Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Brett Lee Names Kallis Best Cricketer, Tendulkar Best Batsman
Brett Lee is a very famous cricket player from Australia who used to bowl the ball really fast.
Someone asked him who the greatest cricket player of all time is.
Lee said Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsman who ever played.
But he said Jacques Kallis is the best overall cricketer.
Kallis played for South Africa for almost twenty years.
He scored a huge number of runs and also took a huge number of wickets.
Lee and Kallis were teammates on a team called the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL.
Their team won the championship in 2012.
Lee also talked about Virat Kohli and said he is still a great player.
He said people should just look at Kohli's record because it is amazing.
Australian fast bowler Brett Lee named Jacques Kallis the best cricketer of all time and Sachin Tendulkar the best batsman on The Ranveer Show.
Lee said Kallis 'has the best numbers in the world' and 'the stats don't lie.'
Kallis scored 13,289 Test and 11,579 ODI runs and took 292 Test and 273 ODI wickets for South Africa from 1995 to 2014.
Lee, who took 310 Test, 380 ODI and 28 T20I wickets, won the IPL title with Kallis at Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012 under Gautam Gambhir.
Lee defended Virat Kohli, calling his record 'impeccable' and dismissing talk that Kohli is past his best as 'rubbish.'
- Who
- Australian fast bowler Brett Lee, who picked India's Sachin Tendulkar and South Africa's Jacques Kallis; Virat Kohli was also discussed.
- What
- Lee named Tendulkar the best batsman of all time and Kallis the best cricketer, saying Kallis 'has the best numbers in the world.'
- When
- The comments were made on The Ranveer Show; the article was published on August 09, 2026.
- Where
- The Ranveer Show; Lee and Kallis were previously IPL teammates at Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Why
- Lee believes Kallis's combined batting and bowling statistics across Tests, ODIs and T20Is make him the greatest cricketer.
Kallis Is The Greatest Cricketer
Tendulkar Or Kohli Is The Greatest
Greatest Cricketer Of All Time
Kallis Is The Greatest Cricketer
Lee argues Jacques Kallis has the best numbers in the world, with 13,289 Test and 11,579 ODI runs plus 292 Test and 273 ODI wickets, saying 'the stats don't lie.'
Tendulkar Or Kohli Is The Greatest
The broader GOAT debate often centers on Sachin Tendulkar, who tops the run charts in both Tests and ODIs, or on other modern stars such as Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli's Current Form
Kallis Is The Greatest Cricketer
Lee says Kohli 'is still the same tiger' with an 'impeccable' record and calls talk that he is past his best rubbish.
Tendulkar Or Kohli Is The Greatest
Some critics judge a batsman's decline by recent failures, suggesting that if Kohli does not score runs he is past his best.
- Lee's pick for best batsman
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Lee's pick for best cricketer
- Jacques Kallis
- Kallis Test career
- 13,289 runs and 292 wickets (1995-2014)
- Kallis ODI career
- 11,579 runs and 273 wickets
- Kallis T20I career
- 666 runs and 12 wickets in 25 matches
- Lee's international wickets
- 310 Test, 380 ODI and 28 T20I
- Where Lee made the remarks
- The Ranveer Show (TRS)
- KKR title
- IPL 2012 under Gautam Gambhir