Virat Kohli, Steven Smith, Joe Root, and Kane Williamson were touted as ‘Fab Four’ by the late Martin Crow back in 2014. As it turned out, all four of them went on to prove their mettle across formats and helped their teams bag a few ICC trophies along the way.
However, in recent months, the elite group has started to bid farewell from one format or the other. While all of them are still active in at least one format of international cricket, the eyes are on the next generation of talented batters who can justify the tag of ‘Fab Four’.
According to former cricketer Aakash Chopra, the Indian duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, England’s Harry Brook and New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra could be the successors to ‘Fab Four’.
“The Fab 4, I feel are almost here. Shubman Gill is a part of that Fab 4 and will remain in the future. Same is true for Yashasvi Jaiswal. He is mainly concentrating on one format now but he’ll play all three formats and will be pretty good there as well. Then I am thinking of Harry Brook who will rule the roost in all three formats with his style of play. The 4th player will be RachinRavindra. He has both the technique and the temperament,” Chopra said in a video on his X account.
Aakash Chopra’s faith on the aforementioned names is also backed by numbers. Not counting the ongoing Delhi Test against West Indies, Gill has participated in 38 Tests, amassing 2697 runs with 9 centuries. He has also featured in 55 ODIs and aggregated 2775 runs with 8 hundreds and he has played 28 T20Is, scoring 705 runs with one ton.
Jaiswal, on the other hand, has played 25 Tests, scoring 2245 runs with the help of 6 hundreds. He has also appeared in 23 T20Is and scored 723 runs with one hundred. The southpaw has just played a single ODI where he has scored 15 runs.
Talking about Brook, the Englishman has played 30 Tests and scored 2820 runs, including 10 centuries while he has also played 32 ODIs and scored 995 runs with the help of 1 ton. In T20Is, he has played 49 matches and scored 914 runs.
Rachin, meanwhile, has taken part in 17 Tests and scored 1224 runs with the help of 3 hundreds. He has also played 33 ODIs and scored 1233 runs with 5 hundreds while he has 452 runs to his name from 30 T20Is.
