Brian Charles Lara-The cricket genius

Brian Charles Lara called as prince of Trinidad by his fans allover.. He was born on 2nd May 1969.. He had set a lot of records in the game of cricket of which the most special ones are
1. The highest individual score in a single test innings (400*)
2. Highest total runs in test by a single player
3. Highest individual score in first class career (501*)

The best I've seen in him is that he had the highest individual score record in a single test innings for about 9 years.. He scored 375 against England in Lords . One of the best innings by a test batsman. The record was broken by Mathew Hayden of Australia 9 yrs after the record was set. Everyone thought that the record will stay for a long time.. Within a year Lara did break the record by scoring a tremendous 400* against England in the very same ground he scored 375 before 10 years.. It was the first time international cricket board showed 400 mark for a batsman.. It was considered one of the best knocks of Test cricket .. He has lead the West Indian team for victory single handedly in several occasions..
He is considered a genius not only because he score a 375 and 400* and has the world record.. But because he could do that even after a 10 year gap .. His talent doesn't go down as he gets aged .. That's what I liked in him.. Some players may have a very good season and might have set the record .. But he has done it on several occasions and has proved that age isn't a matter rather the talent and the skill.. When he retired from the cricket world lots and lots of people had tears in their eyes and he had some splendid words and thanked every people who helped him to reach such a position.. Long live the legend..

My Indian team for ODI cricket

The team is as follows with batting order positions

1. Virendar Sehwag

2. Sachin Tendulkar

3. Gautham Gambir

4. Suresh Raina

5. Yuvraj Singh

6. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) & (W.K.)

7. Rohit Sharma/Subramaniam Badrinath

8. Irfan Pathan/Praveen Kumar

9. Harbajan Singh

10. Zaheer Khan

11. R.P.Singh/Sree Shanth/Munaf Patel

Players responsibility

1. Virender Sehwag

Needs to be agressive at the start of the innings and should carry the pace till he gets out .. Also he plays a part as a bowler..

2. Sachin Tendulkar

S hould rotate the strike there by giving strike to Sehwag.. If Sehwag struggles he should be bit more aggressive at the same time cautious as he does play the anchor roe in the Indian batting order. He can be a useful spinner as well as medium fast bowler.

3.Gautham Gambir

He should take the role of the one who gets out first ..

4. Raina

He need to rotate the strike with the one he is accompanied with.. singles mus come easily and thats is his job.

5. Yuvraj Singh

As he is a slow starter he should bring his eye in with some 10 or 15 balls and should play his natural innings .. He's naturally aggressive and thats the one the team expects from him.

6. Mahender Singh Dhoni

As a captain he should play an anchor role and he is the one who needs to be there till the end. As everyone knows he is a big striker and he should accelerate the run rate from 45 overs or so. No need to comment on his captaincy and his wicket keeping ability. He does it well and good.

7. Rohit Sharma/Subramanian Badrinath

He should play according to the situation.. He needs to read the situation well and act accordingly .

8. Irfan Pathan/Praveen Kumar

He is considered to be an all-rounder.. His main part is on the bowling department. The main thing is to take wickets .. The economy rate can even be well around 5.

9. Harbajan Singh

He too should look for wickets.. Sure he can have an economy rate around 4. He should be very aggressive in field setting at the start of the innings.

10. Zaheer Khan

He is the spear head of the Indian bowling and the main part he does is to swig the ball with great control and have a good length and pace... If he does control the length and the swing the remaining will surely come with his way.

11. bR.P.Singh/Sree Santh/Munaf Patel

They too should try for wickets and should have an economy rate well around 4..

On a whole the bowlers should have an economy rate well around 4 .. Its very essential that the ground fielding should be excellent and catches should not be dropped.. The bowlers should be able to minimize the extras bowled.