Shoaib Akhtar questions on Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid

Tendulkar, Dravid not match-winners: Shoaib Akhtar
Ever boastful, the bad boy of Pakistan cricket speedster Shoaib Akhtar has made some truly tall claims in an autobiography released on Friday, questioning the abilities of two of the greatest batsmen in the game’s history, India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

In his just-published autobiography ‘Controversially Yours’, the temparamental Pakistan speedster has accused Tendulkar of being scared to face his scorching pace on a slow Faisalabad track.
He also claimed that Tendulkar and Dravid were not match-winners nor did they know the art of finishing games.
“…. Vivian Richards, Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara and the likes of them are great batsmen who dominated with the bat and were truly match-winners. Initially, when I bowled against Sachin, I found these qualities missing. He might have had more runs and records, he lacked the ability to finish the game,” he said in the book.
Akhtar, who announced his retirement during the World Cup this year, also cited an example where he felt that Sachin was mighty scared to face him. “We would have faced a humbling defeat in the series but for the fact that we reined in Sachin Tendulkar. What went in our favour was that Sachin was suffering from tennis elbow! This severely handicapped the great batsman. We managed to psychologically browbeat him.