The Indian all-rounder though says the Indian ace holds an edge over the West Indies genius.
Unfortunately, the day chosen for the match was the actual day of Diwali and cricket starved Houstonians were in a dilemma about staying home with family and friends or going to watch their back-in-action cricket heroes.
The opener's record-breaking knock of 380 against Zimbabwe was 'phenomenal performance concentration-wise', said Steve Waugh.
"You don't sledge Lara because you don't want to wake him up," said the former England captain.
Lara refused to blame his side's poor batting for the loss.
'I've had enough of umpire's call. Let's just ban umpire's call.'
The teams go into the game with the series deadlocked after three draws.
India made two changes in the line-up, Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth coming in place of VRV Singh and Irfan Pathan.
"As far as we are concerned, we are going ahead with the Test. I have not seen any unease among players because of the pay matter. Everyone is looking forward to the game," Lara told reoprters ahead of the third Test
"Watching the Soca Warriors, they had to battle 90 minutes for a draw. We had 98 overs to do it. That was the reason why we got out there and tried to do it," Brian Lara said after the drawn Test.
Responding to Chappell's request, Roberts was at the nets watching Irfan bowl.
He refused to be drawn into the incident in which Lara snatched the ball from an umpire.
Captain Brian Lara said West Indies face a true test of character in the four Tests against India
West Indian captain Brian Lara admitted that Sachin Tendulkar's presence would have made a difference to the Indian team
Shivnarine Chanderpaul has recovered from a hamstring injurt and is fit for the first Test against India
Brian Lara said the sly remark by Greg Chappell that his side had forgotten how to win acted as a catalyst for them
West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to field in the fourth One-Day International against India.
"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.
West Indies named an unchanged 14-man squad for the third ODI against India
It was Chris Gayle who suggested Dwayne Bravo to bowl a slower delivery to Yuvraj Singh in the end, revealed the West Indian captain
The West Indies captain dismissed suggestions that his team chocked under pressure in the first ODI against India.\n
Viv Richards believes Brian Lara's appointment as West Indies captain is purely a commercial move ahead of the World Cup.\n
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.
"I don't think we need to take a step backwards now. It is about going forward, getting the confidence up again," Lara said.
The West Indies to a laboured five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first ODI.
The West Indies is ranked eighth in one-day as well as Test cricket.
International XI captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to bowl in the tsunami appeal one-day match against the MCC at Lord's.
The Indian captain will be aiming to restore his dented reputation after being drafted in as a late replacement for Ramnaresh Sarwan in Tuesday's match.
- 'We have great players, but great players don't win the World Cup, great teams do' - 'You need to have everybody contributing'
The 31-year-old left-hander, who succeeded Brian Lara as skipper, led the side to just one win in 14 Tests and two victories in 16 ODIs.
A blistering century against Pakistan in the first Test in Barbados has propelled Brian Lara to the top of the ICC Test batting rankings.
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