Brian Lara Names His Favourite Batsman Of The Present Era

There have been numerous debates around the globe with regards to the best batsman of the current era. The likes of Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, and Kane Williamson have been labelled by most of the players as their favourites. Former West Indies great Brian Lara, who is rewinding the clock by taking part in the ongoing Road Safety Series. And he named India’s limited-overs keeper-batsman KL Rahul as the best of the present time.

The Prince of Trinidad also swung his bat in the Bushfire Cricket Bash in January in which he took Andrew Symonds to the cleaners through some clean hitting. Lara is a staunch follower of the modern version of cricket. In an exclusive interview with Sportstar, the run-machine spoke on various topics, one of which was naming his favourite batsman. And while he praised the likes of Smith, Kohli, and Rohit Sharma, he prefers KL Rahul.

“I follow the West Indies as you know. They did pretty well in Sri Lanka in the T20 version of the game. Around the world, there are so many amazing batsmen to look at. There is Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma. My favourite is KL Rahul.” Lara said as quoted by Sportstar.

Brian Lara concerned about the future of Test cricket:

Similar to several past cricketers, the 45-year old is worried about the future of the five-day version. He walked down the memory lane as a kid when at the Queen Park’s Oval in Trinidad, the public used to wait in long queues to watch a Test match. He admits that the limited-overs of the sport is more attractive to witness; however, he only wants to see Test cricket glimmer again.

“Cricket is healthy, the commercial side seems to be pretty good, which is important. My only concern I think is maybe, Test cricket. You’d like to see it find a way to shine again. When I was a kid, it was the form of the game that everybody wanted to watch.”

“We had thousands of people outside the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad. When I was a kid, we would be waiting to get inside to watch a Test at six o’clock in the morning. That’s not the case today. Obviously, the game has evolved and it’s a lot more attractive — the shorter version of the game. But my only concerns really would be to see if we can get Test cricket to shine again.” the southpaw added.

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