Ricky Ponting has ranked Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest batsman of all-time after Donald Bradman, saying the Indian legend truly deserves to be called "great" at a time when the word is "bandied" about too casually. Ponting wrote in his book Tendulkar in Wisden: An anthology' that "For me, he's the greatest batsman after Don Bradman. While I hold Brian Lara in high regard because of his match-winning ability, I don't think any batsman can achieve more out of the game than Sachin has, Ricky Ponting chose five words to describe Sachin Tendulkar competitive, passionate, driven, composed, complete.