He spoke highly about Sunil Gavskar. “The more I played with Sunil Gavaskar, the more I realised how good he was. He was technically very sound, especially against genuine pace bowling. Those days, so many young kids wanted to be like Gavaskar. Then these young boys in the last 15-20 years. Rahul, Sachin Tendulkar. No point talking about Sachin. It’s like mentioning Don Bradman. Sachin is an obvious choice. Then Virender Sehwag turned it around, he changed Indian cricket. Sehwag, one has to say, was a genius, uncomplicated. Now there is Virat Kohli. But Sehwag opened the door for Indian cricket.”
Talking about the current generation of players, he said, “Virat Kohli is an excellent player. There are some others, like Ashwin. He is getting better day by day. You can’t say there is anyone better than him. He is an excellent all-rounder. But you have to give all these boys 60-70 Tests before you can judge them properly."
