Brian Lara picks Virat Kohli over Steve Smith to break his elusive 400* record in Tests

Former West Indies captain Brian Lara's record of 400* in a single Test innings is a benchmark that has eluded every batsman in game since great man did it himself in 2004. Lara made world record score against England in fourth Test of series at St. John's, Antigua. In vember 2019, Australia's David Warner came close to eclipsing Lara's record when he made 335* against Pakistan. 

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Brian Lara prefers Virat Kohli over Steve Smith

Brian Lara has been very supportive of modern-day players having ability to break his record Test score as West Indian believes that all records are meant to be broken. Lara had earlier backed Warner himself to break his record as he was almost certain that Australian southpaw will create an opportunity for himself again. Warner made 335* at Adelaide Oval as world expected him to eclipse Brian Lara's 400.

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Talking to a leading Indian news portal, Lara claimed that batsmen such as Virat Kohli, David Warne and Rohit Sharma are more probable to break his record than Steve Smith. Lara added that batsmen like Warner, Sharma and Kohli bat early in innings and are aggressive eugh in ir approach to get to 400-run mark. Steve Smith, on or hand, is someone who is t 'attacking eugh' by Lara's standards and will probably t be able to reach distant milestone. Smith comes in to bat at . 4 and is expected to do so w that Marnus Labuschagne has cemented his spot as Australia's . 3 batter in Test team.

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Lara n proceeded to credit Virat Kohli and his team for ir all-format domination that y have exhibited in recent times. Lara backed Men in Blue to bring home ir fourth World Cup when y go 'Down Under' to Australia in October this year for T20 World Cup. Lara credited India for being '' team which teams have to beat in crucial phases.

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