Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli gave India an incredible stability of 33 years at number 4. Who next? , Cricket news

New Delhi: In 1992, Sachin Tendulkar moved to number 4 in India’s batting order in Test cricket. When he retired in 2013, Virat Kohli captured the spot. For about 33 years, India should never worry about India’s number 4 in Test cricket. The transition from Tendulkar to Kohli was smooth. For three decades, there was incredible stability, but with Kohli’s retirement, the baton for the next number 4 has not been passed.At number 4, Tendulkar played 177 Tests, scoring 13,492 runs at an average of 54.40, including 44 centuries and 58 half -centuries. Kohli scored a total of 7,564 runs in 160 innings, which included an average 50.09 and 26 centuries and 21 half -centuries.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“This is a big question, a huge void,” Krishnamkhari Srikanth, former captain of India and president of the selectors, under whose reign Virat made his Test debut, told Timesofindia.com.“Virat was a torch-wire-wire-worker of Test cricket. He played the game with passion and aggression, and it was Virat’s greatness. Clearly, the selectors should have been given the captaincy, and they should have played for the next two to three years. But now we can only wish him.”

Srikanth believes that KL is suitable for handling Rahul. He has the right technology and is the most experienced batsman in the current Indian setup.Srikanth said, “In Test cricket, on the question about India’s next number 4, for me, KL Rahul should be given this post. He can proceed in India’s Lynchpin Test cricket. He has got the right technology, and the management should give him a definite role,” Srikanth said.Former India opener Wasim Jaffer echoed Srikanth’s sentiments about Virat’s retirement and chose Shubman Gill, who was given as the captain of the next India, which is his next number 4 for India.“I think Shubman may be a man. He opens in cricket in white balls, but in Test cricket, he needs to go up to 4. KL Rahul and Yashsvi Jaiswal have done well as an opener in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. I think KL should continue to open.Srikanth also feels that Shubman is not a guaranteed starter in India’s XI, and the captaincy should be given to someone else. Srikanth said, “He is not a certainty in Test cricket either. The captaincy should be given to Jasprit Bumrah, and if he is not fit or available for any match, KL Rahul or Rishabh Pant should lead India,” said Srikanth.Former South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, who was credited by Virat Kohli to help him in his early career, said that there is no shortage of talent in India and should not worry about ‘Who’ ahead?Boucher said, “Before you were Tendulkar, I don’t think you would ever expect a Tendulkar.“I think Indian cricket is blessed with talent. The way you are going to find out if someone can go to a level of any kind that is going to compete with those who are going to be another extraordinary cricketer, just putting a man there who is technically strong and mentally has rigor and cruelty to go there and in fact there are actual attacks.I think there are some names that may stand outside. They are no longer batting in those positions, but of course, I think if they play that number 4, they can stand in that position. ,

Like Srikanth, Boucher has put his weight behind KL Rahul so that Virat Kohli can be replaced at number 4.“KL Rahul is one of those who can no longer be young, but he can complete the role. Technically, he is good. I think he can bat in both ways, who I think I should be able to do a number 4. If you need to lose a quick wicket, he feels that he is about the run.”KP Bhaskar, a radical of Delhi cricket in the 1980s, who had never been played for India despite being on the periphery for years, is optimistic that India would get an suitable cricketer for the position of Holy No. 4 in Test cricket.

“Sachin and Virat were deities. They are undoubtedly two of the two full cricketers who have produced by India. If Sachin is the greatest, Virat is in the next line. Both were in hunger to score, both were hungry to score. They were never through a rare breed. It would be twisted and would fill those big shoes,” Bhaskar said, “Bhaskar said, who was the selectors of Delhi, when the Ranji was a 12 -year -old.