Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara late on Tuesday took to Twitter and Instagram to quash rumours doing rounds on social media and verified that he has tested damaging for Covid-19.
Confirming that he did endure a Covid-19 test but the reports had been negative, Lara urged people today not to spread these kinds of ‘false’ data which may possibly lead to worry in an by now distressed situation.
“Hi everybody, I have browse all the circulating rumours concerning me screening optimistic for the coronavirus and it is important I make clear the info. Not only is this details wrong, but it is also detrimental to distribute this sort of worry in a community currently feeling the distress of the COVID condition,” Lara reported in an Instagram post.
Lara claimed the misinformation did not induce any hurt to him but these types of ‘careless’ and ‘unnecessary’ info did make ‘worry’ amongst men and women in his circle.
“While you haven’t individually influenced me, what causes issue is that distribute of wrongful data is careless and triggers unwanted stress amongst a ton of men and women that would have been in my circle.
This virus isn’t some thing we really should be making use of in a negative fashion to develop sensationalism. I hope and pray that all of us keep on being harmless due to the fact as is noticeable Covid 19 is going nowhere in the in the vicinity of long term,” he additional.
In excess of the last 24 hrs, there have lots of people today on social media who set posts, saying that Lara had examined beneficial for the coronavirus.
Lara experienced declared his retirement from worldwide cricket in 2007. He concluded his job with 22,358 operates and 53 global centuries.
The 51-yr-outdated Lara has recorded the highest individual score in Exam cricket as he played a knock of 400 operates towards England in 2004.
He also retains the report for the highest personal score in to start with-class cricket, as he scored 501 not out for Warwickshire versus Durham at Edgbaston in 1994.
Lara also shares the Check report of scoring the optimum quantity of runs in a solitary around in a Exam match. He smashed South Africa’s Robin Peterson of South Africa for 28 runs in a solitary about in 2003.
The still left-handed Lara performed 131 Tests and 299 ODIs for West Indies.
He managed to score 11,953 operates in the longest format of the match even though he registered 10,405 operates in the 50-in excess of format.
(With ANI inputs)
