The West Indies skipper dislodged Australia's opening batsman Matthew Hayden.
West Indies prolific batsman Brian Lara will join the 66 male members of the Hall of Fame while England's Enid Bakewell becomes the third women to be inducted.
Sahim Salim meets Nitin Yadav Sanjana Bharadwaj, who claimed the legendary Brian Lara's wicket at a cricket clinic for budding Delhi players at the Ferozshah Kotla.
Shamar's heroics and the Windies win saw congratulations pouring in from every quarter. And it also left Windies legends Brian Lara and Carl Hooper, both who are now broadcasters, in tears as videos circulated on X.
Steve Smith is the 15th player to go past the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket.
A look at India's narrowest victories by run margin -- games that tested nerves, showcased grit, and etched unforgettable drama into Test history.
"If anyone doubted he was ever a team man, they got to see it first-hand today. That requires more than just steel," Shastri said in a video posted by the BCCI on its website.
Unaware that the area was filled with cricket fans, he had a tough time managing the crowd.
Sachin Tendulkar and Ambati Rayudu starred in a dominant performance by India Masters, securing a six-wicket victory over West Indies Masters in the inaugural International Masters League.
Prithvi Shaw's phenomenal talent has been much talked-about and the latest to join the bandwagon is none other than Brian Lara.
Pain, Punt and Pant: Keeper of India's fortune fights back with broken foot
Warner was left stranded at 335 not out when Australia skipper Tim Paine declared the innings on Saturday.
Brian Lara said he took to golf to release from the pressures of playing a team sport (cricket).
Jaiswal has established himself as a vital cog in the Test side with 929 runs in only eight matches this year at 66.35, his two centuries and six fifties putting him as the leading run-scorer for India in 2024.
Sachin Tendulkar was in for a pleasant surprise as West Indies legend Brian Lara visited him in Mumbai, in what seemed to be an impromptu meeting between two.
Suryakumar Yadav has to bat at No 3 in the T20 World Cup, said the legendary Brian Lara as he rooted for an India vs West Indies final.
While Lara agreed in principle to the point, he found differences too in the two models.
Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Brian Lara was "very impressed" by injury-prone pacer Thangarasu Natarajan, whose performance was one of the few positives to have come out of the heavy loss against Rajasthan Royals.
The Indian cricket team began practice in right earnest on Wednesday, ahead of their five-match Test series starting in Perth on November 22.
Yuvraj, who retired from international cricket last month, will captain Toronto Nationals in Season 2 of Global T20 Canada, which begins on Thursday.
Shubman Gill was awarded the 'Player of the Match' for his match-winning knock of 85 runs.
West Indian great Brian Lara will miss out on the Edelweiss 20s Challenge of the Indian Cricket League because of an injury in his left forearm. Former Kiwi opener Nathan Astle will replace Lara as the captain of the Mumbai Champs team.
His retirement came after his 200th Test match against the West Indies at his home ground in Mumbai.
Large photographs of West Indies captain Brian Lara arguing with his Australian counterpart Steve Waugh featured in Australia's newspapers.
The West Indies skipper said it was the off-spinner's hunger for wickets that did them in.
The Indian captain said it is difficult to match somebody of Brian Lara's quality.
West Indian batting legend Brian Lara's knowledge of how to amass big scores at rapid rate without putting his wicket at risk makes him a "superior" batsman of his era than Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, writes former Australian captain Ian Chappell.
The 20-year-old Padikkal was one of the finds of the last IPL, scoring 474 runs with five half-centuries and contributing handsomely to RCB's campaign.
India's vice-captain Rahul Dravid dropped to number three
The hosts slumped to 12 for three before Lara helped the home side reach 292 for seven at the close of play on day 1 of the third Test.
West Indies won the second T20I by 30 runs on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Brian Lara apologised to the West Indies Cricket Board for his public outburst after the Test series loss to India.
Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali rates the West Indies captain above Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
Now only Sachin Tendulkar - with 35 hundreds - is ahead of Lara in Test cricket.
Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott lambasted the pitch that was used for their T20 World Cup semi-final against South Africa in Trinidad.
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh feels both West Indies' Brian Lara and India's Sachin Tendulkar are on equal terms because they played in different conditions and under different sort of pressures.
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