LONDON, UK, J CMC – Former Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting has rated former West Indies captain Brian Lara ahead of Indian Sachin Tendulkar as he feels the Trinidadian enabled the regional side win more matches.
Despite Tendulkar being the highest run maker in Test history, Ponting said that Lara won more games for his team.
“Sachin and Lara were the two stand-out batsmen for me. 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,” Ponting was quoted as saying by the Evening Standard newspaper.
“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.”
