If you consider test cricket-gavaskar,lara,sachin and ponting are up there with the later three running closely for supremacy.even though at this stage lara is a notch ahead of sachin(thanks to sachins poor form and injuries) and ponting will get up there and might as well surpass lara in terms of records(if he still continues his current form).But as you never know of sachin.in test cricket,its a close contest. if you take One day cricket,sachin is way ahead of lara,ponting,inzamam,gilchrist and others.So if you love ODI,you will love sachin,if you love TESTs you will watch for all three but if you love cricket in general,then sachin is right on top of the rest.
