Karachi: Former Pakistan Test player and chief selector, Salahuddin Ahmed said Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar only deserves the title of Asian 'Bradman' and no one else can match up to his charisma.
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"People talk about so and so is or was the Asian Bradman but to my mind there is no doubt this title only belongs to Sachin Tendulkar. The rest are like made in Taiwan," Salahuddin said.
Pakistan's former captain and batsman, Zaheer Abbas has been given the sobriquet of Asian Bradman a number of times but Salahuddin feels nobody can measure up to the feats of the little master.
"I don't think anyone can match his (Tendulkar) feats. He has just matured and mellowed over the years and become stronger and better," he said.
Salahuddin also heaped praise on Yuvraj Singh and compared the Indian left-hander with legendary Sir Gary Sobers for his brilliant display in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup in England.
Salahuddin who has remained on the national selection committee for a record 12 times, twice as chief selector before he resigned last year, said he was highly impressed with Yuvraj's batting pyrotechnics.
"He reminds me a lot of Sir Garry Sobers when he is in an aggressive mood," Salahuddin said.
"Yuvraj has the same tendency to use both his wrists and shoulders while batting specially when he is hitting sixes," he added.
Salahuddin said that Yuvraj was also dangerous because he used both his wrist and shoulders.
"Yuvraj has matured a lot over the years for India and he is equally good at playing wristy strokes and using his powerful shoulders for the big shots," he stated.
Salahuddin said when Yuvraj smashed England pacer Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over in the last T20 World Cup, he played in similar fashion to when Sobers had smashed Malcolm Nash for six sixes in an over in 1968.
The former Test player said India had a very good chance of defending their title in the T20 World Cup but would face stiff opposition from other teams like South Africa, Pakistan and West Indies.
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