Hayden greater than Sachin: ICC  Donald Bradman - the unquestioned supreme deity of batting - said Sachin Tendulkar reminded him of himself more than anybody before or since. You might think Sachin can, thus, safely consider the No. 2 slot in a list of all-time greats his for the taking. But you would be wrong, or so says the ICC. Sachin isn’t even in the top 20 Test batsmen , according to new ICC "best ever" ratings.  Tendulkar not included in greatest Test batsmen list  So who are the "greats" who elbowed Sachin out? Among those ahead of his No. 26 rank are Kumar Sangakkara at joint sixth, Matthew Hayden (joint 10th), Mike Hussey and Neil Harvey (joint 17th), Kevin Pietersen (No. 24) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, one slot above the Indian maestro.  The only Indian in the top 20 is Sunil Gavaskar, who only just gets in ahead of West Indian George Headley. How about The Wall? Rahul Dravid stands not so tall at No. 30.  "Players make the all-time list by sustaining excellent form over a prolonged period," the ICC website explains, which makes it slightly difficult to understand why none of the top four run-getters in Tests - Sachin, Brian Lara, Alan Border and Steve Waugh - figures among the ICC’s top 20 Test batsmen. In Sachin’s case, we can only conclude that the ICC believes 12,429 runs and 41 tons are not excellent enough. Or perhaps 19 years is not a prolonged enough period.  The 'best-ever' ratings for batsmen by the ICC is nothing short of baffling. While the Test ratings defy logic, the list of the "best ever" ODI batsmen strains your credulity no less. Mercifully, Sachin does figure in the top 20 here, though only at No.12, but those who follow him in the list of top run getters in ODIs - Sanath Jayasuriya, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting - are among the also-rans.  Inzy is ranked as low as No.43, while compatriot Zaheer Abbas is at No.2, a fact that surely will embarrass Zaheer no end.  Matthew Hayden, ranked No.18 might be wondering why he always thought his fellow opener Adam Gilchrist was the superior ODI player, considering the stumper ranks only No.30.  Cricketing stars in India are understandably astounded at the composition of the list, particularly Tendulkar’s low ranking in the Test list. "It’s shocking. If Sir Don Bradman is number one, then Sachin should have been number two. If not number two, at least his name should have been there in the top five in an all-time greats list. Anybody who scores 12,000 runs and is still going strong after playing international cricket for 19 years not having his name in the all-time great list will surprise not only me but everyone in the fraternity," said former Indian opener Chetan Chauhan.  "To play Test cricket at the age of 16, he must be and is a genius. The kind of determination he has is something extraordinary. He has looked after himself well and his hunger for runs is still alive. And these are characteristics of an all-time great batsman," he added.  Former India skipper and chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar agrees: "Those players who have been named in the Test list don’t even come near Sachin Tendulkar. I don’t know what kind of calculation is done here to shortlist the names. I am very, very surprised," he said.  TV commentator and former India opener Arun Lal summed up what’s likely to be the public mood when he said: "Like many, I am absolutely shocked. I would not take this list that seriously till it has Sachin Tendulkar’s name in it."