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Brett Lee: Sachin best batsman, Kallis best cricketer
Some of the best cricket players in history are talked about in this story.
Brett Lee was a famous fast bowler from Australia.
He said Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsman, the player who scores the most runs.
He also said Jacques Kallis is the best cricketer of all time.
Kallis was great at batting and also great at taking wickets, so he was an all-rounder.
Kallis is the only player ever to score more than 10,000 runs in two kinds of matches and take more than 250 wickets in each kind.
Lee and Kallis played together on a team called the Kolkata Knight Riders.
In 2012, their team won the big league championship.
Lee said Kallis stayed very calm before playing, with a very slow heart rate.
Kallis also had a special routine, like putting his left sock on first before every game.
Former Australian pacer Brett Lee called Sachin Tendulkar the best batsman ever to play the game.
Lee named Jacques Kallis the best cricketer ever, saying his statistics are the best in the world.
Kallis is the only cricketer with more than 10,000 runs in Tests and ODIs plus over 250 wickets in each format.
Lee and Kallis played together for Kolkata Knight Riders and won the IPL title together in 2012.
Lee said Kallis was extremely calm before batting, with a heart rate of about thirty beats per minute.
- Who
- Brett Lee, former Australian pacer, speaking about Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis
- What
- Lee named Tendulkar the best batsman ever and Kallis the best cricketer ever, citing Kallis's all-round statistics and calm preparation
- Where
- On The Ranveer Show podcast on YouTube; the pair previously played together in the IPL
- When
- Not specified in the article
- Why
- To highlight Kallis's unmatched all-round numbers and his relaxed, meticulous match preparation
Key facts
- Sachin Tendulkar Test runs
- 15,921
- Sachin Tendulkar ODI runs
- 18,426
- Jacques Kallis IPL record
- 98 matches, 2,427 runs, 65 wickets
- Jacques Kallis T20I record
- 25 matches, 666 runs, 12 wickets
- IPL title
- Kolkata Knight Riders, 2012
- Kallis heart rate before batting
- About 30 beats per minute
- Podcast
- The Ranveer Show on YouTube
Quotes
Brett Lee
Former Australian fast bowler and commentator
“"I’ve always said that I think that the best batsman to ever play the game is Sachin Tendulkar but the best cricketer, in my opinion, is Jacques Kallis. The best numbers in the world. If you look at his stats, the statistics don’t lie. He’s incredible,"”
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