In our second episode of the Shining Stars series of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, we discuss the impact of the two of those batsmen and captains who played a pivotal role in carrying forward the rivalry between India & Australia in Test Cricket for many years. We speak about the God of cricket in India Sachin Tendulkar and his counterpart from the Australian team Ricky Ponting and how both them even if distinctly different in their charachterestics, however their contributions to this cricketing rivalry was immense.