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.
Allan Border congratulated Brian Lara after the West Indian broke his world record for Test runs.
India's performance in recent times has been creditable but the real challenge will now be to maintain their consistency, according to West Indian great Brian Lara, who lauded the leadership skills of Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has rated Brian Lara ahead of Sachin Tendulkar as he feels that the West Indian helped his team win more matches.
Brian Lara's countless fans heaved a huge sigh of relief after he declared on Tuesday evening "I am fine and will be back in my hotel room tomorrow" following hospitalisation in Mumbai due to chest pain.
Hardik Pandya rued the lack of basic facilities during their stay in Trinidad
West Indian batting legend Brian Lara has expressed his desire to play in the Indian Premier League but said he has to be match-fit to stand a realistic chance of featuring in next year's Twenty20 event.
West Indian great Brian Lara will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2012 ICC Awards in Colombo on Saturday evening.
The 36-year-old may have played his last Test in Australia.
The organisers said they were expecting Brian Lara, captain of Mumbai Champions, later this week.
Terming Sachin Tendulkar's batting technique as the best in the world, legendary West Indian cricketer Brian Lara said if he had a son he would have asked him to learn from the videos of the Indian great to excel in the sport.
Glenn McGrath continued to lead the bowlers' list in the ICC Test rankings
Legendary West Indian batsman Brian Lara feels cricket is a "dying sport", which has got a fresh lease of life in Twenty20 -- a format that has revived the spectators' interest in the game.
Tendulkar remains Lara's all-time favourite but in today's era, he said it is Kohli, who is the best.
"I was trying to get as close as possible to 400, but it didn't happen," said the West Indies opener.
'His batting skills are unbelievable. He is a guy you cannot leave out in any era. If a guy is averaging 50 plus in all versions of the game, then that is something which is unheard of'
Another West Indian great Chris Gayle also agreed with Lara and said Dhawan deserved a century which he missed by just one run.
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara could make his coaching debut at next month's Champions League Twenty20. The former captain, who retired from international cricket in 2007, is in talks with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board for a role as coach of its side in the October 8-23 event in India.
K L Rahul's indifferent form could throw Cheteshwar Pujara a lifeline for the tour of Australia, where he enjoys a great record.
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.
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.
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara considers hosts India the favourites in the World Twenty20 Championship but insists that the West Indians can also pose a threat if they select their best players for the March 8 to April 3 event.
Former West Indies great Brian Lara has named Brendon McCullum as skipper of his Dream World Cup XI, which has three Indians in it.
Young left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh could soon be walking into India's T20 team after consistent performances in the IPL over the last three seasons, said former India coach Ravi Shastri.
West Indian batting legend Brian Lara is not overtly disappointed by the IPL snub but said the franchisees missed the "broader picture" by not bidding for him in the recently-held auction in Bangalore.
India again firm favourites, T20 series to provide ideal platform to youngsters
Brian Lara has slammed the ' badly run' Caribbean cricket administration, saying that the trust deficit between the board and players is harming the West Indies team.
West Indian batting legend Brian Lara, on Sunday, lamented that he never played a Test match at the historic Eden Gardens and suggested that Cricket Association of Bengal officials organise a veterans' match at the venue, and, that, it should including Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
Brian Lara on the challenges that lie ahead for new West Indies Captain Kieron Pollard.
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.
Former West Indies captain Daren Ganga is proud of his Indian heritage and has started to trace his family's roots in the country.
'But their bowling is poor. Beyond Jasprit Bumrah, there is no one to actually support them in that bowling attack, and the CSK batters took them apart.'
The West Indies captain said Sachin Tendulkar's absence would deprive the younger players in his team a chance to learn from the Indian batting genius.
Mayank, who made his IPL debut against Punjab Kings this season, had taken six wickets from two matches before limping out in the third game.
West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard announced his retirement from international cricket on Wednesday, calling time on a career which saw him feature more than 200 times across one-day and Twenty20 internationals.
Root is not the only England batter to have impressed Vaughan in recent times, with the exploits of young gun Harry Brook also catching the eye of the respected commentator and Ashes-winning skipper.
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