|| CF Correspondent || 

 Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim said that he used to cut a cake on the birthday of his hero Brian Lara during his childhood.

 Mushfiqur sends birthday wishes to one of the legends of the game of cricket Brain Lara.

‘’ Happy birthday to my childhood hero as well as my super hero...live long" read the caption of a photo Mushfiqur posted on social media.

Lara is one Mushfiqur Rahim most favorite batsman in the game of cricket.

‘’Only for Lara we all brothers and sisters we were big fans of West Indies cricket team. Lara’s birthday was on month of May and so as mine. We used to celebrate Lara's birthday by cutting a cake in our house,’’ Mushfiqur was quoted in a leading Bengali daily.

‘’When I got admitted in BKSP in class seven I tried t bat like him but that was very difficult. I was lucky that my BKSP sir told me not to follow his stance as it will create a lot of pressure on my batting and I never tried that stance after that,’’ he said.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) also took to Twitter to revisit a "classic from the Prince" that saw the West Indies progress to the semi-finals of the 1996 World Cup.

‘’It's Brian Lara's birthday, but this gem of an innings is a gift for all of us. From the archives, a classic from the Prince in the 1996 @cricketworldcup. His 111 from 94 balls against South Africa carried West Indies to the semi-final," the ICC tweet read.

Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket. The West Indies great remained unbeaten on 400 against England in Antigua in 2004.