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England legend James Anderson has shared his views about cricket’s ‘Fab Four’ comparison with Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.
The term ‘Fab Four’ was originally coined by late New Zealand great Martin Crowe back in 2013, when he predicted that Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith, and Kane Williamson would dominate the cricketing landscape in the upcoming years.
His prediction proved right, as all four players went on to shatter many records and dominate the world, setting an impressive standard of excellence and consistency.
James Anderson, the leading wicket-taking fast bowler in Test cricket, recently appeared on a Podcast where he openly answered the questions regarding cricket’s ‘Fab fours’ comparison with an all time great, Sachin Tendulkar.
“Just below Tendulkar,” said Anderson in reply when asked about the comparison with Fab Four.
The former India batting maestro, Sachin Tendulkar, is an all-time great, ranking as the leading run-scorer in both ODIs and Test cricket. The little master has amassed 18426 and 15921 runs, respectively, in 50-over and Test matches.
In addition to this question, James Anderson also revealed the toughest batter he had bowled to between Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar.
“I had some success early against Kohli, the first time he came to England in 2014. I really exploited his weakness of outside off-stump, and then the next time I played against him – he had obviously gone back and worked on that – he was totally a different player, Anderson said.
He really had taken his game to a different level, made it very difficult for not just me but for bowlers in general. I got him out 4-5 times in the first series and then didn’t get him out in the next I played against him,” the right-arm pacer added.
The 42-year-old hailed Kohli’s ability to bounce back, noting that he was the most difficult to bowl at due to his mindset.
“Against Sachin, for example, I didn’t feel like there was that sort of shift in dominance. With Kohli, there was definitely a shift. Found him a very difficult player to bowl at because he had that steely mindset, wanted to get into a battle. He’s very competitive, and after that initial success, it was very difficult to bowl against,” James Anderson concluded.
For the unversed, James Anderson had a fierce battle with both batters, dismissing Virat Kohli seven times and Tendulkar nine times in Test matches.
