Lara compares Tendulkar to Ali, Michael Jordon
12 Nov 2013 6:01 AM IST
Lara is the only batsman in the history of the game to have scored 400 runs in a Test innings. In a talk show with former India captain Sourav Ganguly here this evening, Lara said in term of greateness, no cricketer can get close to Tendulkar.
‘In terms of stats, you’re going to have players with better stats, you never know. Virat has been exception in One-day games. There are boxers who have better record than Mohammad Ali but if you mention about boxing you’ve to mention Mohammad Ali, Basketball you have to mention Michael Jordan. When you speak about cricket, you’ll speak about Tendulkar,’ Lara said.
He added Tendulkar should not take any pressure of performance in his 200th Test and he should just go out and enjoy the game. ‘I would tell him, you had the greatest cricketing career than anyone. I don’t think any career compares with Tendulkar in terms of cricketing career. Just enjoy the next five days of cricket. You have the ability to score 400 runs, go score 400...’
Asked what must be going on in Tendukar’s mind ahead of his last match, Lara said it was hard to predict. ‘But if I was in his shoes at the moment I would think I don’t need to prove anything. It would be wonderful to get a big score in his last match,’ he said.
‘In terms of stats, you’re going to have players with better stats, you never know. Virat has been exception in One-day games. There are boxers who have better record than Mohammad Ali but if you mention about boxing you’ve to mention Mohammad Ali, Basketball you have to mention Michael Jordan. When you speak about cricket, you’ll speak about Tendulkar,’ Lara said.
He added Tendulkar should not take any pressure of performance in his 200th Test and he should just go out and enjoy the game. ‘I would tell him, you had the greatest cricketing career than anyone. I don’t think any career compares with Tendulkar in terms of cricketing career. Just enjoy the next five days of cricket. You have the ability to score 400 runs, go score 400...’
Asked what must be going on in Tendukar’s mind ahead of his last match, Lara said it was hard to predict. ‘But if I was in his shoes at the moment I would think I don’t need to prove anything. It would be wonderful to get a big score in his last match,’ he said.
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