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Tendulkar, Dhoni to vie for greatest ODI cricketer crown
New Delhi, March 6
Indian batting legend
Sachin Tendulkar and present One-Day International (ODI) skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with three other cricketers are the leading
contenders to clinch the crown of the greatest one-day cricketer of all
time.
Former Australian opener Adam Gilchrist, Pakistan fast
bowling legend Wasim Akram and West Indies great Vivian Richards are the
other nominees in the list of an exercise conducted by the Cricket
Monthly.
The winner - determined by a jury of 50 players,
commentators and cricket writers from around the world - will be
announced in the March issue of the magazine which will be published
next week.
Tendulkar has had one of the best careers in ODIs
spanning 23 years. He scored 18,426 runs from 463 matches at an average
of 44.43. The little master also has 49 hundreds in the format and 96
fifties. He also has a double ton to his credit.
Dhoni on the
other hand has been a revelation as a finisher in the modern ODIs. His
power-packed performances have played a key role in India’s staggering
success in the last few years which includes clinching the 2011 World
Cup.
The Cricket Monthly's 50-member jury includes legendary
cricketers Ian Chappell, Clive Lloyd, Martin Crowe, Rahul Dravid, Ricky
Ponting and Graeme Smith; veteran commentators Tony Cozier, Mark
Nicholas, Mike Haysman and Sanjay Manjrekar; and writers Gideon Haigh,
Mike Coward, Suresh Menon and Mike Selvey.