5 legends who never won the World Cup

Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara was undoubtedly amongst the best batsman in the 1990’s era. A lot of people and experts felt he was on par or even better than Sachin Tendulkar - sSuch was his charisma, style and grace at the crease.

Lara made batting look so stylish. His stance and his sheer dominance - especially square through the off and on side - remain unmatched. The great batsman that he was, he shouldered the complete burden of carrying West Indies' hopes on his shoulders.

299 ODIs, 10,405 runs at an average of 40.48 with 19 centuries and 63 half-centuries to his name - Brian Lara is indeed a legend in the ODI format of the game.

But since West Indies have been on the downward spiral since the start of the 90s, Lara could never win a World Cup. It takes a team and not individual brilliance to win a trophy as big as the Cricket World Cup.

West Indies have been struggling to put up a strong side for a while now, and it was indeed sad to see Lara bowing out from the group stages of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007 in his own country.

Lara was a remarkable cricketer, a legend who deserved to get his hands on the World Cup, but that was not to be.