Lara is the greatest batsman in bothforms of the cricket. One good thing about Lara is he'll play when ever team requires and also he is not selfish like Tendulkar. Sachin earned lot of money due to cricket, he still want to earn some more money. Sachin needs to think himself, whether he still can serve the country. If you want to compare these two great batsman I can say Sachin is better oneday player than Lara, but in Test cricket Lara is far better than Sachin. Lara is the only person who scored 400 runs in a test innings as well as 500 plus in a first class game. The conclusion is Lara sets an example and shown a path to Sachin.