OTHERS. SO THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR HIM. SO GUYS KEEP HIM ABOVE THE OTHERS. WELL DONE KUMAR.

26Sanath Jayasuriya

He is the best. I saw on a list that he was the one of the best cricketers ever. He hit many sixers and can take wickets easily.

27Liam Hutton

28William Grace

The best cricketer of the the 19th century

29Imran Khan
Don't forget he was voted as sexiest man alive by an Autralian magazine.
He tried his hardest and became the lion of cricket
The best man cricket can ever get
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30Mahela Jayawardena

Most Elegant batsmen ever

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31Yuvraj Singh

Yuvi you are best batsmen I have ever seen. You are the only man to hit 6sixes in a over against the England's Stuart broad. I wish you to be back soon in the Indian team. See how India is suffering without you. They have lost the Asia cup. I have met you once when I was very small, in Vijayawada. That time you were the only man to hit a mysterious 52. This list sucks you should be in the 1st position. Get well back soon and I know you are not less than Sachin Tendulkar. So this was all by your humble fan Kunal jain, Vijayawada,1 town.

32Sourav Ganguly

He is the best cricket player in the world...

Dada rocks we love dada he is the real indian cricketer we miss dada in indian team so we want dada as indian team coach so we want dada we want dada... please

THE GREAT BENGAL TIGER... LOTS OF HANDS OFF FOR DADA. YOU ARE THE ICON OF OUR BENGAL CRICKET...


33Kevin Pietersen

34Kapil Dev

What An Allrounder... 434 Test Wickets At A Time When Bowlers Dreaming Of 200 Wickets.

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Kapil dev is a great player he has to be in 2nd or 1st position
kapil dev could just bowl every ball to stump and get wickets

35Mahendra Singh Dhoni
He is the best indian captain ever and the owner of the helicopter shot and he can also bat well and he is off break bowler but now heis not bowling he is the best keeper ever.
This Captain of India is regarded the coolest player of all time.
MS Dhoni is the best captain ever. What man hit 224 runs against Australia in Border Gavaskar trophy 2013.
The best captain ever.
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36Andrew Symonds

37Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath, the most intelligent bowler ever.

38Wasim Akram

Great bowler of all time and king of the swing first crickter picks the five hundred wickets number 1 bowler in cricket history

39Clive Lloyd

40Arjuna Ranatunga

41Virat Kohli

An impressive cricketer for the young cricket fans.

YOUNG AND AGGRESIVE BATS MAN... FUTURE CAPTAIN OF INDIA

42Gautam Gambhir
Gauti rules 97 to win world cup vs sri lanka when he scores runs bowlers are in for touble.
Gauti is legend
He he's no end

43Dennis Lillee

44Suresh Raina

45Paul Collingwood

46Tamim Iqbal

47Allan Border

48Shane Watson

The second best all-rounder ever from Australia.

What an allrounder, he hit 12 sixes in a match against Bangladesh

49Shoaib Akhtar

50Hashim Amla

51Brendon McCullum

52Dale Steyn

The Speed Gun of Cricket Universe.

53Brett Lee

54Malcolm Marshall
Best bouncer bowler of west indies

55Peter Siddle

56Yusuf Pathan

57W. G. Grace

English born cricketer whom never played international cricket but still considered as the greatest of the games establishing era

58Steve Waugh

The greatest aussies captain who lead aussies for triumphs at 1999.

59Kamran Akmal

60Mark Boucher

61Harbhajan Singh

62Ravindra Jadeja

63Younis Khan

64David Warner

Warner is the most exciting cricket player of all time. He can hit the ball a heck of a long way, he is so amazing

65Michael Hussey

Why is Mr Cricket so far down this list, e puts his heart and soul into every aspect of the game

66Ravichandran Ashwin

67Tillakaratne Dilshan
Firing batsman... If he gets going on, sri lanka will surely win the game... That is a quality of a quick run-scorer

68Javed Miandad

69AB de Villiers
How can you guys forget?!

70David Boon

71Dean Jones

72Mushtaq Ahmad

73Chris Gayle
A thunder storm or should I say Gayle storm

74Subramaniam Badrinath

75Javagal Srinath

76Albie Morkel

77Shaun Tait

78Abdul Qadir

Incredible.

79Saeed Anwar

80Abdul Razzaq

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