Tendulkar greater than Bradman,says researcher

The 38-year-old Tendulkar has a world-record 15,183 runs from 184 Tests at an average of 56.02 since making his debut in 1989.

Bradman,on the other hand,played 52 Tests from 1928 to 1948,scoring 6996 runs at an astonishing average of 99.94. He died in 2001 aged 92.

Dr Rohde said a theoretical analysis puts Tendulkar above Bradman.

The rankings are designed to allow for meaningful comparisons of players with careers of different lengths, said Dr Rohde.

It8217;s an emotional issue and there will always be debate between followers of Test cricket about the relative career performances of various batsmen, he added.

The rankings by the researcher have been created according to a player8217;s career aggregate runs,minus the total number of runs that an average player of that era would accumulate over the same number of innings. Allan Border seven and Steve Waugh nine are the other Australian batsmen in the top 10. Rahul Dravid fourth and Sunil Gavaskar eighth are the other Indians in the list.

Dr Rohde8217;s said it was possible that Tendulkar and Bradman could swap their places many times before the Indian retires as a dip in form would affect his standing.