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The comparisons between players in cricket is not an odd thing. From fans to experts, cricket has 🐓always seen people drawing evaluations between players in order to assess who is the best in the business.
From Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan’s battle to the comparison between Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Laraಌ, the legends had gone through several assessments.
The similar pattern continues in modern-day cricket as well, and two players who are always on the radar are India skipper Virat Kohli and former Australia captain Steve Smith. The pair have been compared with each other numerous times. Some term Kohli as the greatest batsman of the current time, while some𓆏 rate Smith as the top-of-the-line strokemaker.
More often than not, cricketers belonging to the same era gets compared. However, on Sunday, the official broadcaster of the ongoing two-match Test series between South Africa and Sri Lanka ♒came up with perhaps the weirdest compꦍarison and were expectedly trolled by the fans.
The broadcaster SuperSport compared Proteas batsman Rassie van der Dussen with India legend Tendulkar. The broadcaster highlighted record of van der Dussen as well as of Tendulkar after t🐭heir first 6 Tests.
SꦗuperSport comparing first 6 matches of Dussen and Sachin Tendulkar.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Van der Dussen is playing his sixth Test, and so far he has scored 289 runs with the help of three fifties. On the other hand, Tendulkar has scored 15,921 runs in 200 Tests with 51 centuries and 68 half-ton🌼s. No wonder, after seeing the comparison, the fans were not at all impressed as they hammered the broadcaster.
Here is how fans reacted:
Van der Dussen getting comparisons to Tendulkar and Kalis regarding his and their first 6 tests … 🤨😳 ja, no, well, fine …
— Morgan Bolton (@FreemanZAR)
Me and Sachin had the same batting aveﷺrage after 0 matches. 🤩
— Manya (@CSKian716)
//twitter.com/ꦕDineshB꧃ijarni17/status/1345912470016204803
When you read statistics a lot, but didn't saw cricket in the '90 – '00 s. 😬
— Uttaran Das (@das_uttaran)
They are high or smthing lyk dat!!?
— P@r@G (@im_parag14)
Shaw clearly ahead of those 2, averaging health𓆏y 42 after 5 tests.
— Ha🏃♂️ (@stanRO45)
I just want to know what SuperSp𒈔ort is smoking. How caಌn you compare the God of Cricket to anybody.
— Shamak Layeeq (@shamak_layeeq)
//twitter.com/Doubܫledecacorn/status/13457770820605🎐54241
Somebody on the broadcast must re🐭ally like Rassie va𝓡n der Dussen to be pushing the narrative that he’s in the same sphere as Tendulkar and Kallis 😂
— The Googly Cricket (@officialgoogly)
Our number doesn't have a test century to his name but his being compared to Tendukar😅😅😅
— Saadiq Ashraff (@DisAgentPena)
😭😭😭
— 01010111000101 (@01010111000101O)
Such a waste 🤣🤣
— Ramos15 |தல (@ramos15T)
This is the most Soဣuth African thing I have ꦚever seen😔
— LaurenDzaaaaarion⁷ (@GoliathLauren)
//twitter.com/Mtha_Veekay/sta꧋tus/13457☂62271444807681
Disgraceful. They compared van der Dussen to Tendulka♛r 😭😭😭
— In-Depth Football and Cricke🧔t (@indepthFandC)
//twitter.com/RCBSG30/status/1345771111175229440
Binny
Wickets – 20
Bowling Avg – 21.95
Best – 6/4
VS
Akram
Wickets – 16
Bowling Avg – 23.52
Best – 5/15— cric.tweet (@Cutelittle07)
No offense to vd Duss🧸en but comparing him with Sachin Tendulkar after just 6 matches🐼???🤣🤣🤣🤣
Absolute lol
— ⚡Ashwin⚡ (@ak10_amelia)
//twitter.com/ChooozaBooza𒁏/status/1🐠346042662437076993
Where are you going with this?? 😂😂😂
— Ketse, The Manelisi (@ManelisiKetse)
Where are you going with this?? 😂😂😂
— Ketse, The Manelisi (@ManelisiKetse)
Talk of totally random comparisons
— Ramesh (@rmshnt27)
//twitter.com/ju🐭stkholii__🦂/status/1345737880300363777
Seriously 😭 You get taught to compare apples with apples in grade 1☂.
— Amir Jeena (@Jeenz7)
//twitter.com/Steve6418236🔥5/status/13457🐻35908721651712
They have gone crazy 🤦♂️🤦♂️
&mdashܫ; Ram Charan missed Oscar Award by a Whisker 🏅😝😝 (@1010_arjun)
