Tendulkar is Bradman of present period: Lara

How do you see the race between Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar since your retirement?

I don't think there is any race. Both are great players. Tendulkar has shown the world what he is capable of and his longevity in the game is something to be really appreciated.

The time he will spend on the game, records are going to tumble. The fact that someone can be there from the age of 16 and still at the age of 37 perform brilliantly is something that I cherish more than anything else.

I am really looking forward to his 50th Test century and for him to score nearly 15,000 Test runs and over 17,000 runs in one-day cricket is itself a remarkable achievement.

He is our period's Don Bradman. Forget the difference in averages with Bradman but whoever I have spoken to who have seen very old players in action; they believe that he [Bradman] would not have averaged 99 in today's cricket. So I believe that Sachin is our period's Bradman.