India Star's Big Verdict On Shubman Gill Becoming New Test Captain: "As A Leader..."
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New golden generation of Indian batting is here, waiting to shine at international level, while already going places
Mount Maunganui : In most other eras, or for any other country, Padmakar Shivalkar and Rajinder Goel would have been a rage in international cricket. They would have teased and tormented batsmen in Test cricket, much as they did in the Ranji Trophy. Shivalkar finished his illustrious career with 589 wickets from 124 first-class matches, Goel with an even more mind-numbing 750 scalps from 157 games. And yet… neither left-arm spinner, every bit as crafty and full of spine-tingling guile as those exceptional numbers suggest, could play a single Test. Their awesome work in domestic cricket, often a sure-shot recipe for a ticket to the next level, wasn’t enough to shake up the established order. And when that established order answered to the names of Bishan Singh Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna and S Venkatraghavan, no amount of shaking seemed sufficient. Virat Kohli is head and shoulders above the rest of Indian batting across formats, at multiple venues. Sportzpics Since t...
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