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....
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
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.
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....
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
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.
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
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.
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
@@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
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....
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.
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.
@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.
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
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
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...
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.
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
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
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.
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!
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,
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.
Lara was love child of a tradition that was fan boy of West Indian cricket. A great batsman indeed, but still protected by lesser scrutiny ,providing umbrella cover to his impact as a batsman. Just take an example … Lara hitting century against Australia in his home ground is considered one of the best. However, Sachin’s knocks in his home country are dismissed as subpar. Whereas, in fact Lara was less successful while batting overseas. In Australia his average is 41 while Sachin is way ahead. Similarly in England too his average is some 800 bp below Sachin. But predisposition conquers rationality so good luck 😅
It's Lara Tendulkar was more consistent but when you needed a big score and your backs against the wall batting with ambrose and walsh you needed Lara, also it was the way he did it, if I had to pay all my money to watch anyone bat it will always be Brian Lara stylist flamboyant and aggressive batting.
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.
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
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
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
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.
What a player ....Simply greatest..My All time favourite.Sachin and Lara both are the two sides of the same coin,however Lara slightly aggressive and attacking player than Tendulkar.
Lara definitely in competition for the spot of best after Bradman along with Indian mastero Sachin Tendulkar , Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs but still can't be rated as the all time greatest. That tag still belongs to the greatest ever Sir Don.
@@Learie. From where you have read that ? Larwood was the fastest bowler of his era . Go and read about him. He is regarded amongst the one of the fastest bowlers of all time. Who said to you that none of his contemporaries bowled over 50 mph ??
@@Learie. Well Mr Bradman was nothing more than a very good batsman of a mediocre era vis vis cricket. Small pitches, inferior quality of bowling among other things. Viv Richards and Lara are there for full contention and rightly so.
Brian Lara is anytime the BEST There is no comparison for him, Lara had the ability to change the game any moment, He is the only batsman in the world who could bat under pressure all the he played, i would say Lara is anytime better than Tendulkar, also Shewag is much better than Tendulkar, Shewag also scored tripple century twice, this shows his greatness, also I liked Kambli, a very good left handed batsman, also scored
Lara had many big hundreds, but he also failed more often. That is why his average is still lower than Sachin even after hitting so many double and triple hundreds. Lara, like most other left handers, is awesome to watch. But the fact I like about Sachin is that he is a keen student of the game and took every game seriously. He performed brilliantly even in World XI/MCC XI/Sachin XI/Warne XI matches where most other star batsmen of those days, including Lara, failed. His consistency is just awesome. Yes, he was not someone who could hit 300 or 400 like Lara or Sehwag. He played test cricket like test cricket and ODI like ODI. If I have to choose a player to chase some high target in test cricket, I would probably choose Sehwag or Lara but if I want a batsman to play for the country for 10-15 years, I will go with Sachin. In ODIs, I would choose Sachin as he scored faster than lara with more consistency. Playing in India is easy for an Indian, and playing in WI is easy for a WI batsman. So, saying sachin played in India that it is easy to bat is wrong. If you are still not convinced, just compare their away stats and stats in the SENA countries, and you will get the answer. Remember, the panel of experts from around the world who selected the cricinfo (hypothetical) test world XI a decade or so back, chose Sachin and Richards ahead of Lara. May be Ian Chappell chose Lara, but that is a different story altogether.
Allan Donald talks abt Sachin ,Lara ,Steve waugh in an interview in 2009 , I had been watching Sachin Tendulkar on and off before we (South Africa) were readmitted in 1991. Everything about him is just so exceptional. He is wonderful technically and he has everything - class, speed, all the shots, and he is cool under pressure. Cricketers always talk about his amazing balance, even the Aussies. I've seen tapes of Sunil Gavaskar and if you split the screen between him and Tendulkar, they look virtually identical. I have never seen a man with such immaculate balance - it is freakish. People go to a Test match just to watch Tendulkar. I, for one, would rather watch him than bowl against him. Actually, I'm glad I'll never have to bowl to him in a Test match again, though I've been quite successful against him. He is No. 1 in my book - the best player I have ever had the privilege of bowling to. There's Steve Waugh and there's Brian Lara, who was wonderful in 1995, but Tendulkar is a class above, consistently special. The best knock I can remember him playing was at Newlands in 1997, when he was just unstoppable. We only got him thanks to a blinding catch by Adam Bacher off a hook shot, otherwise he would have gone on and on. Under Hansie Cronje we studied hard for a Tendulkar weakness. We thought he might be vulnerable, especially early in his innings, to the ball that is bowled from wide of the crease, coming back in off a good length. He might then be bowled through the gate, or be lbw, especially on English wickets. We also tried peppering him with short balls - not many top-class batters like that - but it didn't really seem to bother him. The one thing that might rattle him is being restricted. He loves scoring, and scoring quickly, and if he is frustrated, sometimes he goes out and looks for the big shot. I don't think he really gets rattled by sledging. Glenn McGrath tried it and Tendulkar just kept running at him and hitting him back over his head for four. I think that, like Steve Waugh, sledging just makes him more focused: I don't think it is a good idea to have a word. Tendulkar is already a legend so I'm not sure how he'll be remembered - what comes after legend? . He's the best in the world, one of the most magnificent players there's ever been.
Sachin was great but if i had to pay money to watch a batsman it would always be brian if lara played the same amount of test match lara would have catch sachin in runs because of his big hundreds
What a weird bunch of comments. Lara was great to watch and played some brilliant innings, helping Windies to a couple of great wins eg against Australia in 1999 and 2003. But the greatest ever West Indian batsman was Garfield Sobers, no question. And no cricket expert or historian ever has suggested there was a better batsman than Don Bradman, who was 4 runs short of averaging 100 in every completed innings and scored a century more often than once every 3 innings. Lara scored one every 7 innings. Case closed.
Two of the greatest player's of all time Sachin was more difficult to dislodge but I think Brian was more flamboyant having said that they were both very good against pace I give Sachin the edge medium pace and spin I give lare a slight edge so who's better it's difficult to say because they both made runs all over the world for Lara I will say he struggled in India for some reason I really can't put my hands on for Sachin I will say he average much more because he played lots of cricket in Asia but I think Lara once he passed hundred world go on to score bigger than Sachin and Sachin played ball's more on merit and Lara was more attractive to watch but I feel like Sachin has a better technique than Lara but Lara would hit good balls for four more than Sachin
Lara is a impact player because he doesn't score in every match but scores when needed and scores Big where sachin is a run machine.He doesn't make big runs like lara but his positive point is he scores in most of his matches which makes his average better and also Sachin is anyday better batsman than lara. So for me Sachin is greater.
Sachin in the first half of his career didn’t bat with world class batters, that came later. Lara on the other hand came into a top class batting order which gradually whittled down to one or two world class batters.
Sachem has always had world class batters around him. He always had a foundation bto build on. Unless if you’re saying guys like azarudin,sidu and the likes were school boy Crockers
@@horrorflixurdu9138did they have to proove it? Widon, icc, any cricket ranking ranks sachin ahead of lara... The facts doesn't change with a FAN THEORY IN RU-vid AND SOME 10-30 fans hailing this video.... But thanku... I just realised it... Why should me also try to argue with this few subscribers of a small youtube channel when the world itself says it's the other way... Anyway... Niyc to meet you people
Lara better than sachin in style, aggression, selfless, shots all, over the ground, fearless, and treat to watch and sachin is also excellent player, text book shots, better records than any one On any day LARA better than sachin, the way he played the game
Most Indian players are made to look great by an over hyped media. When Sachin played, there were many other great players like Lara, Sangakara, Ponting, Dravid, Kallis to name a few but none were hyped as much as Sachin.
To end the debate u guys must stop just comparing records , and look at the entertainment value and the impact Lara had on the world , the queen use to come n watch Lara , every great bowler feared Lara not tendulkar , the same with Micheal Jordan , even if Lebrun broke all his records , was he as entertaining, did he had such an impact on the world , Lara is the greatest batsman ever not just for his batting but his impact, his swag he is must see tv
Lara played in a struggling west Indian team that was under pressure that had to live up to the great west Indians of the past. Tendulkar was always in a winning team and a team that was much better. So Lara has to be better.
