The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday came under attack for its "baffling" all-time Test player rankings that had no place for champion batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara in the top 20.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday came under attack for its "baffling" all-time Test player rankings that had no place for champion batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara in the top 20.
The game's governing body, however, made it clear that the list did not rank players in terms of true greatness.
A day after the new chart was released, former cricketers expressed surprise at the composition of the list and said it was "xtremely misleading" since many great names did not figure in the top 10 positions.
India's former left-arm spinner Maninder Singh went to the extent of calling it a "joke" and said "sadistic" ICC officials should stop coming out with such lists. "The ICC is in the habit of making a joke of themselves, and this list proves that. Now, how can you explain Tendulkar who has scored over 12,000 Test runs not being in that list? I think these jokers should not be given the pleasure of rating players in this way," Maninder said.
The ICC, on its part, promptly, came out with a clarification saying that the list does not rank players in terms of true greatness and does not give a full picture of a player's level of consistency or longevity in the game.
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