New Delhi. Whenever there is talk of big scores in cricket, the name of legendary West Indies cricketer Brian Lara comes up. Lara has made a world record of 400 runs in an innings of a test match. Many players have crossed the 300 mark but they have not been able to come close to this score. Now Brian Lara himself has told who will break this record of his. For this he has taken the names of two Indians Shubhman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Brian Lara while talking to Daily Mail said, “There were many players in my time who could do this. Players like Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle and Sanath Jayasuriya could break my record. Some players could score more than 300 runs but could not cross the 400 mark. I think that 2 players from England and 2 players from India can break this record of mine. I think England’s Jack Crawley and Harry Brook can break my record. If Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill from India get the right conditions, they can break this record.”
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Let us tell you that all these are emerging players. There is still a lot of cricket left in them. Harry Brook has so far scored 1181 runs at an average of 62. Yashasvi Jaiswal is also batting amazingly. So far he has scored 1028 runs for India at an average of 68. Talking about Gill, he has scored 1492 runs at an average of 35. Whereas, if we talk about England’s Jack Crawley, he has scored 2687 runs in 45 matches. His highest score has been 268.
Lara broke the world record by playing an unbeaten inning of 400 runs against England. Brian Lara faced 582 balls and hit 43 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Lara batted for 778 minutes and with this he reached the magical figure of 400 runs. Brian Lara broke the record of Australia’s Matthew Hayden in this match. Who broke Brian Lara’s record of 375 runs by scoring 380 runs against Zimbabwe on 10 October 2003. 10 years before this inning, Lara had played an inning of 375 runs in 1994.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: July 12, 2024, 15:05 IST
