BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Iconic former West Indies batsman Brian Lara says he has been cleared of anything serious after being admitted to a hospital in Mumbai with chest pains last month.
“Lara” In a message to fans and well-wishers, the 50-year-old Lara said several of the tests completed by doctors at Mumbai’s Global Hospital in Parel had revealed “nothing major.”
“I know everyone is very concerned about what is happening,” said Lara, a former Windies captain and record holder for the most runs for the regional team in Test cricket.
“Think I just extended myself too much in the gym this morning and was feeling a little bit of pain in my chest. I just felt it was best to see a doctor and I was taken to the hospital.
“The pain continued so obviously a lot tests have been done.”
Trinidadian Lara was in India performing duties as a media analyst for the ongoing World Cup in England. He is one of the renowned personalities in the game, having scored 11,953 runs in from 131 Test matches with 34 centuries and 10,405 runs from 299 one-day Internationals.
Lara still holds the records for the highest individual score in Tests – 400 not out – and in first class cricket – an unbeaten 501. He quit international cricket in 2007 following the historic Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.
