Several former India cricketers repeatedly have come out in public to open up about how they had been unfairly dropped from the Indian crew solely to not be picked once more. Perhaps, there are just a few gamers within the nation who had been disregarded of the crew regardless of profitable the Player of the match award and had been by no means picked once more. Mohammad Kaif was one such participant who was dropped unceremoniously from the aspect in 2006 and did not play once more for nation.
Pointing out the identical, one in all his followers on Twitter acknowledged that he stopped watching India’s matches after Kaif was dropped regardless of scoring 91 runs towards England in Nagpur Test. Responding to the fan’s tweet, Mohammad Kaif got here up with a coronary heart profitable reply stating that he ought to neglect every part and again the Indian crew within the upcoming ODI World Cup.
“Chodo purani baatein Arif. Cricket is bigger than cricketers. The game is nothing without fans. World Cup is in India, support Team India and fall in love with the game again,” Kaif tweeted. The cricketer’s reply has received a whole lot of hearts as followers are expressing themselves in feedback part. While few referred to as him the gentleman and non-controversial cricketer, one of many customers recalled that it was a nasty part in Indian cricket with Greg Chappell on the helm of the crew.
While the fan was spot on about Kaif’s 91-run knock, the middle-order batter was not dropped after that knock. He travelled to West Indies with the crew and performed all 4 Test matches earlier than getting dropped. However, Kaif had performed an excellent knock of unbeaten 148 in one of many Test matches. Overall, he performed 13 Tests for India scoring 624 runs in 22 innings at a mean of near 33 with 1 century and three half-centuries. Kaif donned the India jersey in 125 ODIs scoring 2753 runs with 2 tons and 17 half-centuries at a mean of 32.