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AA Edit | Garry Sobers: Jewel of Cricket

AA Edit | Garry Sobers: Jewel of Cricket

The peerless batting great Donald Bradman said of him that with his long grip, high backlift and free swing of the...

20 July 2026 12:27 AM IST

Michael Holding

Michael Holding scoffs at Brian Lara's comments

There is a long way to go (before he gets close to Tendulkar's record) but he is certainly a great batsman, said...

7 Sept 2017 12:46 AM IST

West Indies skipper Jason Holder warms up at a training session. (Photo: AP)

West Indies ready to rev up

Yet despite being set over 300 to win in the fourth innings following a declaration by England captain Joe Root, the...

7 Sept 2017 12:42 AM IST

Former cricketers turned golfers Kapil Dev (left) and Brian Lara in action at the Golden Eagles Golf Championship in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Photo: Surendra P.)

Golden eagles Golf tees off

Brian can play golf with both right and left hand but over the years he has been playing with his right hand.

11 Nov 2018 12:09 AM IST

Sachin Tendulkar

'Ganguly as BCCI chief will deliver his duties with same passion':...

Sehwag also attended the event and said that he is very excited to open the innings with Tendulkar and face former...

18 Oct 2019 7:40 PM IST

Virat Kohlis Men in Blue, who will be leaving on Monday, will take on the Carribean side in three T20Is, three ODIs, and two Test matches. (Photo:AFP)

'Virat Kohli leads by example in all aspects of the game': Brian Lara

Lara also opined that wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni set a solid base for the team and Kohli has taken the team forward.

18 Oct 2019 12:53 PM IST

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared the memory on their twitter handle. (Photo: BCCI)

This day that year: Sachin Tendulkar became the highest run-scorer in...

The legendary batsman achieved the feat in his 152nd Test match while Lara had taken 131 Test games to amass 11953 runs.

17 Oct 2019 5:43 PM IST

Virat Kohli is the cricketing equivalent of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for his sheer commitment towards the game feels West Indies batting icon, Brian Lara. (Photo: AFP)

'Virat Kohli is cricketing version of Cristiano Ronaldo': Brian Lara

For the 50-year-old Lara, who scored nearly 12,000 runs in Test cricket, Kohli can fit into the best teams of any era.

16 Dec 2019 1:01 PM IST

Lendl Simmons guided West Indies to defeat India by eight wickets in the second T20I with nine balls to spare at the Greenfield International Stadium here on Sunday. Simmons played an unbeaten knock of 67 runs and built a match-winning partnership of 61-run with Nicholas Pooran. (Photo:PTI)

Brian Lara warns India to not take West Indies for granted

During India tour of West Indies in August 2019, the Kohli-led side had thrashed West Indies in all formats.

15 Dec 2019 2:41 PM IST

Former West Indies skipper Brian Lara has named Virat Kohli and Rohit SHarma as the two Indian top guns who can break his record of 400 runs in the single innings of a Test match. (Photo:AFP/PTI)

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma can break my record: Brian Lara

David Warner had played an unbeaten knock of 335 runs vs Pakistan in November and was on course to break Lara's...

15 Dec 2019 3:33 PM IST

The Virat Kohli-led Indian team needs to figure a way out to turn it on the big day to break its knock-out jinx at the global white ball tournaments, feels the legendary Brian Lara. (Photo:AFP)

Indian team needs to find way to turn it on big days in ICC...

India have been reaching semi-finals and finals of the ICC tournaments consistently but have fizzled out on the big...

15 Dec 2019 10:59 AM IST

Brian Lara said he took to golf to release from the pressures of playing a team sport (cricket). (Photo: Twitter/AFP)

Brian Lara says Tiger Woods' achievements and willpower make him 'best...

Himself an avid golfer after his retirement from cricket in 2007, Lara has met Woods on a few occasions and found him as...

6 Dec 2019 4:26 PM IST