Sachin should have been allowed to get 200: Ponting

Sachin Tendulkar has found support from Australian captain Ricky Ponting who says that he would not have declared if one of his batsmen was on 194.
Asked about the controversy surrounding stand-in captain Rahul Dravid's declaration in the Multan Test when Tendulkar was batting on 194, Ponting said, "I would not have (declared) if my batsman was on 194, especially if the Test was at the stage where the Multan match was."
Ponting felt the match situation did not warrant such a sharp decision from the captain as to deny the batsman an important milestone.