Just How Good Was Brian Lara, Actually? | The Greatest Ever?

[@CricketStories007]

Who do guys think is better, Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara?

[@aneeskemal4431]

Brian lara for sure. Excited batsman. His timing was exceptional.

[@chutneymusic]

Brian Lara

[@andrewmorris4801]

I think Bryan bec snatchin plays on more flat wicket more than bryan

[@sridhariyer1383]

No comparison in Tests. Lara by a mile

[@lestercharles8522]

As a west Indian I had a close up view of Lara and went tru all the emotions of his brilliant career.. Lara was flamboyant and daring a pure thrill to behold and the stats to back it up.. People discredit some of the runs made by sub continent batsmen cause of tge docile nature of the majority of the pitches there.. Sachin proved his worth outside of india also.. He has a textbook technique, great timing, and a wonderful mental approach to batting... He faced the same bowlers as Lara and excelled.. These 2 in my opinion had parallel great careers in the same era and I enjoyed them both.... I never liked choosing one above the other.. They were differently beautiful....

[@lestercharles8522]

My countryman What made lara so awesome was the element of daring and risk about his batting.. To average as much as he did, against the bowlers that he did, world record scores So privileged to have been witness to this career....

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

@@lestercharles8522 how much his scoring rate?? 100?? C'mon man grow up.

[@lestercharles8522]

@@dinesh-xi9rv it's not a matter of scoring rate my friend.. It's just the way that he played. His technique was not textbook, he had his own risky style. He was for most of his career part of a not very strong batting line up so he carried a lot on his shoulder.. I hope you are not basing your cricket education on white ball cricket.. Cause that's a really bad metric..

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

@@lestercharles8522 yes he was a great batsman no doubt but he was not a match winner...most of the life he played for only his records...he scored 400 and match was drawn...so he was a selfish player.

[@lestercharles8522]

@@dinesh-xi9rv ok my friend..

[@frankcodrington3064]

Brain Charles Lara is the ULTIMATE KING OF CRICKET there is no other...#BCLara🏏🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹.

[@CricketStories007]

🔥🔥

[@vijayg5996]

To score 277 against Australia in Australia in 1992/93 at the age of 23 is just mind blowing. No visiting batsman at such young age has ever done it. That innings just sums it up as the greatest batsman and was already a legend by then.

[@CricketStories007]

Yess

[@rhoelwilliams9483]

I am west Indian only man to score 400 in a single innings. My favorite of all times. BCL!!!

[@raghavshete2425]

And he was run out too. That's the only way they could have got him out. Who knows, he might otherwise have been the first and only one to score two quadraples and three triples...

[@KKpandita88]

Sachin scored 100 in perth at the age of 17 years, no one has done that also. There is no choosing between both. Both are at the same pedesial. Sachin's career was in a rising imdian team, lara's was in delining west indian team. Sachin peaked earlier at the age of only 26 after that he stopped being aggressive. lara played same his whole career and was more dangerous, sachin was more consistent;lara was aggressive, sachin was like a cow. Lara was the better batsman of spin, sachin was better at playing pace and swing,

[@Learie.]

Agreed, and 9 Test double 💯, unheard and may never be equaled in our lifetime. The greatest of them all, probably.

[@tapanghosh-zz8on]

No one like this legendary Batsman of all times... Sir Brian Charles Lara..... Cricket World Salutes him.... One and only Brian Lara 🌹👍

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best🔥

[@ianjohnson2615]

Lara was a genius with the bat. He played the game with flare and flamboyance. He was a match winner who never made a ugly hundred. He was an entertainer who changed the face of cricket. The guy was head and shoulder above all. Ask McGrath and Murali

[@jermainesterling8797]

Shane Warne too

[@prasanna046]

Totally agree

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

@@ianjohnson2615 how many matches he won?? This is laughable argument.

[@gardencityinnovationscompa947]

Grew up in the days of Brian Lara. The epic entertainer,batting maestro. A true hero of Windies Cricket!

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

@@gardencityinnovationscompa947 entertainer with strike rate -79 in ODI and 60 in test... c'mon man grow up...he was a decent batsman but don't make him like a god.

[@Ramiperera]

Lara is the best batsman I have ever seen. I watched every ball in SL vs WI series this was against prime Murali. No one could bat against Murali (even Sachin was average against him) but Lara didn’t get beaten even for the whole series. It was like bowling to a machine no has ever played Murali like Lara did.

[@KKpandita88]

Murali himself said, virender sehwag played him better than anyone even better than lara, and sachin was the only batsman who read him.

[@Learie.]

Have u ever seen Sir Gary Sobers 250 against Austraila in 1971? Against a prime and fearsome Dennis Lee. I've never seen faster bowling in my lifetime. The late Sir Donald Bradam said it was the greatest knock he had seen. He saw plenty for sure....

[@Ramiperera]

This isn't true. Murali has said numerous times that Lara is the best batsman he has ever bowled to. Murali rarely bowled to Sehwag in his prime it was only in the later part of his career in a couple of flat pitches that Sehwag had better of him. Sachin was AVERAGE against Murali everyone who watches cricket knows that many players played Murali better than Sachin did. Dravid for example was much better against Murali than Sachin@@KKpandita88

[@Ramiperera]

No, I wasn't born back then! The thing with Lara was that it was 6 inns straight when others couldn't get the bat on the ball. WI lost every match by an inns or massive margins but Lara scored in every inns without even getting beaten @@Learie.

[@SumitSawant-p9f]

Who told u SACHIN WAS AVERAGE AGAINST MURALI.SACHIN FIRST GOT OUT TO MURALI AFTER 7 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.MURALI HIMSELF HAS ADMITTEF SACHIN IS THE BEST BATSMAN HE HAS BOWLED TO

[@abrahamchristian6089]

Tendulkar developed his techniques over the years and got better while Lara was naturally gifted and talented player. If you compare early years of cricket for Lara and Sachin, lara was way ahead. Then Tendulkar got slightly ahead of lara in the middle of their careers and in the end of their careers lara was again ahead of sachin. Both are great players but I love to watch lara batting.

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

lol...lara was only ahead between 2004 to 2006..that time sachin got injured...sachin's peak year was between 1994 to 1998...and that time he was miles ahead to anyone...even viv.

[@abrahamchristian6089]

@@dinesh-xi9rv Before making claims read record of both sachin & lara in their first 30 test mathes. Lara was way ahead of sachin. Lara not only had average of 60 but also scored big hundrads which sachin did not. Also in one day lara scored 169 & 153 way before tendulkar. So before making claims, check records.

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

@@abrahamchristian6089 yes, sachin's first 25 test match he played outside india...only in 1993 he played his first test match in india...but after 1994 he was the best batsman in every sanse...making big runs doesn't matter if your team doesn't winning...and btw sachin was the first player who scored 200 runs in odi...so don't compare shitty lara to sachin in ODI...if making big runs is standard than compare with him to virendra sehwag.

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

@@abrahamchristian6089 sachin test average never gone below 50...brain lara's average around 2000 was 46.

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

brain lara never scored test century against bowlers likes of washim akram, waqar,shoib, donald,anderson,dale steyn....sachin scored centuries against every top bowler in test.

[@JackJsck-f1c]

Sachin, Ricky and others played with the peace of mind that comes with an all-round team. Lara did not have such luxury. However, Lara did so much better. He outscored Sachin and the others. Sachin took three years after Lara retired to equal Lara score. Lara a legend of all time. Salute to the prince.

[@rkJaat-lv6wf]

Which score to Sachin takes three years 😂😂

[@nikhilhembrom8952]

​@@rkJaat-lv6wftill both were playing lara was ahead in both odi and tests sachin beat him in 2011 by the time lara was retired for 3 years

[@SumitSawant-p9f]

Absolutely wrong information SACHIN TENDULKAR HAS 35000 INTERNATIONAL RUNS AGAINST THE BEST BALLING LINE UPS IN THE WORLD MUCH MORE THAN LARA.LARA HAS HIMSELF TOLD SACHIN IS GENIUS.SO THERE IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN LARA AND SACHIN.SACHIN IS FAR MORE AHEAD THAN LARA IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE GAME

[@errolmagiclegsandrews7614]

​@@SumitSawant-p9fam sure sachin began playing before lara but still lara managed to outscore all along so how is he better fastest to ten thousand runs and when lara quit he was the leading scorer in test cricket with the highest scores in the game's history those stats makes lara way better batting is about making runs and lara out scored everyone

[@huntermogs]

Lara always had chanderpaul

[@tapanghosh-zz8on]

Brian Lara is an Artist when all others are mere Workers only... 👍

[@christopherclarke2219]

Lara was way better than Sachin. Sachin played with great players around him; while Lara was a lone rider, as he has lots of ordinary players with him. Bother are great, but Lara has the edge.

[@niranmojo]

💯agreed Lara better than Sachin

[@vickyneil123]

You idiot you think Sarwan, hooper, Chanderpaul and many more were amateurs?

[@naveen4830]

What a joke man westindies was a good team until 2000 or more Lara played with the likes of good players like chanderpaul, Sarwan, richie Richardson , westindies had some good players in between but without longevity , had good bowling attack where as india was weak in bowling .

[@naveen4830]

Compare prime Sachin with prime Lara you will get your answer.

[@naveen4830]

Sachin was downplayed , only after he started playing conservatively instead of attacking because of his back injury.

[@chosengeneral1135]

Prince Brian Charles Lara is the best ever to touch a bat. The way he dealt with the best bowlers of all time is amazing 🎉🎉🎉

[@juniorjohnson7020]

Lara got out too quickly, vulnerable to fast bowling. It's better to win viv Richards than Lara making 375 or 500 runs in a dead match

[@kirkwilliams5740]

Brian Charles Lara, he was a great man, my favorite cricketers, I gave Brian the edge over Sachin Tendulkar, 3 reasons, 1, He scored highest first class runs 501 not out. Highest score in test 400,not out, finally he scored 9 Test Double centuries .

[@SatishKumar-vz3ve]

Lara honest cricket player

[@TariqSaleem]

Lara, his ability to score big and against the best in the world was unmatched.

[@leopoldsmith1933]

Never seen Brian Lara live but all of the videos I watch with him is awesome. He is one of the great batman who plays cricket.

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best 💯

[@lestercharles8522]

You missed a treat.. Not just the runs.. You had to be in the moment to understand

[@rhoancole9034]

Bro you missed a treat, I didn't want to go to school, sit up all night too if I of to

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

@@leopoldsmith1933 but his ability to rotate strike was pathetic... that's y he looks good only in highlites

[@mrinalghoshal8471]

Brian Lara is best cannot be compared by any one.

[@reubenespeut9781]

Brian Lara is the greatest batsman of all time !!!

[@NatureNomad61]

Brian has a test batting average of 52, that's not even in the top 10 of all time batting averages. Bradman had a test average of "99.9" per innings. Lara not even close to best ever. Laughable.

[@davifdavid4347]

​@NatureNomad61 Bradman did not have to face the types of quality fast bowling that entered the cricket arena from the 50s onwards. One fast bowler,Harold Larwood, cut his batting average in half,what do do think would have happened if Bradman had to confront 4 fast bowlers? He certainly would not have finalised career with 99.

[@SumitSawant-p9f]

SACHIN TENDULKAR IS THE GREATEST BATSMAN OF ALL TIME.HE HAS MORE MAN OF THE MATCHES IN THE 90S ERA THAN BRIAN LARA.LARA IS ALSO A GREAT BATSMAN.BUT SACHIN IS THE GREATEST.RECORD SPEAKS

[@benjilevi8699]

The thing about Brian Lara was,he truly entertained the crowd,even when he was playing a defensive stroke was awesome to watch,people who truly love cricket and know about batman ship will always choose Brian Lara as being the best batman the world has ever seen.

[@SumitSawant-p9f]

SACHIN TENDULKAR ENTERTAINED THE CRICKETING WORLD FOR THE FIRST 12 YEARS WHICH EVEN LARA CANNOT MATCH.HE ENTERTAINED THE 150 billion people with his dominant batting prowess against top bowlers even lara was not able to do that in the 90s what sachin did

[@Tonybidhovan]

being an Indian ,i must confess that it was Brian Lara

[@ronaldalexander8972]

Brian Lara is a wonderful, wonderful batsman to watch and is right up there with the best of the best. Stats alone cannot begin to rate how good a batsman he was. If one would recall there were lots of turmoil taking place in WI cricket during his career yet he possessed that nerve of steel and high levels of concentration to score tons and tons of runs. I shudder to think what could have been in more player friendly environment. So as for the debate which one of these players is the best it dependsof the "yard stick" used. However I would not venture to pick one over the other as they're in different class all by themselves. The both of them are so exciting to watch.

[@jermainesterling8797]

Lara was so beautiful to watch..when in form he plays all the shots in the game..

[@sunnerboys]

Boom Boom Legend Brian Lara❤️

[@lukepownall7292]

There were some phenomenal batsmen around during Lara’s time.. what set Lara apart, imo, was his ability to react to the situation of a game or to someone sledging him and just take control of it.. in that sense, he could impose himself on a game and change the flow like a fast bowler does when he gets angry or fires up for a brutal spell.. and once Lara got in that mode, it felt like the opposition was virtually powerless to do anything about it.. even those great Australian attacks were like side acts a couple of times when Lara decided it was all on his shoulders or when someone said something to piss him off.. not many, if any, other world class batsmen were in that same mould where they could just flick a switch and bully and demoralise a bowling side like Lara could

[@weberthomas4579]

There's no comparison between Lara and anyone else, not even Sir Vivian Richards. Each player, like every individual on earth, is uniquely different. Tendulkar, has his own uniqueness When we seek to compare people, someone gets short changed. Lara, having the extra pressure of carrying the team single handedly, must be considered. Yet he performed with such poise, ingenuity, brilliance, and courage. This has placed him in a league of his own.

[@pakalasrikanthnag]

Lara is a genius and his game looks fabulous and like a song…all time great

[@nandanputtaswamy7261]

True Legendary Champion of Cricket Game . Prince of Cricket Brian Charles Lara

[@linjean]

Lara's greatest match was in 1992/93 when he scored 277 runs. He was on track to breaking the record for the most runs in test cricket when he was unfortunately run out trying to sneak an impossible run. In that inning, he didn't give any chances. All shots were on the ground, through the gaps. This was incredible!

[@vikram6195]

Brian Lara is Messi in the game of Cricket.

[@ypree2518]

lara is the greatest, he made his runs off the best bowlers in history, nowadays bowlers is a joke

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah!

[@jlg5967]

Bowling is good now, easiest decade is 2000's, look at all the batsmen averaging over 50.Very hard in 70's to 90's.I remember in the 70's 150 was regarded as a huge score,Randall's 174 at centenary test is pretty standard now.

[@richardsalandy7749]

Simply the best.... Better than all the rest.

[@tamimsathi7307]

Sachin Ponting, Inzamam, Kohli, Smith, Root and Kane Williamson all score or have scored regularly but no one bats with more beauty and dominance than Lara. Lara's defense is a sight to behold, after spending 30 minutes at the crease, there is only one leader on the field and that is Lara. Lara never seemed to be serious about his career or statistics, if he had been even a little serious about his career, he would have been the greatest of all time indisputably. Another thing is that he never got a team to support him in his career, maybe he could not think like everyone else.

[@StephenPrescott-s4u]

No one is really greater than Brian Lara,he is a true champion of the world.

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@markgeorge5161]

Brian Charles Lara for certain!!!!

[@martinjeremy8550]

Brian c Lara simply the best

[@melchurmoreau5677]

Thanks very much for posting that, now I really hearing about Lara record, brilliant stuff

[@gwinyaizhandire7535]

Sachin was technically more sound, but Brian Charles Lara was bigger matchwinner. I'd rather watch a Lara ton than a Sachin one. Having said that, great players both men!!!! #Legends

[@michaeldavis5619]

Brian Lara is the best there was and could ever be, simply the greatest ever.

[@dinesh-xi9rv]

@@michaeldavis5619 I think Viv was miles ahead

[@jitendraingle9646]

Lara was true legend. He did not played for any individual records he played positive cricket all time in specialy whenever team was in critical situation.He hit sixes whenever he was close to century.

[@yogeshbhandari1040]

Lara in test and jayasuriya in Odis played to dominate and attack and make opponents suffer while others played for personal achievement!

[@CricketStories007]

yess

[@vishwanathk9265]

Brain Charles Lara one of the best cricket &true legend he is a champion of cricket

[@justinbrazel5970]

Brian lara is the greatest

[@SuperSubhankar007]

Lara is an all time great for sure, a pure genius....in terms of talent , Sachin and Lara was on par, but what took Sachin ahead was his dedication towards the game. For Lara, playing cricket was part of life , For Sachin, Life was cricket and only cricket. Lara would party the whole night before the test match, walk in at no.3 next day and score the most beautiful hundred ever or play the most casual shot ever and get out cheaply... With Sachin, he would be mentally batting on that 22 yards 2 days before the match. This took Tendulkar ahead of Lara ,

[@binodbujarbaruah]

Lara hit the ball mercilessly.

[@CricketStories007]

Exactly

[@skb2345]

Greatest batsman in this living world imagine guys if he was born in india he would have become god

[@Learie.]

Yea, they would have stopped worshipping cows and goats and worshiped him.🎉

[@PVBVAMSHIKrishna]

Lara is like wasim akram more skillful while Sachin is like mcgrath accurate and consistent

[@CricketStories007]

🔥

[@EzraLynch-e4u]

Best the world ever seen Brian Charles Lara

[@MarlondoEdwards]

I don't think it's even close, Brian Lara is the greatest batsman GOD has ever Created.

[@madhavmusic2246]

No doubt Lara is one of the best, but that ridiculous comparison of India team and West Indies team shows that you already decided Lara is the best. Sachin, Lara and Shane Warner are the pioneers of cricket, best ever!

[@nigeldaniel9694]

Lara is a batting King none better ever there will beeee

[@mikec664]

I admire Sachin Tendulkar technIque and stroke production. His records might be broken but when in full flow his batting was delight to watch! WI batters are dynamic for sure but Ind batters captivate me with their elegance and class. So easy to the eye.. happy watching...

[@Learie.]

Gavasker was 1 million times a better batsman.Sasha was all hype... Just was a cut below Gary Sobers, Graham Pollock, Barry Richard's, Sunil Gavasker,Viv Richards, of course Lara was the king of.... .My brother played against him in the West Indian schoolboy tournament in 🇹🇹 Trinidad.And he was quite impressed at what he saw... His observation was correct.My brother was on the Jamaican School Boys cricket squad.

[@desmondandrade9961]

Lara was Lara way above any batsman in the history of the game....!!

[@CricketStories007]

🔥

[@dalmanmoulton8173]

To me Brian Lara was the best batsman ever

[@jaheedcurtis6357]

He is the best player to me so smooth with the bat wow 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@shandellawrence6676]

Sir Lara was the most naturally gifted batsman of all time.

[@CricketStories007]

Yesss

[@jlg5967]

While Sachin was technically better,Lara was scarier for Australia.Tendulkar just scored skillful 100's against us that didn't hurt Australia as much as Lara who scored big, fast scoring 100's.

[@tyronyaw7868]

You're so funny technically better than Lara stop talking nonsense

[@davon3283able]

To score runs fast that means you’re putting away good balls for boundaries, that’s great technique, n it wasn’t slogging either , it was classical shots , so technically you’re incorrect, what I can say though is Lara took more risks cuz he was an entertainer

[@wadiwadawwadiwadaw4812]

Lara is a king of cricket he is above all modern cricketer frankly speaking he is a genius more architecture than a Tendulkar , but if you leave not to mention from the Indian fan ,I mean not to count by the Indian fan ,but from the others cricketing nation Lara is number one , Sachin is no match to compare Lara , but those who say about Tendulkar mostly they get benefits from Indian cricket team which is richest cricket body in the world rather than praising Lara knowing they will earned nothing from the carribbean country which is poor cricketing nation

[@jlg5967]

Laxman was scarier for Australia in the Tendulkar era.

[@davon3283able]

@@wadiwadawwadiwadaw4812 so true buddy never thought of it from this angle

[@shashikantgaikwad4947]

Undoubtedly BRIAN LARA 🏏👌👑

[@prabhum1382]

True words sir...Lara is number one Cricket legend...don't compare Sachin with Lara , there are lots of player can replace Sachin ...But Lara s style and Match winning aggression is Tremendous...By an Indian Fan

[@SumitSawant-p9f]

NOBODY CAN REPLACE SACHIN.HE IA THE NO 1 BATSMAN OF ALL TIME.EVEN LARA CANNOT MATCH HIM.LARA WAS NOT ABLE TO DOMINATE THE INDIAN BOWLING LINE UP.SACHIN DOMINATED ALL THE BOWLING LINE UPS OF THE WORLD HAS MORE MAN OF THE MATCHES THAN BRIAN LARA.SACHIN WAS A BRUTAL FORCE IN 90S WHICH NOBODY CAN MATCH.RECORD SPEAKS THAT.HE HAS RULED THE CRICKETING WORLD FOR 24 YEARS WHICH NOBODY HAS DONE.

[@sudiptochatterjee]

It is impossible to choose one between Sachin and Brian Lara. Both were equally good.

[@hasanraza4650]

Lara was more stylish and elegant. Statistically, Sachin is ahead

[@satadruroy2008]

The greatest Test batsman that I have ever seen play.

[@rajifejohnson2652]

I am a Jamaican but Brian is the Prince of cricket so he can't be the greatest hes the second greatest behind the king the great the most honorable sir Sachin Tendulkar

[@TheVinodsp]

Greatest ever. Treat to watch 🎉❤

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best🔥

[@KarimKarim-xy9py]

Lara is better because only the fact than he’s considered one of the best while playing on a losing team who always put the pressure on him. He did it alone and all his records are against first class teams

[@hitenp2068]

One is great right hander and the other great left hander but for me Viv is the best batter. See his videos without helmet he is batting next level shots what mind blowing strokes. Tests and ODIs he was goat in both formats. No body comes close to Viv. TechnIque wise Gavaskar was best opener as he needed to dig in against quality bowlers playing in an avg team but overall complete dominant game was Viv something else...

[@ashtongoorachan5168]

Brian was such a flambouyant batsman.Also the best player of spin.He was simply a true genius. What an entertainer!!.

[@CricketStories007]

exactly

[@barrytelesford5265]

Nelson Mandela visited Trinidad once and ask: "where is Brian Lara?

[@anthonyvassellthatssweet6335]

The prince he has made his mark on cricket we still remember him

[@CricketStories007]

yesss

[@dalynk629]

LARA Greatest Batsman.The Genius.Frustrated every Bowler.Scored at his own will.I was privileged to watch him play .The Best

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@robertfrancis9829]

I love your compilation and the way you analyzed The greatest batsman of all time,you're spot on in your closing summary ,Lara is way Better than Sachin,entertaining too.

[@KemarBuchanan-j9e]

Lara had the deepest bag has a batsman:cover drive,on drive, late cut,coming down the ground,hook shot, pull shot,sweep shot,off the legs.

[@abdulsarker9836]

The absolute GOAT.

[@sunilrodrigues3634]

No one can bat as good as brian lara in test cricket

[@vinworthdayal1283]

Brian Lara the best by a mile👏 The best ever🙌🏽

[@CricketStories007]

Yess

[@dr.md.anwarulislam4506]

Nice video ❤ I stopped watching cricket after Prince retirement. Love him

[@CricketStories007]

One of the greatest!

[@dwaynestewart5989]

This man is the greatest ever live

[@colinborde5407]

Brian Charles Lara . The best simple.

[@senthilkumara2600]

Lara, the batting magician

[@kippen64]

This video takes me back in time. Lara was an awesome batsman.

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best of all time🔥

[@mrinalghoshal8471]

Always Brian Lara he is the greatest batsman world has ever seen.

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@marlonhamilton3222]

I totally believe that

[@purnendunandy8188]

None stylish batsman than brain lara he was something else a treat to watch eye soothing

[@Alex-lt9mc]

This video simple shows you that Lara was by far the greatest batsman of all time .

[@MAKelly2121]

Apart from the fact that his average was almost half that of the man almost every cricket fan acknowledges as the greatest, Sir Donald Bradman

[@karthiksgopalmar4092]

@@MAKelly2121 Bradman played when there were just two good teams and all others were minnows on just two different kinds of pitches in England and Australia. Not much of variety in bowling and fielding was shit and it was a gentleman's game. Only one or two great bowlers he might have faced. Can't think of too many all-time greats he faced either. Just one series where the bouncer was used a little more, his average dropped down to less than half. I am not belittling him. But surely the most overrated cricketer of all time. I am sure he might have averaged in the high 50s or lower 60s playing now. Moreover, there is so much variety and competition now. This is what brings down averages not just quality. Not that he was not great. But surely not incomparable. I am not West Indian. I am Indian. But I would certainly rate Viv Richards the greatest player of fast bowling and Brian Lara the greatest players of spin bowling. I am not an expert. But I sure know cricket. Seen enough of it across all eras. The best all time test side would be that of the west Indies closely followed by the Australian all-time best side. Only white men think that he is the greatest player. Not anyone who is unbiased. Honest opinion.

[@GhulamAliMadoLal]

Brain Lara ❤ best in world

[@wayne-w5t]

Brian Charles Lara.....played against him @ age 11. simply the greatest.

[@kirkwilliams5740]

Splendid history of the best

[@paulsimms1385]

For me, Brian Lara is the all-time best batsman

[@michaelhuggins2108]

Coming out of Trinidad +Tobago H. I.M. Brian Charles Lara was the best we have ever seen.

[@TrevorNicholas-fk6tx]

Inarguably the Greatest ever batsman☝🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🏏

[@CricketStories007]

yeah

[@diffbreak2366]

Lara was capable of playing anyone, anywhere, anytime. He dictated terms while at the crease. Everyone raves about his stroke play and elegance which is, of course, unparalleled. In my view, one of his greatest innings was against India at St. Lucia test in 2006. Lara was so restrainful and scored a slowest century in the 4th innings to force a draw from a near certain defeat. If one wants to witness Lara's concentration and his ultra defensive side, his batting in the 4th innings would put even Dravid to shame on a rank turning track. Nothing is more aesthetically pleasing to the sight than see Lara play a defensive stroke with a 360-degree backlift.

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best🔥

[@carlosgocoul1969]

It’s difficult to choose between Lara and Tendulker both should share the number 1 spot. What I like a little more is that Lara can take complete control of a match when batting and guid the team to victory

[@rowansolomon1688]

Brian Lara, there's only one entertainer

[@kirkwilliams5740]

My Favorite cricketers, and batsman, great man, I'm a west Indian, I like both cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, and Brian Charles Lara, However, i gave Brian the edge Over Sachin, reason is He scored more Double centuries,

[@stulla_river_cookout_tour]

Lara is the greatest batsman ever lived! Poised, elegance, best field placer of the ball, aggressive

[@nirmalnak]

Both are greats but I would rate Lara higher than Sachin as Lara was always under pressure to perform and he won games for WI on his own

[@history_facts9]

what has Lara won? Any world Cup Final?

[@prasanna046]

In my opinion the greatest test batsman ever. For the most of his career he played in a team in misery. If not his average and the performances would have been much much better. Undoubtably the most lalented batsman I have seen. He is the finest artist when it comes to the art of battting. Can watch him for hours and hours . It never gets boring.

[@vpo6978]

Brian Lara is one of the most superb batsman ever. His record will remain for a long time.

[@huntleyrichards3051]

Brian Lara is my number one

[@pennybrown527]

Lara. Simply the GOAT🎉

[@larryharripersad9062]

India prepared there pitches flat good for batting lara scored all over the world he never wanted to play the weeker teams he loved to play against australia england and south africa

[@a6hiji7]

And yet Lara failed in and against India? His test average against India is 35!

[@SumitSawant-p9f]

SACHIN IS THE NO 1 BATSMAN.SACHIN HAS MORE RUNS AGAINST THE STRONGER OPPONENTS THAN LARA.SACHIN FACED THE WESTINDES QUICKS WHICH LARA DIDNT FACED.IN INDIA THERE WERE NO FAST BOWLERS TO PRACTICE WHEN SACHIN STARTED PLAYING CRICKET FOR INDIA.YET HE DOMINATED ALL THE WORLD FAST BOWLERS IN 90S ERA MUCH MORE THAN BRIAN LARA.IN 90S SACHIN WAS NO 1 BATSMAN AND THEN THE OTHERS.DONT POST WRONG INFORMATION

[@rogerleepow4546]

He was a genius and very strong both physically and mentally, just Imagine scoring 400* and 501* runs it's just legendary 🙌🗿

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@Richard_Parker_Offl]

Brain Lara is the Real God of Cricket.