2024-07-16 14:22:48
New Delhi: Former Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, famously known as the God of Cricket, is one in a million players. To match him is not only difficult but impossible. The way he earned fame with his bat was not an easy task. In his time, Sachin targeted big bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Younus, Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and scored a lot of runs against them. The record of 100 centuries is also in the name of the Master Blaster. He has achieved immense success in his career. But former West Indies legend Brian Lara believes that there was another batsman better than him and Sachin. Lara has mentioned this in his book ‘The England Chronicles’.Sachin and I are nowhere near that talent…
West Indies’ great batsman Brian Lara has praised former Windies batsman Carl Hooper in his book. He praised Hooper a lot. Brian Lara said, ‘There is no doubt that Carl was one of the best players I have ever seen. I would say that even Sachin Tendulkar and I were nowhere near that talent’.
Let us tell you that Brian Lara himself was an amazing batsman. Brian Lara has played a total of 131 Tests and 299 ODIs in his career. In Tests, Lara has scored 11953 runs at an average of 52. Lara has 10405 runs in ODIs. His average in ODIs has been 40.5.
Carl Hooper’s Career
57-year-old Carl Hooper has also captained West Indies in Test and ODI. He has played a total of 102 Test and 227 ODI matches for the Windies in his career. Hooper has scored 5762 runs in Test and 5761 runs in ODI.