Ponting hails Tendulkar as landmark nears

AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 23 (AFP): Australia captain Ricky Ponting praised India great Sachin Tendulkar ahead of their World Cup quarter-final clash, but joked they both might need wheelchairs to play in the 2015 edition. Ponting goes into Thursday's match in Ahmedabad with his position as skipper and future as an Australia player being called into question. However, he has won the World Cup three times-triumphing in the last two editions as captain. Tendulkar, for all his achievements, has never won the World Cup with India's lone success coming back in 1983. "The way he (Tendulkar) is going he could play in another World Cup yet," said Ponting. "Hopefully tomorrow I can get myself in the sort of form to play in another one," added Ponting, who managed just 102 runs in six group matches at this event and who hasn't made an international century for 13 months.