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  Virat Kohli surpasses Brian Lara, closes gap on Sunil Gavaskar in latest ICC Test rankings

  Cricket | January 28, 2018 21:32 IST

  The India captain's next chance to gain more points will be either the one-off Test against Afghanistan in June or the five-Test series against England in August/September.

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  Virat Kohli hammers 6th double hundred, breaks Brian Lara’s record

  Cricket | December 03, 2017 12:26 IST

  With this feat, Kohli also overtook Rahul Dravid, who has five double hundreds in his name, to join Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in sharing the record of most number (six) of double centuries for India in Test cricket.

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  Never interested in what Brian Lara says: Michael Holding

  Cricket | September 06, 2017 17:27 IST

  While Lara took the opportunity to slam Holding yesterday, the "whispering death" has accused the legendary batsman of "getting away with murder" during his reign.

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  Embarrassed by how West Indies played in the nineties, says Brian Lara

  Cricket | September 05, 2017 17:41 IST

  Former West Indies captain Brian Lara called on the top sides in world cricket to "to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld".

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  Sehwag's birthday wish to ‘BC Lara’ leaves some in splits, others stunned

  Cricket | May 03, 2017 23:56 IST

  Brian Lara turned 48 on May 2 and Sehwag wished him in his signature style.

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  Only one Indian cricketer in Sangakkara's playing XI, it’s not Sachin Tendulkar

  Cricket | June 29, 2016 20:00 IST

  New Delhi: Iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar has lost out to Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting in finding a place in former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara's all-time best XI. In fact, Rahul Dravid is the

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  ‘Brian Lara looked more and more worried during my innings of 317,’ writes Chris Gayle in his autobiography

  Cricket | June 12, 2016 17:23 IST

  New Delhi: “I’m weird, I’m a weirdo. You think you know me? You don’t know me,” writes Chris Gayle in the beginning of his autobiography ‘Six Machine’ and also penned down that Brian Lara looked

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  Sachin, Lara lead applause for 'unbelievable' Kohli

  Cricket | March 28, 2016 20:13 IST

  From Sachin Tendulkar to Brian Lara, greats of the game were united in their admiration for Virat Kohli, calling him "unbelievable" and "special" for single-handedly guiding India to the ICC World Twenty20 semi- finals.

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  Kohli's placement of shots is better than Brian Lara: Ian Chappell

  Cricket | March 28, 2016 18:24 IST

  Hailing Virat Kohli as the "finisher for all time", former Australia captain Ian Chappell said the aggressive Indian batsman has surpassed legendary West Indian Brian Lara when it comes to "placement of shots".

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  When Parineeti Chopra met cricket legend Brian Lara

  Bollywood | October 14, 2015 19:04 IST

  Mumbai: Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra, who had an opportunity to meet West Indian cricket legend Brian Lara in Hyderabad, said she felt honoured and called him a "humble human being"."An honour to have met you!

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  India will be favourites at World T20 next year: Lara

  Cricket | October 14, 2015 16:05 IST

  Hyderabad: Its recent results have been mixed at best but the Indian cricket team will be among the strongest contenders when the country hosts next year's World Twenty20 Championships, feels West Indian batting legend Brian

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  Will play as long as I enjoy the game: Yuvraj Singh

  Cricket | October 07, 2015 19:08 IST

  Mumbai : Making a comeback into the Indian team might still be a dream albeit a distant one, senior pro Yuvraj Singh today said that he will continue playing the game as long as he

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  Wahab Riaz invites West Indies legend Brian Lara to Pakistan

  Cricket | March 25, 2015 17:34 IST

  Floored by the praise showered on him by Brian Lara, pacer Wahab Riaz has invited the West Indian legend to Pakistan.Riaz, who was one of Pakistan's few standout performers in a failed World Cup campaign,

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  Wahab Riaz invites Brian Lara to Pakistan

  Cricket | March 25, 2015 10:04 IST

  Karachi: Floored by the praise showered on him by Brian Lara, pacer Wahab Riaz has invited the West Indian legend to Pakistan.Riaz, who was one of Pakistan's few standout performers in a failed World Cup

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  World Cup: Brian Lara backs rookie West Indies skipper Jason Holder

  Cricket | March 13, 2015 16:03 IST

  Sydney: Former West Indies captain Brian Lara says he is impressed with current skipper Jason Holder who is leading the regional outfit on a desperate campaign to secure a quarter-final berth in the cricket World

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  World Cup 2015: India are playing best cricket, says Brian Lara

  Cricket | February 28, 2015 14:25 IST

  Perth: Insisting that India are currently playing the "best cricket of the World Cup", West Indies batting legend Brian Lara feels that the defending champions must test their bench strength against minnows UAE in a

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  World Cup 2015: India's "allround" show impresses Lara

  Cricket | February 25, 2015 8:03 IST

  New Delhi: West Indies batting legend Brian Lara is mighty impressed with India's "allround" showing in their first two cricket World Cup matches and feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men need to keep up their good

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  Wasim Akram was the best: Brian Lara

  Cricket | December 17, 2014 13:04 IST

  Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has declared Wasim Akram as the fastest and the best bowler he faced during his illustrious 17-year international career. The left-hander Lara was one of the finest and most elegant

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  Lara, Gilchrist all set for legends T20 match

  Cricket | December 14, 2014 21:11 IST

  Melbourne: West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara will play alongside Adam Gilchrist, Dean Jones, Justin Langer and other Australian legends in the Western Australia Festival of Cricket Twenty20 exhibition match Monday.The WA Festival of Cricket,

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  Cricket is a dangerous game, says Lara on Hughes' accident

  Cricket | November 26, 2014 14:38 IST

  Sydney: West Indian batting great Brian has joined thousands to pray for Australian batsman Phil Hughes' speedy recovery but feels cricket is a "dangerous game" and there is always an "element of risk" in the