brit> when you are talking about mental strenghts it has to be Lara again.. in books tendulkar never had a mental strenght and focus to bat long innings.. he's never got a tripple ton, where as lara had may of them.

also lara played in a very weak team and still got many runs, i remember a series against SL, where WI lost 3-0, but lara managed one double ton with 3 100's.

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