West Indies great Brian Lara picked his five best batsmen and bowlers of this era. He also named the list of five best players he played with and against in an Instagram post.
Lara included India's Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli in his lists. Both Bumrah and Kohli are currently rated among the best in their respective roles. They have proved their worth time and again which makes it difficult to ignore them while sharing such prestigious lists.
The former West Indies batsman named India captain Kohli, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, England’s Joe Root, South Africa's AB de Villiers, and Australia’s Steve Smith as the best batsmen of this era in his post.
In the list of best bowlers of this era, Lara mentioned Bumrah, England’s Jofra Archer and James Anderson, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada, and Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan. Both the lists has clarified that the players named are not in any particular order.
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Lara, who started playing in the year 1990, also shared the five best batsmen and bowlers he played against. Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Kumar Sangakkara, Rahul Dravid are the best batsmen.
The bowlers who the 51-year-old named as the best he faced are Wasim Akram, Shane Warne, Waqar Younis, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Glenn McGrath.
In another list of the best West Indies cricketers of all time, he named George Headley, Everton Weekes, Garfield Sobers, Vivian Richards, and Malcolm Marshall. While in the list of the five best West Indians of his era, he named Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Carl Hooper, and Chris Gayle.
