I think today's player should play all formats. Today's player cannot live on one format. He has to be multi-dimensional where he can adapt all formats of the game: Jaffer
In the time of Indian Premier League where batsmen do away with copy book shots, former India opener Wasim Jaffer still talks about playing in the V.
Jaffer is testing waters as coach-cum-mentor at a private clinic — Centre of Excellence Scheme, under MCC-Jwala Sports Foundation. The master batsmen of domestic cricket who failed to replicate his success at the highest level, said he is worried that a technically sound player and a top Test performer like Cheteshwar Pujara struggles to get a share of the IPL pie.
"Obviously, its hard to digest. We all know the importance of Pujara in Test and First Class cricket. That India has won the recent series, I am sure people know the big role he has played. And to not pick a player like him in the IPL is very hard fact," Jaffer said here on Tuesday.
"I think today's player should play all formats. Today's player cannot live on one format. He has to be multi-dimensional where he can adapt all formats of the game."
"At the same time basics don't change. We have seen Virat (Kohli) play. He doesn't hit sixes with reverse sweeps or a Dilscoop, but he still scores 900 in an IPL season. Basics do not change which is very important.
"The challenge for today's cricketers like Rohit (Sharma), Ajinkya (Rahane) or a Virat is that they have to adopt all formats of the game. Adaptability has increased a lot," he adds.
Wasim said it's not easy to coach today's youngsters. "Cricket has changed a lot from when we started. It was orthodox. Today kids want to play shots that AB de Villier's play. The game has changed, but the basics remains the same," he added.
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