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EAM S Jaishankar Meets Cricket Legend Brian Lara In Trinidad And Tobago As India Strengthens Caribbean Ties
24htopnews | May 9, 2026 5:09 PM CST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met cricket legend Brian Lara during his Trinidad and Tobago visit, the final leg of his Caribbean tour. He also held talks with PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar and signed agreements on tourism, renewable energy, development cooperation and traditional medicine, while strengthening India-Caribbean ties through diplomatic and cultural engagement.

Port of Spain [Trinidad and Tobago]: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday (local time) met the legendary cricketer of the West Indies, Brian Lara, in Trinidad and Tobago during the final leg of his three-nation official tour in the Caribbean.

He shared a post on X with photos of himself alongside the former batter and wrote, "With the one and only @BrianLara".

Lara is widely regarded as one of the greatest batters of all time and is bracketed alongside the elite company of Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis. During his 17-year-long international career, he made 11,953 runs in 131 Tests at an average of 52.89 and 10,405 runs in 299 ODIs.

EAM Jaishankar also met with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and joined her in presenting Made-in-India laptops to Trinbagonian school children, while both sides also concluded a series of agreements aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation.


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