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#3 Sachin Tendulkar-Ricky Ponting

One of the best moment in IPL cricket history.

Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting often become parts of the discussion related to the best batsman in the history of cricket. While Tendulkar was peerless in the 90s, Ponting owned the following decade.

Till date, both batsmen are ranked at number 1 and 2 positions in terms of the highest run scorers in Test cricket history. Sachin has scored 15,921 runs, while Ponting has 13,378 runs to his name. It is often discussed that who is the better batsman of the two in the era post-1990.

IPL 2013 presented the joy of watching the two batting genius playing alongside in the same jersey when Mumbai Indians acquired Ponting for ₹4 lakh during the auction ahead of the sixth season of IPL.

Out of six matches Ponting played for Mumbai Indians, five times he was the opening partner of Sachin Tendulkar. But Ponting could not make a mark for himself in IPL as with the end of the stint with Mumbai Indians, his run in IPL got to an end.