India’s veteran batsman Faiz Fazal has rated Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine and Indian skipper Virat Kohli as two of the best captains in the world at the moment in the longest format of the game.
Vidarbha’s Ranji Trophy-winning skipper has also said he is a big of the Australian wicket-keeper batsman Paine during a recent interaction on Sports Tiger's show 'Off the Field'.
Faiz said: “I am a fan of Tim Paine, he is very good as a Test captain. Virat is also very good in Tests.”
The left-hander made an impressive One Day International debut for India in 2016, hitting a half-century, but wasn’t recalled to the national team since his debut against Zimbabwe.
On being unfortunate to get the international opportunity, Faiz said: “The competition in Team India is very tight, I feel very fortunate that I played for India because that was the aim, to play for the country. Nothing can be compared with that. But I still aim to play for the Test team. But, yes, I feel disappointed that I could not continue my place in the Indian team.”
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The 34-year-old opener further added, “The game itself is my motivation and I love playing cricket at any stage. That's why even in the off-season, unfortunately, this season, I could not go but I always travel to the UK and plays the premier league there.”
Sharing his experience of being a captain, Faiz said: “I love captaining Vidarbha. I have been very fortunate to get some amazing cricketers in my side. Even when I was leading in the Duleep Trophy, I had some amazing cricketers in that team as well. You cannot teach a lot, it comes naturally.”
Noteworthy, Faiz had exceptional domestic seasons in the past few years, scoring 1,001 and 942 First-class runs in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 season respectively.
(With IANS Inputs)
