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New Delhi . The great player Brian Lara said on Tuesday that despite the old problems like talent migration, infrastructure deficiency and unstable financial situation, if there was a passion in the hearts of West Indies players, despite the old problems like unstable financial situation, they would take any way to make their place in Test cricket. Franchise-based T20 competitions around the world are in great demand from West Indies players, but these players are not able to show patience to perform better in the long format of the game.

‘If this is the case then only the way will be found’

Lara told the media during the CAET cricket rating awards in Mumbai, “I would like to urge Roston Chase and other players to tell if they have cricket in their hearts?” Do they really want to play for the West Indies? And this is the most important thing, because if this is the case then you will find some way. “He said,” We also did not have better facilities 30-40 years ago.

Viv Richards did not bat on any better practice pitch. We also had to do the same thing, the same hard work had to be done, but the passion was different. The passion to play for the West Indies was quite high. “The former veteran, who played a Test cricket record of 400 runs, said,” I urge the young players to understand that this is a great opportunity. “

‘This very worrying situation of test’

In addition to the matches between ‘Big Three (India, England and Australia)’ in Test cricket, Lara also expressed concern over the declining interest of the audience. He said, “When you talk about ‘Big Three’, the England vs Australia or Indian team have a large number of spectators in the matches of these two countries. Looking at their matches, it seems that better cricket cannot be seen. ”

He said, “Interest in Test cricket in West Indies is decreasing. Not only the West Indies, we just saw in Ahmedabad that very few spectators had come to watch the match. This is a very worrying situation. I am happy that I gave more importance to Test cricket in my 17 -year international career. ”

Shocking claim about Abhishek

Lara, meanwhile, praised Indian opener Abhishek Sharma, with whom he has spent a lot of time in the Sunrisers Hyderabad team. He said, “He is very special. Yuvraj Singh had great influence on him. The speed of his bat is amazing. “He said,” A surprising thing is that he calls me and despite the success in T20 cricket, he wants to find a way to make a place in the Test team. This is a very special thing. ”