January 05, 2008	Saturday	Zilhaj 25, 1428

SYDNEY, Jan 4: Sachin Tendulkar shunned comparisons with cricket’s immortal Don Bradman after giving India the edge over Australia with his record 38th Test century at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.

Bradman, who finished his Test career with a 99.94 batting average, said he considered Tendulkar the closest to himself in technique and temperament shortly before he died in 2001.

Tendulkar is constantly compared with world cricket’s greatest-ever player, but he reverentially brushed aside talks of being compared with Bradman.

“I don’t think anyone can be compared to Sir Don,” he told a press conference.

“He was the most amazing player the world has ever seen,” continued the diminutive batsman. “No cricketer in the game’s history can boast of even remotely matching the legendary Australian.”—AFP