Who is the best batsman in today’s cricket, Sachin or Lara?

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Brian Lara’s scintillating his 9th double hundred in the Multan Test should not only subdue the debate of who is the best batsman of this generation. He is now second batsman who has smashed double hundreds (9 double centuries) after Sir Don Bradman (12 Double centuries). He has also completed 34th century and equals record of Indian little master Sunil Gavaskar. Tendulkar’s 35 Test hundreds still keeps him one ahead of the West Indies left-hander, but if Lara’s form is any indication, this lead may only be academic. No other batsman in the history of the game - with such a propensity for attacking strokes — has shown the technique and sustenance for playing big innings as Lara -- except perhaps Bradman. And even Bradman did not make 400 in a Test or 500 in a first class innings. In that sense, Lara is unique.