Castrol Activ Champions: Brian Lara 

There are many about whom Harsha said that they protected their team but Brian Lara truly defines that phrase. He truly protected the west indies team during that period.

Ohhhh god... Lara was just like God's gift to Cricket... The most talented and elegant batsman.... Undisputedly...

Exactly uploaded the video on 13th of April one day after (in 2004 ) when LARA became first to score 400 in a test innings ☺

Brian charles lara was the epitome of batsmenship . Lone warrior . I wish he played in a better batting lineup

Lara-Sachin rivalry.... only one of its kind where both appreciate each other.... no ego whatsoever

Most talented batsman I have ever seen in my life. Sachin fan here. Lara can't be described in words.

Whenever I watch Harsha talks he made me more happier and he dramatise the story at its best.. Lara is a champion of champions Wow..What a player he is..

This video gave me goosebumps

When in full flow, none better to watch. Malleable hands and a mind that built innings with flair and imagination. That full flow of the bat mocking field placings and winning impossible games took the breath away and left the opposition applauding. Best player of spin bowling of all time. As cricket lover Robelinda2 said, "few have scored more, many have averaged more, but no one has entertained more." Champion player. Guys like him, Sachin, ABD, Viv, Sir Gary are unique and will never be seen again.

Probably the player with smoothest bat flow.

688 in 3 matches ....wow simply great

I like the joy Harsha gets and how his eyes lit up whenever there is talk about Brian Lara. ..he is my hell fav player ...Lara just a magician along with Sachin ... both are my favorite 😍

I'm literally a fan of his BACKLIFT of bat. Unbelievable 🔥🔥🔥

I've been waiting for this one for some time now. Greatest I've seen play live after the little master.. oh yes Brian, you did entertain...

The best entertainer of my generation

Senior to Sachin! That Charisma n flair you'll get addicted to 😘 I'm a big Sachin fan.. I dint like lara just because I liked Sachin more during my school days.. I know how foolish I was.. Wow what a player. Just a treat to our eyes 😍😍

Others may have performed more consistently or accumulated better statistics but of all the career summaries in this series, this is the most captivating - the 277 in Sidney, the Warwickshire streak of centuries in 1994, the 365, the 501, the 400. Then you add his magical dominance in the 1999 Australia series and the 2001 Sri Lanka series. I watched most of the Greats in this Castrol series but this one on BC Lara I have watched over and over. This story is most compelling of all. Thanks Harsha, no one can narrate it better.

Simply amazing he was a master a treat to watch

500, 400, 300, 200, 100 all this in his career.. GREATEST BATSMAN LARA.. LARA's 153 against AU is rated the 2nd best Innings of All time by Wisden. Shane Warne was dropped from AU team because Lara smashed him so badly in 1999 series. Lara's first test century was 277, which bradman said that was the best test innings he saw.. When iam depressed, i watch Lara's 400 to re-energise myself... That high back lift, the bat coming down like a sword, then u hear that beautifull bat sound, the ball flies to fence, his bat doing 180 degress full rotation... NO ONE CAN EVER BE LIKE LARA...

Brain Lara should come during Ipl And be coach Teams like RR and RCB Just imagine Virat and abd with the great brain Lara 😍🤩

'I made him to bowl like that'.......... What a player he was who actually played a bowler like Murali that way.... Brian Lara really a Wizard with a bat

A magician... A wizard... Only few could bat the way he did.

The way harsha speaks looks more of singing! What a voice

I can watch this video in loop. A true genius and a player who never got his due because of a spiriless team. His graceful cover drives, pull shots, square cuts, late cut shots were absolute delight to watch. We are lucky enough to watch him play and learn from him.

Finally the mightiest of all

Proud to say im a fan of lara for more than 15 yrs.... from my childhood...

Finally the episode i was waiting for 😍😍😍😍 next up I'm waiting for Johnty Rhodes. Someone who gave the less talked site in Cricket a new look(fielding)

One of the longest episodes in CAC....! Great one to watch..

one part missing, sachin-lara rivalry. and the best thing about the rivalry was the respect they showed for each others' abilities.....

His batting was just like" that spacial late- teenage one sided love, that perfect love story which was never written where everything happened in our imagination"...😂😂😂

Brian Lara vs England. A story for the ages.

I can listen Harsha sir throughout the day .

This video gave me Goosebumps THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME PERIOD...!!

The best test batsman I ever saw Damn he was just ridiculously awesome There will never be another Lara Sheer genius in his craft From an Indian

Brian Lara is the best Betsman of the world

Lara was a tremendous player. Lot of people will never give him the credit he deserves because they are always focused on sachin. But Lara was such a class batsman who won West Indies tests single handedly with a relatively mediocre team. Always a champ.

Hasha, born to call Cricket.

213 is the best innings even he himself rated that as his best innings..for me, he is the greatest batsman of his era no matter how many he scored, how much he averaged etc..if I have to watch someone bat, it's none other than the genius, price, flamboyant, devastating BC LARA..sachin fans should see and listen to the numbers that harsha has specified..

It's simply tragic that most of the viewers had forgotten about the greatest innings tat genius had played

One of the greatest artist of all time, Words are not enough to describe him, He has positioned himself at the Zenith

Probably one of the greatest left handed player ever to play the game..respect and love for the great artist from dhaka

Tendulkar was a pure genius. Lara was something else that only god knows what.

Undoubtedly Lara is the most naturally talented batter.

This tribute is so well-worded. Appropriate for a criceter of Lara's stature. One special note of thanks to the script writer (probably Harsha Bhogle himself).... to mention the name of Everton Weekes among the pantheon of WI batting greats. Another feel-good monent is when Harsha talks about Lara's upright sportsmanship. While I personally feel that there are a few moments of on-field flare-up-s of Lara (*just* a few) but he was quite a role model for abour 99% of his career. (I must add here that Tendulkar's on-field conduct was just amazingly good... absolute tops).

His back lift and that shuffle is a nostalgia.

The magician of batting got magically described by the magician of words....so joyful

Lara is a genius

Top 5 five all-time best. My #1

The story about Lara's 501 was said by Mark Nicholas.

want more more videos,truly inspiring. Hey Harsha keep going

his 226 adilade oval vs australia where he surpassed to become highest test run getter was one of his best. Hes was up against warne, mcgrath, jason gillespi and kasporiwz

I was fortunate to see 75% of his games as a little boy growing up on tv , there is no other innings like. That 153 not out I repeat no other test innings

Whenever i heard u Harsha Sir..i fee that i am watching this or any Video ...like 1 st time...For me U R "VOICE OF CRICKET'..Thanks...

1:53 When you drop Brian Lara he scores a 500 and 1 extra run for good luck. 😂🤣.

Wow he is a real Legend of cricket

Greatest batsman ever was Sir Viv Richards but Lara definately comes second in that list,his batting style will always be unmatched and that bat lift before every shot was something else,his innings against Australia in 4th Innings is the best ever in test matches with all due respect to other innings against that bowling lineup when wickets are falling and falling and he went on and on

One of the greatest ever Sir Brian Lara

The GOAT- the greatest batsman the World has ever seen- The Prince of TNT- Brian Charles Lara

Very nice presentation

Someone had rightly said: When you want to view picture perfect batting (or in a word flawless), give me Sachin Tendulkar. When the pitch is a minefield, give me Rahul Dravid. But when you want to chase down even 400 in the final innings of the test against the best bowling attack, give me Brian Lara.

That series against Sri Lanka Lara was Majestic

Want a video on Arjuna Ranatunga..Probably one of the greatest captains to have played the game.....One of the greatest protector the game has seen...

My all time favourite batsmen post 1995. Lara, Dravid, Ab Devillers, Yuvraj

FINALLY!!!!!

Lara the entertainer of the cricket.

Harsha's voice is Epic

Brian Class Lara

I don't know why I like harsha so much. The way he appreciates talent. It's just.....

Greatest of all time .Period

God of cricket

All time great left handed batsman

Football was gifted by the late Maradona & Cricket was blessed with Prince Lara 🙌

Super stat

No one batter than Brian Lara

Brain the prince love from kashmir

he needs to come india and coach weak teams like delhi and RR...

Lara had a higher peak but sachin was more consistent :)

Kindly make video of Castrol Active champion - Alastair Cook

Hey love your work. I would love to see the man who redefined Fielding: Jonty Rhodes!

Super star

Lara my dream Great fighter Lara wasn't a cricketer Lara was a artist

Brian Lara is Michael Jackson of Cricket.

How the hell can someone dislike this video!!!!!!!!!😠😠😡😡

Trinidad world boss 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

next time please feature richard hadlee.

Shit that the no of likes are so less it's about a legend

We need an episode on Wasim Akram as well

To benefit and for the betterment of younger players brain Lara kind of sacrifice ed his odi career a top order batsman started coming at number 5 similarly what MSD did to his batting

AB de's true predecessor..

Need video for matthew Hayden

harsha you forgot to mention westindies won 2004 champions trophy under his captaincy.

Cricketers with zero haters. 1 rahul dravid 2 Brian Lara 3 Adam Gilchrist 4 abd 5 inzamam ul haq

Players like lara should be engaged with under 14s and groom west indian talent for the next generation.

The greatest batsman in the world I said what I said

can u make a video about james anderson

His batting average in test cricket was raw because of the fact that his no were very neg ligible

Lara

WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED WITH SACHIN ABOUT BEST BATSMAN THEN SACHIN TOLD LARA IS THE BEST TO WATCH BUT WHEN ANYBODY ASKED WITH LARA ABOUT BEST BATSMAN THEN LARA REPLIED SACHIN .............WHAT IT MEANS ? IT MEANS BOTH ARE GENIOUS LARA AND SACHIN ONLY THEIR TECHNIQUE IS DIFFERENT . SACHIN IS CLASSICAL AND STYLISH BATSMAN AND HE CAN PLAY EVERY TYPE OF BOWLING AND EVERY TYPE OF SITUATION . WHERE LARA IS DOMINATING PLAYER .HE ALWAYS DOMINATE BOWLER AND NOBODY CAN STOP HIM WHEN HE WAS IN FULL FLOW .LARA NEVER THINK THAT WHO IS THE BOWLER INFRONT OF HIM AND WHAT IS THE SITUATION OF MATCH .HE MADE RUN IN FULL FLOW EITHER AGAINST GLENN MCGREATH ,DONALD AND WASIM AKRAM OR MURALI AND SHANE WARNE . I SALUTE BOTH OF THEM LARA AND SACHIN BUT LARA IS LARA IN MY OPINION IF LARA PLAYED LIKE SACHIN INNINGS IN TEST AND ONEDAY THEN LARA HAVE MORE RUN THAN TENDULKAR AND CENTURY .

In the 90's he had a great ODI record but he later sacrificed for his team's sake.

Want video on Dayle steyn