India are favourites

India are favourites: Lara

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Brian Lara during a media conference, in New Delhi, on Tuesday. Picture by Prem Singh New Delhi: After Imran Khan, Vivian Richards and Kapil Dev, it was Brian Lara’s turn to describe India as the favourites to win the World Cup beginning next month. The former West Indian great, who was in the capital on Tuesday to attend a cricket clinic, said while an interaction with the mediapersons that though India would be under immense pressure on home turf, they are perfectly capable of bagging the title. However, it was an embarrassment for hosts Delhi and District Cricket Association as the state association misspelled Lara’s first name. Instead of Brian, it was written as ‘Brain’ on the hoarding at the Kotla!