West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara Tuesday said he is “fine” and will be back in “my hotel room tomorrow”, allaying concerns of his countless fans hours after being admitted to a hospital here due to chest pain.
The 50-year-old from Trinidad, considered one of thegreatest batsmen to have played the game, was admitted to the Global Hospitalin Parel. While there was no official word from the hospital on his condition,a source close to the player said there was no major cause of concern. But thecricket fraternity heaved a sigh of relief only after Lara spoke in an audiomessage posted by Cricket West Indies (CWI).
“I know everyone is very concerned about what ishappening. I may have just extended myself in the gym this morning. I wasgetting a pain in my chest and I just thought that it was best to see a doctor.I was taken to the hospital, pain continued obviously and a lot of tests weredone,” said Lara.
The batting great may have been a tad unwell but his witswere in tact even while lying on a hospital bed.
“I am just chilling in my hospital bed, watchingEngland versus Australia…Not a big fan of England, hopefully Australia canrestrict England…. I am going to be alright. My phone is going non stop so Iam going to switch it off. Not that I would like to switch it off because Iwould like to speak to my family.” Lara played 131 Tests for the WestIndies and averaged 52.89 for his 11,953 runs, while his 299 ODI appearancesyielded 10,405 runs at 40.17.
He added in the audio message, “Just letting everyoneknow that I am fine, recovering and I will be back in my hotel room tomorrow.Couple of the tests came back already. Doctors were happy that there is nothingmajor. Thanks again for your concern.”
“He had an angioplasty (a procedure to open narrowed orblocked blood vessels that supply blood to the heart) done two years back andtoday was a regular check-up as there is always a fear of heart pain. He isfine now and will be discharged soon,” the source had told PTI