Brian Lara vs Sachin Tendulkar

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Sachin Tendulkar (India, right-handed) and Brian Lara (West Indies, left handed) are two of the best batsmen in the world.

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Improve this chart	Brian Lara Currently 4.14/5 1 2 3 4 5 Rating: 4.1/5 (332 votes)	Sachin Tendulkar Currently 4.30/5 Rating: 4.3/5 (442 votes)
ODI 50s:	63	95
ODI Centuries:	19	48
Batting Average (ODI):	40.48	45.16
Test Debut:	6 December 1990; (v Pakistan)	15 November 1989; (v Pakistan)
Height:	5 ft 8 in	5 ft 5 in
Place of Birth:	Santa Cruz, Trinidad	Mumbai (Bombay), India
Date of Birth:	May 2, 1969	April 24, 1973
Role:	Batsman	Batsman, part-time bowler
Bowling style:	Right-arm leg-break	Right-arm leg break/off break/medium
Batting style:	Left handed	Right handed
Sport:	Cricket	Cricket
Country:	West Indies	India
Full Name:	Brian Charles Lara	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Batting Average (Tests):	52.88	56.25
Highest score (Tests):	400 not out	248 not out
Test Not Outs:	6	40
Test Runs:	11953	15,048
Test Innings:	232	271
Test Matches:	131	182
Domestic Team:	Prev. Trinidad and Tobago, Warwickshire, Transvaal	Mumbai (prev. Yorkshire)
ODI Shirt Number:	9	10
ODI Debut:	9 November 1990; (v Pakistan)	18 December 1989; (v Pakistan)
Highest score (ODI):	169	200 not out
ODI Not Outs:	32	41
ODI Runs:	10405	18,111
ODI Innings:	289	431
ODI Matches:	299	453
Test 50s:	48	62
Test Centuries:	34	51
Wickets (ODI):	4	159
Strike rate in ODI:	79.51
Born:		24 April 1973 (age 38) Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
ODI shirt no.:		10
1998,1990 – present:		Mumbai
1992 ,2003:		Yorkshire=1992
5 Wickets in a innings in (ODI):		2

Comments: Brian Lara vs Sachin Tendulkar

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Tendulkar any day is the best batsmen of this generation. Playing for more than 22 years and scoring 100 international hundreds and counting is an acheivement which is probably stay forever. Sachin is techniquely better than Lara in aspects as well. People say Lara was the best again spin; but he failed to get a single hundred in India

115.240.107.110 on 2012-04-26 16:08:08

sachin is always better and greater than LARA

117.239.5.35 on 2012-03-31 07:34:32

Sachin any day

117.197.148.33 on 2012-03-21 07:02:38

Lara, just because he is fun to watch .. tendulkar is great but not as much fun :)

218.186.14.215 on 2011-12-31 16:20:27

what pressure you guys talking about "hopes of million." This is the worst argument anyone could use for sachin.Stick to his numbers if you want to say he has better stats(and he does ) fine. Lara had more pressure because he had both on the field and off the field pressure. He was scrutinized by the caribbean ppl and he had no help(shiv became a great player after). Sachin had many great batsmen who at points were the team's best batsment ala Dravid and Sehwag. Stop your nonsense about this hopes of millions he batted knowing he was loved and that if he was out he had backup. The game is played inside the ropes.you ppl crack me up..lol

76.100.57.246 on 2011-12-11 04:50:41

Sachin tendulkar is the best..The GOD of cricket. Lara is a great batsman..but sachin is the best.. Sachin is an oppener...and he needs to face the best bowlers of the oppenent team in a fresh pitch. Playng for 20 years can only done by a great player..it shows.his dedication towards the game...he is a man who born to play cricket..and he is still doing it.. More over he is a good individual.. A respecrful person... Role model for al human beings...in both his profeesion and family life....so he is the best...

65.255.37.214 on 2011-12-09 07:20:21

I found a comment below saying SRT played under lesser pressure....what a nonesense...when SACHIN comes to bat he is under an immense pressure..the hopes of 1000 million...which LARA never had to endure ever in his life....Truly sachin is the greatest player because he had played under that immense pressure and scored his runs.

117.211.86.74 on 2011-11-29 14:45:02

LARA means CRICKET and CRICKET means LARA. The real HERO in the GROUND. No comparison between LARA and SACHIN as LARA is at great a HEIGHT which Sachin can't reach just by scoring some runs and playing throughout his life. LARA with a greatness in CRICKET and in PERSONALITY is UNIQUE ICON of CRICKET. LARA ROCKS!

122.174.94.180 on 2011-11-28 06:48:18

if i have to pay money to watch someone bat , that would be lara ,and definetly not sachin. lara is special , never be anyone like him again !!

212.242.148.9 on 2011-11-25 22:45:43

Sachin is GOD OF CRICKET,Don Bradman accepted it ,So please calm ...........,and lara accepted sachin is best bats man ever

202.44.58.2 on 2011-11-23 11:14:32

Honestly, I am no supporter of comparison between great players. They are just great. But, I would like to tell these naive cricket fans commenting here to broaden their sense of cricket and then talk. It is just an example (I am supporting neither Tendulkar nor Lara): "Sachin is opening batsman while Lara is not , I believe if he (Lara) opens the match he would hav crossed more runs than sachin in fewer matches itself".. ---Ohh really, how do you know that Lara "would have" done that. Are you a fortune teller? This is nonsense. You do not even know that it is always more difficult to open (balls swinging, best bowlers bowling) than to bat at no. 4. Now your argument would be...there is more pressure on no.4 batsman. Another nonsense...An opener has more pressure of accelerating run rate when 2 batsmen have got out than for someone who has come to crease after those 2 batsmen. Now, you would say...a player coming in at no. 4 gets lesser balls. Another nonsense....Just check how many times Lara has gone not out. Now you would say something else, and I would again give a counter- reply. So, someone would say Lara is great but Sachin is the greatest, other would say Sachin is great but Lara is better. But, why not let them both be just great and stop these heaps of nonsense debates....huhhhhh

202.3.77.239 on 2011-11-13 10:12:52

Lara is always batting god of cricket fans. He is a big match winner.i am a district cricket player,watching cricket from 1989 and i have watched old cricket like that ricards,srikanth,botham and etc. In my view of points lara always best than tendulkar.

122.184.143.194 on 2011-11-10 07:37:42

People got different views on their fav batsman as they wont let them down, thats fact As per mine LARA is the best, no need to stories and stuffs...i share with below few basic points 1. Sachin is opening batsman while Lara is not , I believe if he opens the match he would hav crossed more runs than sachin in fewer matches itself 2. Whenever Sachin is crossing landmarks, either 5000 / 10000 runs he took more matches/innings than lara 3. Lara played a games in style, while sachin always played safe in counting runs 4.Sachin wont dare to hit a six when he is in 90's while lara does 5.Sachin played in a team which was good enough, n so do he enjoyed less pressure, while WI team most times depended on Lara alone 6.Lara retired soon due to many reasons including WI Cricket borad not favoring towards him 7. People compare Lara s personal life with sachin ( which is shit / as per me if u born in western country ur char wll be diffrnt for sure than indian culture, even if sachin born in other countries u cant say his char/nature wll be same as whts he is in india...country got diffrnt life style, so pls dont compare t n its utter shit ) 8.Stylish cricket alwys goes with lara than sachin, and u can see urself sachin always stepd a place second which was already crossed by lara 9.Sachin got too much runs now and i accept it fr sure, n u should keep in mind the number of games he plays still without retirn n givin others a chance ( If Lara been played the same number of matches sachin did till date, he would be too high which sachin will take another couple of years to cross it ) 10. Rare to see a person like LARA who walks off when he knows he's out, even f umpire stands still wihout raising hands ( He would walk off even in crucial match , if he knows he s caught behind ) 11. Sachin is best too I agree as he s someone who had/has his great career best, but I can say Sachin is narrowly hehind Lara , both are legnds......if me a judge i would rank sachin bit next to Lara wit minor few less points

203.99.193.237 on 2011-11-09 13:17:34

Those who says SRT is more consistent than BCL. I have point to make. In the world cricket ICC provides rating to every batsman after their performance in matches based on opposition, conditions, etc,. So lets look on it: 1. BC Lara slipped below 700 rating barrier just for 1 match (692) after crossing 700 mark for the first time in his 16 match. (It means in the span of 115 matches just once) 2. SR Tendulkar slipped below 700 rating barrier for 21 matches (lowest 641) after crossing 700 mark for the first time in his 29 match. In total of 131 matches BCL was below 700 mark for 16 matches i.e. 12% of his entire career In total of 177 matches SRT was below 700 mark for 49 matches i.e. 28% of his entire career Lets see the average rating of their entire career. In total of 131 matches BCL has average rating of 784. (third all time best after Bradman 855 & Hobbs 799 And all time best in the group of 100 tests played.) In total of 177 matches SRT has average rating of 732.

117.203.228.140 on 2011-07-19 08:16:32

they are both great but ithink sachin was more devoted towards cricket than lara coz lara was bussy with other things in life but thts the truth your great lara but sachin is above u cos he devoted his life for cricket at theirs prime they both could have destroyed any bowling attack sachin is was an will be crickets biggest player he is even better thn don bradman one day sachins will have more hundreds thn any batsmen in cricket lara or don bradman or any other player but sachin is above all players in cricket an will be forever on top of the most hundreds by any batsmen in odis an test only time will tell hows gonna break his record will their be another cricket legend born again after sachin lets seee lara was good don bradman was better but sachin is best look at him he is 37 still playing at this age an scoring 100s thts why sachin was is an will be above everyone in cricket history book cos god made sachin for cricket it was jesus plan for sachin to be bigger thn cricket legend

119.235.54.88 on 2011-07-13 18:30:42

Good Finisher: Lara is better. Sachin is an opening batsman, lara is not. This answers the above question. Consistency: Sachin is better Though he opens the innings, he has performed consistently; there is always a billion expecting him to perform consistently. Lara is a better test batsman, he has the ability to play long innings but Sachin is the GOD in ODI format. You should also remember that Lara had Walsh, Ambrose kind of bowlers to defend his team and win matches. Lara didnt have the trouble to face Ambrose and Walsh :-) It is crap to speak that if Hayden had played five years in advance before he started his career, he would have surpassed everyone. My question is Playing 20 yrs and being consistent is what matters. There is no point in dreaming what if he had done that. Fact/Records speak about oneself. Also, Lara dominated every nation except India. He failed to score a century against India in ODI. Sachin is a also a bowler whereas Lara is not.

173.245.55.87 on 2011-06-26 04:10:56

obviously brian lara is a great great match winner, but u can not let tendulkar down by saying only about lara's 153(indeed that was one of the best innings I have ever seen). Because tendulkar also has some great inningses under pressure like 103 against England on a 5th day Indian soil(West Indian wickets are batting paradise). And tendulkar has played numerous match-saving inningses for India(his first hundred in test cricket is one of the leading examples). And in Oneday cricket tendulkar is just miles and miles ahead in records or even in wining matches for the country. In earlier 90s tendulkar also didnt have much support it was pretty much one man show, in world cups he is just above all. And if u tell about killing the lions in their den, tendulkars 6 hindreds are in Australia and in srilanka also he has scored hundred consistently not just a single series show. Lara was a failure in T20, tendulkar has surpassed him there also,and longivity is outstanding, so tendulkar rules!

117.194.196.90 on 2011-05-09 17:03:14

Lara might have a compareable test record with Tendulkar but LARA's ODI record esp in important matches is poor. He has very pathetic WC avg very poor tournament finals avg wheras TENDULKAR's finals avg & WC avg is 55 + which is astounding. Besides LARA's huge test innings with lower avg than SACHIN indicate LARA's inconsistency. Now coming to Technique, Lara continuously got bowled or lbw against pace. Lara would capitalize only against spin. Tendulkar attacks both pace and spin as he is opener. LARA had the support of World's finest bowlers i.e. AMBROSE & WALSH for most of his career. He never had to chase 350+ runs. If WI scored 250 that would have been winning total. LARA won lot of test matches bcz test matches are won by taking 20 wickets and WALSH & AMBROSE could easily take 20 wickets. After Walsh & Ambrose era even LARA's 400 couldn't win that match and LARA's 700 runs vs SL resulted in 3 nil white wash. Sachin's most 100's resulted in a draw bcz that is all a btsman can do.

98.222.201.8 on 2011-03-13 04:54:19

Please visit this site link http://www.thesportscampus.com/201012209430/test-cricket/sachin-tendulkars-five-best-test-centuries-and-those-that-didnt-make-the-cut U can understand that sachin also played well in pressure situations......

125.22.43.13 on 2011-01-17 14:01:49

No doubt both are great players, when compared with the public support it goes to sachin as he needs to perform always which runs on his mind, else the public criticises, on the other hand lara had no such pressure from his own crowd as they accept what it comes, this makes sachin the best which was lauded by the great lara himself as if he had in sachins shoes he would have not performed the same, let us accept the fact rather than numbers with mental vengeance

115.117.208.81 on 2010-12-15 19:43:46

lara has 9 200s, sachin has 6. 3 of lara's 200 r against australia in presence of mcgrath n warne,2 in australia 1 at home. 2 are against england both world record. 2 against srilanka in presence of murali n vaas, 1 in srilanka 1 at home. 1 against south africa in south africa. 1 against pakistan in pakistan. 2 of sachin's 200 r against bangladesh n zimbawe. 2 r against australia in absence of mcgrath n warne. 1 is against srilanka in absence of murali n vaas. 1 is against newzealand of 90's that too in india. lara has 19 150+ scores among 34 centuries,2 more than 50%. sachin has 20 150+ scores among 49 centuries at this point,5 less than 50%. lara demolished murali in his own den,scoring 688 in 3 matches. lara has played more match winning innings than sachin in test matches. lara never had the luxury of great batting line up that sachin have. lara was more attacking n sublime in strokeplay.

116.68.243.2 on 2010-12-11 15:35:17

Lara is a great batsman i agree, but he lost his wicket in very important one day matches (even he was not a captain at that time). Let us talk about consistency Lara is not a consistent player, Tendulkar is a consistent player. If Tendulkar failed in a series he will spark in the next series. But Lara, failed in many series continuously. Batting style, classical shots both are excellent players. Sachin Tendulkar is little bit higher than Lara all the time. Only match situations decides playing in a pressure. I never agree Tendulkar can't play in pressure situation, his sharja series is a very good example to break this point.

147.243.216.4 on 2010-05-12 05:09:37

Brian lara is one of the best finisher in all formats. but sachin its a big question mark. you can see so many examples. In 1999 when lara scored 153* west indies won the match by one wicket. when they need 97 runs to win the match they had only two wickets in hand ( ie ambrose and walsh) he single handedly finished the match. sachin is not like that. he can score runs but he is not a good finisher.

115.119.26.146 on 2010-04-30 11:02:55

the biggest weekness i can say with tendulkar is that he needs partnerships to stay on the pitch, if the playes on the non striking end are not being able to form partnerships, he tends to give his wicket. few times it happened that other batsmen failed to perform and Tendullkar put a good score, it happeded most of the time only when he was well supported. i think here Lara stand better, he played some memorable innings and sailed single handedly, with no support form other side and west indies cricket was just shadow of itself. at the same time he also managed pressure of leading the team and constant conflicts with the team management. if it was not the decline of west indies cricket and supported well i think he would have been such a batsmans where there exist no place of him being compared with any other batsman of the contemporary cricket....

122.162.226.85 on 2009-11-20 13:44:27

lara is of cource great as he had lead such a loose team from past 10 years and no support of the tem mates , also he is a perfect match winner player he lead his team to many victory .Moreover Sachin is also a fabulous players and he has scored many centuries and runs but in my opinion sachin is bigger than lara in terms of records but perfect player and match winner is lara only.

144.36.254.100 on 2009-07-31 11:36:51

Lara has great batting class compared to sachin he can over play his natural game in any situation , if windies situation was not that much poor in the 95's to 2006. then he may show his natural game as at that situation due to intence pressure and failure of the team mates and captaincy pressure led him to not able to play his natural game .Sachin is also a great players but in my eyes Match winner is Lara only.

144.36.254.100 on 2009-07-31 11:29:09

Tendulkar is GOD.. Lara a mere mortal..

122.162.60.190 on 2009-06-03 09:12:59

Lara has big scores vs big teams carring the west Indese on his back. I always felt he should not have been captain then there would not been any wondering who's better. A man carring a load vs a man man with free hands then to me Tendulkar's record should have been greater. Tendulkar was captain, did he not fail? what he did give it up.

216.110.126.116 on 2009-03-01 04:01:03

Lara has the bigger scores, tendulkar more batting support

216.110.126.116 on 2009-03-01 03:39:49

lara can bat even in tough situation like when Wi lost many wickets in the middle but you can rely on lara that he will bail you out, sachin can,t play like that in pressure situation

210.212.94.226 on 2009-02-11 09:43:32

lara can handle the

210.212.94.226 on 2009-02-11 09:39:40

No Doubt, It's Lara, He played cricket under tremendous pressure, He will be in the crease when the scores read like 20/2 or 20/3, from that he has to carry on, whereas Sachin has got so much of Batting support in his team and he plays his natural game... His 153* against Australia was his best innings i have ever seen, scored almost 60 runs with Ambrose & walsh, Definitely Lara is the big match winner. Hat's off to this evergreen crickter.

136.8.1.100 on 2009-09-21 11:27:57