Mumbai | Jagran Sports Desk: West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara was Tuesday admitted to a hospital here after complaining of discomfort but is doing "fine and will be discharged soon".
The 50-year-old from Trinidad, considered one of the greatest batsmen to have played the game, was admitted to the Global Hospital in Parel amid speculation that chest pain was the reason for his uneasiness.
"He had an angioplasty done two years back and today was a regular check-up as there is always a fear of heart pain. He is fine and will be discharged soon," a source told PTI.
The hospital authorities, so far tight-lipped about why Lara was admitted, are expected to issue a statement on his condition.
He was brought to the hospital at around 12.30 pm and medical investigations were started immediately. Reports suggested that he was at an event in a nearby hotel when he complained of discomfort.
The legendary batsman, who has already suffered a heart attack in the past, is in the country as an analyst for the official broadcasters of the ongoing Word Cup. However, he was not shooting for the last couple of days.
Lara, who has scored 34 and 19 hundreds in Tests and ODIs respectively, also holds the world-record Test score of 400 not out and also the highest first class score of 501 not out.
Lara also shares the test record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003.
Lara's match-winning performance of 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1999 has been rated by Wisden as the second best batting performance in the history of Test cricket, next only to the 270 runs scored by Sir Donald Bradman in The Ashes Test match of 1937.
He is considered one among the most awe-inspiring batters of an era in which the iconic Sachin Tendulkar was his contemporary.