West Indies vs India 2019: Brian Lara, Sarwan To Work With West Indies Team At Pre-Test Series Camp

Updated - 17 Aug 2019, 02:38 PM

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Brian Lara (Credits: Twitter)

Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan have always been at their best for West Indies during their playing days. However, the duo still wants to help the team with their insights to the batsmen before facing Indians in the upcoming Test series, which will be a part of World Test Championship.

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After suffering losses in T20I and ODI format of the game, it seems like West Indies team is pretty determined to win the games at any cost in the longer version of the game. They would head into the game with decent confidence, as they outsmarted the England team in the same conditions a few months back.

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The skipper Jason Holder enjoys the format, as he got the bunch of lads, who is willing to make their name in the series. He also got a brilliant pace attack and the batting department that can tackle the plans of Indian bowlers.

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Brian Lara still have the passion –

Meanwhile, the Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) Director of Cricket Jimmy Adams quoted that they asked Brian Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan to help the batsman in the pre-Test camp. Both the legendary players will be working with the young batsmen to tackle the brilliance of Indians.

“We have some good young batsman in the team who we believe will form the future of West Indies cricket. We saw some very good signs of development earlier this year in the Test matches when we played so very well to beat England and we want to see them grow and become outstanding players for the West Indies,” Adams said.

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Windies (Credits – Getty)

“We have taken the step to have Brian and ‘Ronnie’ work with these players, who have demonstrated a will to learn and succeed. We know they still have the passion and love for West Indies cricket and are eager to assist and share their information with the present generation.”

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Brina Lara is the leading runscorer in West Indies history with 11,953 runs in 131 Test matches. Meanwhile, Ramnaresh Sarwan scored 5,842 runs in 87 Test matches, including 15 centuries, with a top score of 291 against England in Barbados.

All in all, it would be a good move considering the importance of the Test match. They are scheduled to play two Test matches, which is to be started on August 22nd at Antigua.