After the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, there actually seems to be no one really, who can take the baton from the two legends of Indian cricket. But then as per Sanjay Manjrekar, there is no need to panic. The former India batter said that, there was a time when fab 4 of Indian batting also retired, and then new players took over.
India Will Find New Batters
“I know there’ll be a few fans concerned. There was a sense of panic when the fab four quit all at the same time, but guess what? A couple of years later, India was the number one Test team in the world,” Manjrekar said on Instagram.
“So, as long as I believe in this very strongly, as long as the sport is popular in India and there are enough young players, youth, desperate to play for India, and there are thousands in India, which means anybody who sort of comes through that kind of a grind has to be quality talent,” said Manjrekar.
“It will take a bit of time, but let’s not panic. Remember what happened after Fab Four, the Indian bowling quality improved. The same could happen here as well. You’ll discover new stars and new bowlers, and India will continue to be one of the top teams in the world.”
Batting Fragile, But Opportunity for New Players
This void could in turn be an excellent opportunity for someone like Sai Sudharsan and even Shreyas Iyer, to take Virat and Rohit’s spots in the team. Then there is also a certain Sarfaraz Khan, who would be itching to prove his worth.
“You need some time. Because in overseas conditions, batting is very important and that is where our current fragility lies. But guess what? There’s another way to look at this current Indian team, where Rohit and Virat Kohli were part of the Indian team. India lost 3-0 at home against New Zealand and lost poorly, badly in Australia as well. So guess what? With this team, we just have nothing to lose. All the best New India,” said Manjrekar.
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