Manmohan Singh meets Brian Lara

By Paras Ramoutar, Port-of-Spain, Nov 29 : Minutes before he left for India, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with former West indies captain and legendary batsman Brian Lara at the Crowne Plaza hotel on Saturday night.

Lara and Manmohan chatted for several minutes on cricket and a possible visit by Lara to India, informed sources said.

His meeting with Lara was hurriedly arranged before his departure.

Manmohan Singh was here to attend the Commonwealth summit.