1. Brian Lara
His records speak for themselves, but records alone can not describe Brian Lara's greatness, as one has to see him bat to know what a genius he was.
Lara was the only player to have scored a century, a double century, a triple century and a quadruple century in Test cricket, and even a five hundred-plus score in a first class match.
Lara possessed the extraordinary ability to produce scintillating shots out of nowhere.
His batting stance distinguished itself from other batsmen. He had a high backlift which swished down to attack a delivery astonishingly quickly.
With 11953 runs in 131 Tests, the ‘Prince of Trinidad' is a once-in-a-generation player. He retired during the World Cup in 2007.
