Legendary West Indian batsman Brian Lara reckons Delhi Capitals' pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada could be an anxious man right now given his poor form in the IPL.
The Indian all-rounder though says the Indian ace holds an edge over the West Indies genius.
Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Fidel Edwards are also eligible for selection for the second Test against South Africa.
The Windies batting maestro described Tendulkar as player capable of single-handedly changing the course of a match.
Brian Lara will captain West Indies for the home series against England and Bangladesh.
West Indies captain Brian Lara says batting last on a difficult track at the Antigua Recreation Ground will not be easy.
The West Indies suffered the first whitewash in their history when they were beaten 5-0 in South Africa in 1998.
West Indies won the second T20I by 30 runs on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Pakistan were 21 without loss at lunch, with their team still requiring 213 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
"I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, but I do feel it's my last two one-day internationals in Trinidad," Lara told reporters.
"I don't think we need to take a step backwards now. It is about going forward, getting the confidence up again," Lara said.
Brian Lara threatened to resign as West Indies captain if his side fail to beat Bangladesh in the second Test.
West Indies great Brian Lara believes that a batsman of Suryakumar Yadav's calibre should have been in the Indian white-ball squad for the tour of Australia.
"Mumbai is my second home and God willing I would like to come here quite often," the Pakistan fast bowler said.
'There is a little bit of home advantage and you got to use your matches at home. It's your facility but in Hyderabad, I think it's fair conditions. At the end of the day, better team on the day wins the game. I must say I congratulate the ground staff for producing good tracks, it's just each and every time, we came up short.'
Eulogising Virat Kohli's phenomenal achievements is the new normal and latest to join the bandwagon is West Indies legend Brian Lara terming the Indian captain as "game's leader at the moment."
The 36-year-old may have played his last Test in Australia.
The 32-year left-hander wants to stay fit for the 2007 World Cup.
Brian Lara cracked a brilliant 156 to steer West Indies to a 58-run win over Pakistan at Adelaide Oval.
He also picked that knock over the monumental 375 and 400 not out against England, and he had his reasons.
Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara paid rich tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, saying the Indian batting maestro is the most deserving batsman to break his world record and become the highest run-getter in Test cricket.
Congratulating batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the first person to hit a double hundred in one day internationals, West Indies cricket great Brian Lara on Thursday night said that he would be happy if the Indian went on to surpass his score of unbeaten 400 in Test cricket.
Legendary fast bowler Michael Holding on Wednesday dismissed Brian Lara's criticism of his conduct during West Indies' 1980 tour of New Zealand, saying he has "never been interested" in the batting great's opinions.
Adrian Barath's century in his debut Test at Brisbane proved that the visiting West Indies team should not unnecessarily fear the Australians, batting great Brian Lara said.
The SA paceman enjoyed what cricket fans might see as the dream honeymoon -- he dismissed Brian Lara twice in a day
It was Chris Gayle who suggested Dwayne Bravo to bowl a slower delivery to Yuvraj Singh in the end, revealed the West Indian captain
Jermaine Lawson returns after undergoing remedial work on his bowling action for the first Test against Bangladesh.
Lara refused to blame his side's poor batting for the loss.
Legendary West Indian batsman Brian Lara and dashing Australian wicketkeeper batsman Adam Gilchrist are among overseas players who have been put in the top bracket base price for the upcoming auctions of the fourth edition of Indian Premier League.
"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.
West Indies named a squad shorn of several leading players for their July tour of Sri Lanka as a result of the contract dispute.
