Former India batsman Wasim Jaffer made a statement in favor of India captain Virat Kohli and preferred him over great Sachin Tendulkar and opener, Rohit Sharma, in white-ball cricket.
Rohit is said to have good potential in limited-overs cricket, but Wasim is convinced Kohli has no match even when compared to Tendulkar.
The 42-year-old also picked Sourav Ganguly as the best captain he played under. He has featured in 31 Test matches for India after making his debut in 2000.
Jaffer rates Ganguly so highly because he changed the scene of Indian cricket after the match-fixing scandal. He also credited the former India captain for giving a boost to the career of some talented cricketers.
"Sourav Ganguly was the one who made the team after 2000. He had the temperament, backed the players and gave them a longer rope. He made Sehwag open the batting and brought players like Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh," he told Crictracker.
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Jaffer, only cricketer to play 150 matches in Ranji Trophy, is currently coaching the Uttarakhand cricket team. Talking about his career, the former India opener said he improved as a cricketer after being dropped from the side. But another chance never came for him.
"There are changes when you lose. The match-fixing scandal happened after the series and there was a big break with no Test series for a while. When you lose there are so much chopping and changing. I also didn’t do well and made way for somebody else. I went back to the drawing board, scored runs, and came back in 2002. In my last comeback when I played from 2005 to 2008, I was okay.
"After I was dropped, I became even a better player, but I never got an opportunity. Year after year, I kept on plundering runs in Ranji Trophy, but I never got a look in. I was around 30 years old and it was a bit disappointing. I became much more matured and understood my game, my strengths, and my weaknesses. But it’s a bit of a regret that I didn’t get to represent India again," Jaffer said.
