Sachin Tendulkar has the ability to adjust to all formats of the game makes him the greatest batsman ever, legendary New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee said here on Friday.
Hadlee, who was inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame on Friday, was in absolute awe of the Indian run-machine and said he had no doubt that he was the greatest batsman ever to grace the game.
“I played against Sachin on his tour here in 1990 when he got that 80 or 90-odd at the McLean Park in Napier. You could see then as a youngster he was a player of immense ability and talent.
“We didn’t see at that time and you cannot visualise 20 years down the track what the player is likely to do in the context of the history of the game. He clearly has been phenomenal,” said the 57-year-old, arguably one of the finest all-rounders of all time.
