Tendulkar best player I played against,but Brian Lara most dangerous: Ricky Ponting

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Sachin Tendulkar best player I played against,but Brian Lara most dangerous: Ricky Ponting

Legendary Cricketer Ricky Ponting, who retired from international cricket after playing his last Test match at Perth against South Africa, on Monday, said India’s Sachin Tendulkar is the best player he has played against but West Indian Brian Lara was the opponent he feared most.
On being asked about the most supreme batsmen of his era, Ponting said: “I feel Sachin was the best player I played against and that’s coming from more of a captain’s point of view as well, knowing he had so much success against us in our conditions and their conditions.”
“But I probably lost more sleep on the eve of games against Lara, because I knew that he could single-handedly win games for his team.
“The way I judge players is their ability to win games by themselves, and Lara could certainly do that and probably did it more than what Sachin did for India.”

Kallis one of the greatest all rounder of all time:Ricky ponting

“You’ve got to put (Jacques) Kallis in that bracket as well. You put his wickets on top of what he’s done with the bat. He came out the other day to bat and I looked at the board and he was averaging 57 in Test cricket. That’s remarkable considering the amount he’s had to bowl and all that sort of stuff. I’ve been pretty blessed to play in the era with so many great batsmen, and if my name gets mentioned among them, then that’s great.”
“I think Curtly Ambrose and Wasim Akram were probably the two outstanding quicks that I faced, and for different reasons. Ambrose for his ability to just make you feel like you couldn’t score off him for long periods of time, never felt like he was going to bowl you a bad ball. Akram for the exact opposite, you could get a few runs off him, but you just knew there was an unplayable ball around the corner, be it with an old ball or with a new ball.
Harbhajan Singh got me out a lot of times and caused me a lot of grief:Ricky Ponting

“Harbhajan’s probably the other one who caused me as much grief as anything. He got me out a lot of times and caused me a lot of grief. Those guys through their careers can all put their hand up and say they had my measure,” said Ponting of Harbhajan, who dismissed the Tasmanian 10 times, including three ducks in Tests, more than any bowler Ponting’s confronted.