I think Yashasvi Jaiswal will be seen performing well for Team India in BGT 2024 against Australia: Brian Lara
According to the veteran batsman, star Indian player Yashasvi Jaiswal can be seen performing brilliantly on behalf of Team India in this tour. Brian Lara and Yashasvi Jaiswal (Pic Source-X) Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara has recently given a big statement regarding the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 between India and Australia. Let us tell you that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is starting in Perth from 22nd November. A total of five match test series will be played in this. Before the series, Brian Lara presented his side regarding some players who can be seen performing brilliantly for Team India in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. According to the veteran batsman, star Indian player Yashasvi Jaiswal can be seen performing brilliantly on behalf of Team India in this tour. According to The Indian Express, Brian Lara said, ‘I think Yashasvi Jaiswal can play in any situation. I had seen him bat excellently in West Indies also. There is no doubt that the pitch will be a little different in Australia but with the strength he has, he can play good cricket in any conditions. This is why I want to see him perform explosively. His batting technique is also very good. Yes, it will be a little difficult for them to play away from home, especially in Australia. But I have full confidence that Team India can perform brilliantly in the Australia tour and win the series. I feel like this will be a very big series for Rishabh Pant: Shane Watson Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson said, ‘This tour is going to be very important for Rishabh Pant. Not only this, this will be a very big series for an experienced player. The innings he played in Gabba was really quite special. He has had to go through a lot of difficult times in the last two years but he can be seen performing tremendously in the 5-match Test series against Australia. Even in the recently concluded two-match Test series, Rishabh Pant had batted very well against Bangladesh and won the hearts of all the fans. Now he will have to play match winning innings for Team India against Australia also. IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Punjab Kings can retain these 6 players “Bangladesh is playing poor cricket”- Aakash Chopra Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad can retain these 6 players Rishabh Pant turns 27, take a look at his special records in cricket- The bowler who took the most wickets for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- The batsman who scored the most runs for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans can retain these 6 players
Shane Warne was scared of Brian McMillan’s threat on the field, Mark Taylor made a big revelation
Brian McMillan said to Shane Warne, “Hey Warnie! Too many people die in South Africa every day, one more won’t make a difference.” Mark Taylor (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin and former Australian captain Mark Taylor were guests on the new episode of sports commentator’s show The Willow Talk. In the episode, they talked about many things related to the game. In the show, Mark Taylor was asked about his most memorable one-liner till date, to which he replied by mentioning the conversation that took place on the field between legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne and former South African all-rounder Brian McMillan. Taylor told how Shane Warne trembled with fear on the field due to a threat from McMillan. Read the detailed conversation between Brian McMillan and Shane Warne here- During the fourth innings of the third Test of the 1993-94 series between Australia and South Africa, the African team was chasing a target of 321 runs to win the series and Australia needed to bowl them out to save a draw. There was a tense atmosphere in the field, especially with McMillan at the crease and only a few wickets remaining. Shane Warne was struggling to get McMillan out. Mark Taylor, while talking about the conversation between Shane Warne and Brian McMillan, said that Warne had told McMillan about his upcoming delivery before bowling. But even then McMillan failed to face most of Warne’s balls. Then, after a few overs, McMillan had strengthened his grip and Warne kept bowling to him. McMillan then walked up to the pitch in his imposing style and threatened Shane Warne. McMillan’s actions scared Warne a lot. McMillan told Warne, “Hey Warnie! Too many people die every day in South Africa, one more won’t make a difference.” Hearing this revelation from Mark Taylor, the entire podcast panel including Alyssa Healy started laughing. Mark Taylor was fielding nearby during that match, he saw that Warne was trembling with fear. Worried, he then went to Warne in the run-up to talk to him. Talking about the match, Shane Warne dismissed Brian McMillan for just 4 runs in 38 balls. After which the Australian team won the match by a huge margin of 191 runs.
ENG vs WI: Joe Root also surpassed Brian Lara, know which record the English player made in his name
Joe Root achieved this great feat during the first session of the second day of the third Test being played between England and West Indies in Birmingham. Joe Root (Pic Source-Twitter) Today, on 27 July, England’s experienced batsman Joe Root has surpassed former West Indies captain Brian Lara in terms of runs in Test cricket. Let us tell you, Joe Root achieved this great feat during the first session of the second day of the third Test being played between England and West Indies in Birmingham. Brian Lara scored 11,953 runs in 232 innings of 131 matches in his international cricketing career. Joe Root has surpassed him in 261 innings of his 143 tests. Joe Root has reached the seventh position in the list of players who have scored the most runs in Test cricket. Now only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Alastair Cook and Kumar Sangakkara are ahead of him. Joe Root started the second day of the ongoing third Test match with two runs. He needed just 12 more runs to break Brian Lara’s record. He achieved this feat on the last ball of the sixth over of the day. Joe Root became the highest run scorer for England at Edgbaston Let us tell you, English batsman Joe Root has become the highest run scorer at Edgbaston. He has completely broken Cook’s record of 869 runs. England is leading 2-0 in this 3 match Test series. While on one hand all the players from England have performed very well so far, the West Indies players have failed to make a mark in this series. England won the first test match played at Lord’s while the hosts won the second test as well. England had a very bad start in the third test being played at the moment but the team is in a great position right now and if the team’s batsmen perform well then they can win this match as well. In their first innings of the third test, West Indies have scored 282 runs after losing all wickets. The second day of the game has started and England will definitely want to put pressure on West Indies on this day. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Former West Indies cricketers demanded an apology from Brian Lara for the wrong information written about them in his new book, know the whole matter
Brian’s new book is called LARA The England Chronicles. Recently, a new book by Brian Lara, former legendary player of West Indies cricket team and the one who played a 400 run test innings against England, has been published. The name of this new book of Lara is LARA The England Chronicles. Let us tell you that the image of former Caribbean legend Vivian Richards has been tarnished in a paragraph written in this book, and not only Richards but also Carl Hooper has been disappointed by this wrong statement. Both these former legendary cricketers have claimed that their character has been portrayed wrongly in Lara’s book. In a joint statement, Carl Hooper and Viv Richards said, as quoted by PTI- Sir Viv Richards and Mr Carl Hooper are deeply disappointed by the gross misrepresentations made about them in Brian Lara’s recently published book. The allegations not only distort the reality of their relationship but also unfairly and damagingly impugn their characters. The book claims that Sir Vivian was aggressive towards Mr Hooper and made him cry once a week, which is completely false. Such details are an attempt to tarnish the image of Vivian Richards. This claim is not only baseless but also dangerous for both sides. this whole matter Let us tell you that there is a paragraph in Lara’s new book, which says – I (Brian Lara) would say that Vivian used to make me cry every three weeks, but he used to make Carl (Hooper) cry once a week. The tone of Viv’s voice is intimidating and if you are not strong enough, you can take it personally and get affected by it. Me, I was never really affected by it. In a way I welcomed it, because I was way below their image, I know I was getting abused, but I was a strong person, but Karl? I know for a fact that Karl kept his distance from Viv Richards.
Sir Vivian Richards and Carl Hooper called Brian Lara’s latest book a lie, know the whole matter
According to the report, Brian Lara had said in his book that Carl Hooper was a better player than him and Sachin Tendulkar. Sir Vivian Richards and Carl Hooper (Pic Source-X) Former batsman Brian Lara recently wrote something in his book Lara-The England Chronicles about his former teammates Sir Vivian Richards and Carl Hooper which neither of them liked at all and they criticized Brian Lara fiercely for this. Carl Hooper has said that he and Sir Vivian Richards were very offended that Brian Lara’s recently released book has written a lot of wrong things about them. Hooper said, ‘Sir Vivian Richards and I are very disappointed after reading Brian Lara’s recently released book. In this, not only have I and Sir Vivian Richards been portrayed in a wrong way, but many false allegations have also been made against us. The way he has portrayed us in this book is not correct at all.’ According to the report, Brian Lara had said in his book that Carl Hooper was a better player than him and Sachin Tendulkar. Not only this, he had also written a lot about Sir Vivian Richards in this book. Brian Lara made a very surprising statement in his book about Carl Hooper and Sir Vivian Richards Both the former players gave a statement together that, ‘Sir Vivian Richards used to make them cry three times every week in the dressing room but Hooper only once. His voice was such that if you are not strong then you will have a lot of trouble with it. But I don’t think so. We did not have any trouble with his words at all. Hooper’s first captain was Sir Vivian Richards and he never had any problem with him. He always supported Hooper and praised him but everything is wrong in Brian Lara’s book due to which the families of both the former players have also been shocked. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
I would say Sachin Tendulkar and I couldn’t even come close to Carl Hooper’s talent: Brian Lara
This statement of Lara is becoming increasingly viral on social media. Sachin Tendulka, Carl Hooper and Brian Lara (Image Credit- Twitter/X) Recently, a big statement has come out from former West Indies cricket team legend Brian Lara. Lara says that he and Sachin Tendulkar were nowhere close to the talent of Carl Hooper, who is counted among the best all-rounders in the world. Apart from this, Lara has also praised Carl Hooper’s captaincy skills. Lara also expressed a sense of sadness, noting that it was somewhat ironic that Hooper’s true potential was fully realized only during his tenure as captain, as he was not able to showcase his talent before that. Brian Lara gave a big statement Let us tell you that Brian Lara said in his new book, as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo – Carl was one of the best players I have ever seen play. I would say that even Tendulkar and I could not come close to that talent. Lara further said- If we look at the statistics of Carl Hooper when he was captaining and when he was not, then they are quite different. His batting average as a captain was around 50. Therefore, when he got this responsibility, he enjoyed it. But it was sad that he used his real talent only as a captain. It is worth noting that Carl Hooper’s cricket career for the West Indies cricket team was about 16 years. But during this time he got the opportunity to captain the Caribbean team for only 1 year. During this time, he scored 1609 runs in 37 innings at an average of 45.97, while without captaincy his average had come down to 33.76.
Money will not solve West Indies cricket’s problems: Brian Lara is very disappointed with his team’s performance
According to Brian Lara, it is very important for the players to perform even better to win the match. Brian Lara. (Photo Source: Twitter) Former player Brian Lara believes that just investing more money in the West Indies cricket system will not be enough to improve their on-field performance. According to Brian Lara, it is very important for the players to perform even better to win the match. The former player is not at all happy with the performance of his team in the currently being played England vs West Indies match. West Indies were all out for 121 runs on the first day of the first Test being played at Lord’s against England. Not only this, England scored 371 runs after losing all the wickets in their first innings. By the end of the second day’s play, West Indies have lost 6 wickets for 79 runs in their second innings. The team is still 171 runs behind England. Speaking on the BBC World Service Stumped Podcast, Brian Lara has blamed the West Indies Cricket Board. Brian Lara said, ‘If you put 100 million or 200 million dollars in the bank account of West Indies, will it change their way of playing? I don’t think so. We are not using the talent we have properly. West Indies cricket has not taken any significant steps to attract sponsors. Not only this, they have not done any work on the important things that people need. All this is very important.’ Brian Lara made a special appeal to West Indies cricket The former West Indies player further said, ‘We don’t have anyone coming from the gate side. I reached Lord’s on Wednesday at 7:30 am and people were waiting outside. I saw this when I was a kid and people used to wait for the gate to open at 5:30 am in Queen’s Park in Trinidad. Now this is not happening. Even if you reach there at 11:00 am, the stadium will still be empty.’ Talking about the first test, this is the last match of James Anderson’s cricketing career. England has so far put pressure on West Indies in this match and the hosts would definitely want to win it. England now has to take just four more wickets to win the first test. A total of three match test series is being played between these two teams. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Brian Lara supports two Indian players for breaking his world record of 400 runs in Tests
Brian Lara played an unbeaten record breaking innings of 400 runs against England at Antigua on 12 April 2004. Yashasvi Jaiswal (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara believes that his personal world record score of 400 runs in Tests can be broken by Indian team’s young players Yashasvi Jaiswal or Shubman Gill. Brian Lara played an unbeaten record-breaking innings of 400 runs against England in Antigua on 12 April 2004. During this innings, he broke Matthew Hayden’s record score of 380 runs against Zimbabwe. Brian Lara is considered one of the best players in the world. Not only this, Brian Lara also said that earlier his record of 400 runs was challenged by Sanath Jayasuriya, Chris Gayle and Virender Sehwag but no one could break it. The former West Indies batsman told The Daily Mail, ‘Even in my time, there were some players who challenged me and crossed the 300-run mark. Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Sanath Jayasuriya and Inzamam-ul-Haq all crossed the 300-run mark. However, today there are many players who are playing aggressive cricket. Especially Harry Brook and Zak Crawley in the England team. Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the Indian team. If they get the right conditions, then both these players can break this record. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s performance has been quite good in Tests Let us tell you, Yashasvi Jaiswal has performed very well in Tests. So far, he has scored 1028 runs in 16 innings in Test cricket at an average of above 68. Not only this, the young player scored two double centuries against England this year. In a very short time, Yashasvi has left his mark in Test cricket and has made many cricket fans crazy about his batting. Talking about Shubman Gill, his performance has also been explosive in the Test format. Gill has scored 1492 runs in 25 matches so far at an average of over 35, which includes four centuries and six half-centuries. Both these players can be seen performing even better in Test cricket in the coming times. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
“Only Brian Lara had faith in us, I promised him that…”- Rashid Khan said after reaching the semi-finals
Rashid Khan (Photo Source: Getty Images) Afghanistan has created history in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. By defeating Bangladesh in the Super-8 stage of the tournament, the team managed to reach the semi-finals of this marquee event. With this, they knocked Australia out of the T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that before the T20 World Cup 2024, many cricket legends had predicted the names of the top-4 teams, but there was only one legendary player who predicted Afghanistan in the top-4. Ambati Rayudu picked India, England, New Zealand and South Africa, while Sunil Gavaskar chose India, England, Australia and West Indies as his four semi-finalists. Only legendary former cricketer Brian Lara picked India, England, West Indies and Afghanistan as his top four. Rashid Khan had made a special promise to Brian Lara Former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara had named India, Afghanistan, England and West Indies, out of which three teams have reached the semi-finals, while West Indies failed to reach the semi-finals. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan remembered Brian Lara’s prediction and he promised Lara before the start of the tournament that he would do this and he also fulfilled his promise. After Afghanistan’s victory against Bangladesh, captain Rashid Khan revealed what he had talked to Brian Lara. There was only one person who predicted us to reach the semi-finals… Brian Lara, and we proved him right. In the welcome party before the tournament, I told him, ‘We will not disappoint you, we will reach the semi-finals and prove you right.’ I am proud of this team. India, England and South Africa had already confirmed their semi-final tickets in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. At the same time, with Afghanistan’s victory over Bangladesh, Australia’s dream of reaching the semi-finals was shattered and Bangladesh was out of the semi-final race in the middle of the match.
Being in the World Cup is one thing and winning matches is another…: Brian Masaba praised his team after winning the match against PNG
Uganda defeated Papua New Guinea by three wickets in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Brian Masaba (Pic Source-X) Uganda defeated Papua New Guinea by three wickets in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. In this match, all the players from Uganda performed very well and played an important role in their team’s victory. Uganda captain Brian Masaba is also very happy with his team’s performance. After winning the match against Papua New Guinea, Brian Masaba made a big statement about his team. Let us tell you, batting first against Uganda, Papua New Guinea was all out for 77 runs. Captain Brian Masaba bowled very well and took one wicket for 17 runs in four overs. He took the wicket of Chad Soper in this match. After the match, Uganda captain Brian Masaba said that this is a huge achievement for Uganda. According to him, being in the World Cup is one thing and winning the match is a completely different thing. In the press conference after the match against Papua New Guinea, Brian Masaba said, ‘Yes, this is a very big thing for Uganda. This is also a big achievement for Ugandan cricket. Being in the World Cup is one thing but winning matches in it is a very different thing. But this is just the beginning.’ Our fans must have been very happy with this: Brian Masaba Chasing the target, Uganda achieved the target of 78 runs in 18.2 overs by losing 7 wickets. Riazat Ali Shah played a valuable innings of 33 runs from the team’s side and played an important role in his team’s victory. According to Brian Masaba, Ugandan cricket fans will also be very happy that their team has won. Brian Masaba further said, ‘This will be a big thing for all the fans too. All the fans have come from one end to the other to watch the match and I hope that they too would have been very happy with our performance. I can say that we did better than what they expected from us. It is 5:30 in the morning in Uganda right now and all the fans would also be waking up early in the morning to watch the match. This is really a very special thing for all of us. We would like to perform like this in the upcoming matches as well.’ 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024