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With Sachin Tendulkar set to hang up his bat, the best cricketers of his era have been unstinting in their praise.
From feared opponents such as Shane Warne and Brian Lara to respected teammate Rahul Dravid, everyone has picked different features of Tendulkar’s greatness and found unanimity on one point — there will not be another one like him.
West Indies great Lara, with whom he has often been compared, said Tendulkar was to cricket what Muhammad Ali was to boxing. “There are boxers with better records than Muhammad Ali, but if you mention the word boxing, you have to mention Muhammad Ali,” Lara said at a Tendulkar farewell function. “When you talk of basketball, you have to mention Michael Jordan. When you speak about cricket, I’d speak of Tendulkar.”
Australia legspinner Warne, who dismissed Tendulkar three times in 12 tests, said his greatness went beyond his numerous batting records.
“Sachin Tendulkar was the best batsman of my generation,” Warne wrote in the Daily Telegraph. “The pressure he was under from the Indian public was immense but he handled himself on and off the field in a way that was respected by all.”
Tendulkar plays his 200th and last test for India against West Indies in Mumbai starting tomorrow.
Dravid, who was in a record 20 century partnerships with Tendulkar in tests, considers him the most dependable batsman. “To bat for my life, I would probably choose Sachin; and if I had a ticket and if I had enough money to watch one, I would choose Lara,” Dravid said in his ode to Tendulkar.
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