Tag: Brian Lara

Virat Kohli goes past Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag to score most Test Double hundreds for India

Virat went on to break several other records during his innings.

October 11, 2019

Lara, Sarwan to work with West Indies batsmen before India Tests

Lara, one of the greatest batsmen of all-time, and Sarwan, who was one the leading players of his generation from the Caribbean, will be part of the pre-series camp, to be held in Antigua.

August 16, 2019

Chris Gayle surpasses Brian Lara to become highest run-getter for West Indies in ODIs

Before going to bat, Gayle needed just nine runs to surpass the tally of 10,405 by legendary batsman Brian Lara.

August 12, 2019

Gayle on verge of overtaking Lara’s record

While Lara's tally came in 295 ODIs and included 19 centuries and 62 fifties, Gayle will play his 297th ODI for the West Indies on Sunday against India.

August 11, 2019

Chris Gayle included in Windies ODI squad for India series

Gayle now has 10,338 runs and needs 11 to pass batting legend Brian Lara (10,348) for the highest aggregate in ODIs for West Indies. He has also amassed 10,393 runs and needs 13 to again pass Lara (10,405) for the most runs by a West Indian in the history of ODIs.

July 27, 2019

Virat Kohli becomes fastest to score 20000 international runs

The India skipper reached the 20,000-international run milestone in 416 innings (131 in Tests, 223 in ODIs and 62 in T20Is). Tendulkar and Lara, both had reached the milestone in 453 innings, followed by former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting who scored 20,000 runs in 468 innings.

June 27, 2019

ICC CWC 2019: Virat Kohli on the brim of breaking Tendulkar, Lara’s record

Rohit and Kohli, who have done the bulk of the scoring for India in this World Cup up until now, will be key for India as Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the competition owing to an injury.

June 26, 2019

Brian Lara is fine now, confirms West Indies Cricket

Brian Lara is currently in India working as a cricket expert for Star Sports, the official broadcaster of the ongoing ICC ODI World Cup.

June 26, 2019

West Indian batting maestro Brian Lara admitted to Mumbai hospital

The sporting world and fans are desperately waiting for an official statement from the hospital and hoping for his speedy recovery

June 25, 2019

Virat Kohli on cusp of becoming fastest to 20,000 international runs

If Kohli manages to score 104 runs against Afghanistan, he will reach the 20,000-international run milestone in 415 innings (131 in Tests, 222 in ODIs and 62 in T20Is).

June 21, 2019

Virat Kohli has changed the face of Indian cricket: Ranveer Singh

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh is all praises for star skipper Virat Kohli, saying he has changed the face of Indian cricket forever.

June 18, 2019

A gentleman’s game played by a gentleman

There was a time when there was not a single pace bowler in the team, not even for the opening attack.

June 18, 2019

Ranveer Singh makes his commentary debut in World Cup

Ranveer, known for his passion for cricket, entertained fans with a segment where he interacted with cricket stars such as Gavaskar, Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Brian Lara, and Ramiz Raja. 

June 17, 2019

Michael Vaughan says Virat Kohli better than Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara

Vaughan also heaped praises on India's four-man quick attack.

December 17, 2018

Sachin Tendulkar gets surprise visit from this “good friend”

Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run-getter in the one-dayers.

October 19, 2018

Virat Kohli, Joe Root best batsmen in the world right now: Brian Lara

When Lara was asked to pick the best bowler in the world, he picked the fast bowler duo of Jimmy Anderson and Kagiso Rabada.

September 6, 2018

ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli moves ahead of Brian Lara, closes the gap on Gavaskar

Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah achieve career-high rankings.

January 29, 2018