Here are the views of the fellow cricketers about Sachin Tendulkar.

Lalchand Rajput, Former Mumbai captain: "Even as a  teenager he always seemed very focused and alert on the field. He learnt   his lessons fast."

Raj Singh, President Cricket Board: "I was very   impressed the first time I saw him bat as a little boy at the Cricket Club        of India."

Prof. R. Shetty, Secretary MCA: "We are proud to   possess him due to his commitment to Mumbai and Indian cricket."

Mohinder Amarnath: "A complete batsman- he's the best   in the business."

Navjot Sidhu: "His mind is like a computer. He stores   data on bowlers and knows where they are going to pitch the ball."

Rahul Dravid: "Playing in the same team as Sachin is  a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgement, modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero."

Ajay Jadeja: (after India entered the Coca-Cola cup final in Sharjah) "I can't dream of an innings like that. He exists where      we can't."

Sachin Tendulkar: "When I'm in the middle, the only   thing that comes to mind is that I'm a batsman and the team expects    something from me and I should be able to live up to my teammates'   expectations."

Ravi Shastri: "We always knew that Sachin Tendulkar is a great cricketer, but after the Coca-Cola Cup here, we have seen the  birth of a legend. I can't think of anybody who has batted more  authoritatively in one day cricket for India, or even in the world except  for Vivian Richards."

Sachin Tendulkar: "One should not compare me with  anyone. I have my own shots and the way I go out to play. I have my own  game and the way to score runs.''

Australian Media: "The most exciting batsman of his time because he finds the right balance between reason and passion,   technique and power, nerves and placement and judgement that applies to  all tastes."

Paul Strang: "What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10   Tendulkars."

Warne: You have to decide for yourself whether you're   bowling well or not. He's going to hit you for fours and sixes anyway.   Kasprowicz has a superior story. During the Bangalore Test, frustrated, he   went to Dennis Lillee and asked, "Mate, do you see any weaknesses?" Lillee   replied, "No Michael, as long as you walk off with your pride that's all    you can do."

Steve Waugh: In  history Sachin will go down as second to Bradman.

Shane Warne: Nothing affects  Sachin, Brian lets things bother him.

Mark Waugh: Sachin's better; Lara is more risky  outside the off stump.

Greg Chappell: I'd like to see him   go out and bat one day with a stump. I tell you he'd do okay.

Border: Well yes, but imagine what he'll be   like when he's 28.

Ian Chappell: Yeah mate, but that's with all great  players.

Border: It's scary, where the hell do we bowl to him.

Tony Greig: "He is cool, has magnificent temperament, and is so mature you tend to forget his age. I can't think of any othe  example of a player who has so dominated the world before the age of  25."

Greg Chappell: "He is a perfectly balanced batsman  and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive        cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world   with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease. "

Allan Border: (after India won the Coca-Cola cup in   Sharjah) "Hell, if he stayed, even at 11 an over he would have got it."

Shane Warne: "When it comes to judging the   best among these fabulous band of batsmen, my vote goes to Tendulkar. He  has an uncanny ability to come out on top under different circumstances  and under different conditions, whether it is Test cricket or one-day   internationals. And more importantly, he has done this so young. "

Adam Hollioke: "In an over I can bowl six   different balls. But then Sachin looks at me with a sort of gentle  arrogance down the pitch as if to say 'Can you bowl me another one?'"

Steve Waugh: (after being defeated in the Coca-Cola  Cup finals in Sharjah) "It was one of the greatest innings I have ever seen. There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is  perhaps only next to the Don''.

Shane Warne: "I'll be going to bed having  nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over  the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don  Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing  player."

Steve Waugh: "You  take Don Bradman away and he  is next up I reckon."

Peter Roebuck: "Sometime back I had written a piece   that said that Sachin's the master and Lara a genius with his head high up somewhere. That's it."

Asif Iqbal: (after India won at Sharjah) "He has   given a new dimension to batting. Such dominance can break the heart of     the best of bowlers. I was never tired of watching this wonderful  batsman."

Dennis Lillee: "If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl   with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard."

Jeff Thompson: "Sachin is an attacker. He has much   more power than Sunny. He wants to be the one to set the pace. He has to   be on top. That's the buzz about him."

Mike Selvey: "Tendulkar is the supreme right-hander  on the planet, a focussed technician who offers a counterpoint to Brian  Lara's more eye-catching destruction."

Cricket Historian Vasant Raiji: "I have  always felt C. K. Nayadu was the best. I now think Sachin has the honour  of being the most outstanding batsman of all time."

M. L. Jaisimha: "The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."

Ted Dexter: (who chaired the panel, the Coopers ;  Lybrand award as the International Test player of the year) "This year  Tendulkar has been the batsman nobody wanted to bowl at. He took Shane   Warne apart in India, which illustrates his genius."

David Boon: "Technically he stands out as the best  because of his ability to increase the pace at will".

Wasim Akram: has predicted that Sachin Tendulkar will easily break all international batting records. "He has everything a top batsman needs. Tendulkar is a classic example of a player being so good  that his age is an irrelevance" Akram says in his autobiography titled  "Wasim". He also stated a number of examples when he and his team were  frustrated by Tendulkar's batting prowess.

Don Bradman: I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the  same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...hi compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel!

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