Aditya
ICC Board Member
With players like Ponting, Tendulkar, Dravid, Kallis - 4 BIG names of international cricket hanging their boots in no time, one can't help but wonder, can they be replaced? Perhaps 'replaced' isn't the right word to use here, they may not be playing cricket anymore or in Kallis' case test cricket at least, but these 4 surely left behind a trace for others to follow.
Each of these players had their own style, their own way of looking at the game, their own unique personas. I'm talking about last 2 years in general here, if we consider the last 5-6 years, there have been many greats that have retired from cricket. We may see them occasionally making appearance in t20 leagues of respective countries but they're definitely not playing 'serious' cricket.
So then the main question - who are the next gen greats? A few names that immediately pop into the mind are ; Kohli, Pujara, Root (arguably, he's just 22 though), Ben stokes (solid ashes performance), Alistair Cook whose already a great with 27 centuries to his name and he's still not 30. So many more in fact... I'm just apprehending a general idea though In the coming decade, there are many players to look out for. Country wise, stat wise, age wise - a lot of parameters to judge them upon. What are your views?
Each of these players had their own style, their own way of looking at the game, their own unique personas. I'm talking about last 2 years in general here, if we consider the last 5-6 years, there have been many greats that have retired from cricket. We may see them occasionally making appearance in t20 leagues of respective countries but they're definitely not playing 'serious' cricket.
So then the main question - who are the next gen greats? A few names that immediately pop into the mind are ; Kohli, Pujara, Root (arguably, he's just 22 though), Ben stokes (solid ashes performance), Alistair Cook whose already a great with 27 centuries to his name and he's still not 30. So many more in fact... I'm just apprehending a general idea though In the coming decade, there are many players to look out for. Country wise, stat wise, age wise - a lot of parameters to judge them upon. What are your views?