Ponting, who recently scored a hundred in his last first-class game, said it was possible to find a way to stop Sachin, but not Lara. "You always found a way to restrict Sachin if you needed to. Lara could turn it on in half an hour and take a game away from you. For me, it has never been about making hundreds, it is about winning games and series," Ponting was quoted as saying by the Evening Standard.
The Aussie admitted that Lara and Tendulkar were the two best batsmen of his era, but said he was more worried as a captain when facing Lara. "Sachin and Lara were the two stand-out batsmen for me," he said. "Lara won more games for his team than Sachin probably has. I'd lose more sleep as captain knowing Lara was coming in to bat next day than I would with Sachin.".
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