6. Brain Lara (West Indies), one of the top 10 greatest batsman of all time
Brian Charles Lara, is a former West Indian international cricketer. He is generally regarded as one of the top 10 greatest batsman of all time. Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games in his career. Lara also holds the test record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by South Africa’s Robin Peterson. So he is undoubtedly one of the top 10 greatest batsman of all time. A test average of 52.88 and an ODI average of 41 shows how good a player he was for West Indies during his days. He was also the only person in his era who was compared to the Legendary Sachin Tendulkar. He also had the record for most runs in test cricket which was later broken by Sachin. Being inducted into ICC Hall of fame in January 2012, Brain Lara takes the number 6 position in our list for Top 10 Greatest Batsman of All Time.
“Playing against him was a good test of your skills. Brian Lara is probably the only other guy in world cricket that pushed me like Tendulkar” – Brett Lee,Former Aussie Fast Bowler.
