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.
