DTVHINDII 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.
‘I couldn’t perform my best’ Unmukt Chand on not being able to play for USA in T20 World Cup
Unmukt Chand became eligible to play for the USA in March but was not selected in the squad for the T20 World Cup 2024. Unmukt Chand (Image Credit- Twitter X) In the recently concluded ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, India’s Under-19 winning captain Unmukt Chand could not make it to the 15-member team from USA. So now he has given a big reaction remembering this. It is worth noting that after retiring completely from Indian cricket in the year 2021, Unmukt shifted to USA in search of better opportunities. Because he was not able to get a place in the senior team even after playing cricket continuously in India. So when he shifted to USA, he got a chance to express himself in international cricket, and was seen playing for USA. However, Chand’s performance in March was somewhat average, due to which he could not make it to the 15-member USA T20 World Cup squad, while his batchmates Harmeet Singh and Milind Kumar got a chance to play T20 World Cup 2024 for USA. Unmukt Chand’s big reaction came out Let us tell you that about not being able to play the ICC T20 World Cup on behalf of USA, Unmukt Chand said as quoted by Cricbuzz- It was not an ideal situation for the team to not be able to play that (T20 World Cup). Because personally, I had dreamed of this for the last three years. Obviously, it was a big blow, and it took me a long time to accept it. Unmukt further said- As a player, after losing everything at home in India, it is never easy to achieve this one goal, which was bothering me for the last three years, but it could not happen. So, it is difficult. I will not say what happened right now, but it was difficult. For some time I could not perform at my best.
