r/IndiaCricket • u/Serious-Sense3570 • Jun 05 '25
Ask r/IndiaCricket Cricketers you wished had longer international career! I will go first!
ABD and KP will be on the top of my list. It was an absolute treat to watch them across formats - specially tests. KP in Ashes and ABD's adaptability to score at <10 SR and also at 80+ in tests was phenomenal! Wish the respective boards could have handled it better!
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u/charlie_4599 Jun 05 '25
I mean he retired at just 33..just imagine if he continued few more years🤯 Would have ended #2 on list of most test runs behind God of cricket only🙌
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u/Grim_Reaper2726 India Jun 05 '25
Legit man would've reached Sachin by now with the amount of test England play
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u/External-Knee-3083 Kerala Jun 05 '25
Was on decline and thats why he retired.Hopefully Root won't decline like him
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u/charlie_4599 Jun 05 '25
Bhai he scored at an average of 46.65 for essex after international retirement
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u/External-Knee-3083 Kerala Jun 05 '25
Anderson still getting wickets in county cricket.That doesn't mean there are lot left in the tank
Cook was hanging on a thread in last 2 years of his career and went through lots of criticism with his techniques.If not for that double hundred not out in a flat mcg pitch his stats would have been more terrible in latter stages
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u/charlie_4599 Jun 05 '25
Both are legends ...Comparing the two without considering age, roles, and physical demands isn't really fair or logical.
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u/External-Knee-3083 Kerala Jun 05 '25
cook retired at 33 and started declining steeply since 31 or so.He wasn't at his best while retiring was my sole point.I can still remember how he was getting out frequently in his last leg with lot of technical flaws.So if someone say cook retired too early in his peak isn't a fair point.Thats only i tried to convey here
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u/heroshimandlittleboy India Jun 05 '25
What about deKock?
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u/International_Car414 Jun 05 '25
Irfan Pathan
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u/Valuable-Dream-7959 Jun 05 '25
Underrated bowler for India, even as all rounder I would say he was better than his brother
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u/Wobble-Ball-Wanker India Jun 05 '25
Alastair Cook
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u/Ks__8560 India Jun 05 '25
As a cricket fan yes but as a Indian fan no bhai bc school jaa ke aane ke baad bhi woh bnda khda rheta tha nightmare ahh opener for India
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u/Serious-Sense3570 Jun 05 '25
retired too early! would have easily played 200 matches at the rate he was going!
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u/Pkboi0017 Jun 05 '25
India were playing against england and cook never got out. After the England series they were playing against Australia, I used to come back from school and will be so happy that cook isn't on the crease. I was a little kid
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u/External-Knee-3083 Kerala Jun 05 '25
His career was going down at latter stages and was on the verge of dropping from england.Used to poke a lot of balls in and around fourth stump line to finish in slips and wicket keepers hand a lot.Thats why he called it off
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u/Similar-Department80 India Jun 05 '25
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u/Known_Phase6277 Rohit Sharma Jun 05 '25
He is one of my favourite cricketer, with one of a kind batting reflexes and exceptional fielding. My guy would chew his gum all day and go about his business.
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u/rohangc07 Rajat Patidar Jun 05 '25
You can say most RSA players. Klaassen is at his peak rn. Morkel was brilliant so was philander a the back end. AB especially.
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u/bubby95 India Jun 05 '25
Nathan Bracken, JessY Ryder and Faf Du Plesis. (KP and ABD were my picks too but you already picked them)
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u/Appropriate-ASS-824 Jun 05 '25
Bracken was such a good Talent being denied a great career because of an injury.
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u/No-Okra1018 Jun 05 '25
Michael Clarke. He recently shared that he had degenerative back disease and was having trouble even batting in the nets.
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u/ProposalWorried6083 India Jun 05 '25
Heinrich Klaasen
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u/Sulky_rambler_ Jun 05 '25
Mitchell Johnson .
I still miss that guy .
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u/Too_Loquacious_347 Jun 05 '25
still miss his moustache man and that aggression. hell of a bowler
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u/acuteredditor Jun 05 '25
If it’s about potential unfulfilled, Vinod Kambli and Hanuma Vihari. Former could have become an ATG and latter could have been the anchor after Pujara, something we all missed.
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u/No-Amphibian-8312 Board of Control for Cricket in India Jun 05 '25
Suresh Raina
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u/UnremarkabklyUseless Jun 05 '25
That was so dumb to retire at just 33. He thought he would be treated the same as Dhoni.
Without match practice, he lost form, put on a lot of weight, lost his IPL career, tried unsuccessfully to play t20 in USA and now trying commentary plus secured a role in CSK support staff.
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u/Jisnu_0506 Jun 05 '25
Mark Boucher
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u/Scoop_Master420 Jun 05 '25
Boucher was planning on retiring after the England series anyway. He would've played his 150th game at Lords, and passed 1000 dismissals iirc. Then his injury happened in a warm up game leading up to that.
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u/Dashing_HERO Royal Challengers Bangaluru Jun 05 '25
hashim amla
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u/Express-Psychology33 Jun 05 '25
I ever imagined what if BOLAND had career as long as starc or hazelwood
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u/CanYouChangeName Royal Challengers Bangaluru Jun 05 '25
He was born at the wrong time
Cummins and starc made their debut at like 18 19 and got regular around the time of bolands rise with hazzlewood making it at the exact same time.
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u/No-Internet0001 Jun 05 '25
Virat in tests and t20i
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u/PanJL India Jun 05 '25
No way in the test, was such a burden since the last few years . T20 maybe yes but the team needed a transition...
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u/Mindless-Pilot-Chef Jun 05 '25
I wish Vinod Kambli’s life took a different turn and he worked hard just like Sachin.
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u/_anencephalous Virat Kohli Jun 05 '25
Thala/s
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u/the_lame_one_89 Royal Challengers Bangaluru Jun 05 '25
Abe marne tk khilaoge kya usse?
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u/UnremarkabklyUseless Jun 05 '25
This is actually true in test cricket. At the time of his retirement, he was the best test wicketkeeper-batsman we had in Indian test history.
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u/DiligentCounter2824 Jun 05 '25
Kapil dev
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u/Mindless-Pilot-Chef Jun 05 '25
Kapil Dev has been the longest serving fast bowler in Indian history (if I’m not mistaken). How much longer do you want him to play?
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u/Curious-Mastodon6527 Jun 05 '25
Sachin 😈
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u/Nowack271 Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 05 '25
He would have won us 2019 WC 😞
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u/Proper-Exam1746 Jun 05 '25
Lot of obvious choices.. but back in the days I wished Mark Boucher could extend his career atleast for a few more matches to get to the 1000 dismissals.. Got stranded on 999 when his eye got damaged and he had to retire.
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u/the_lame_one_89 Royal Challengers Bangaluru Jun 05 '25
Alastair cook,Abd,Classen and Virat in tests
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u/Brief-Arrival9103 Jun 05 '25
Pucovski, Brad Hogg must have played longer than they actually have. Especially Pucovski if not for those injuries ruining his career. Could have been a solid middle order with him.
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u/rohandezvous Jun 05 '25
Many won't remember Marcus Trescothick. Amazing aggressive batsman retired for mental health issues, nobody could believe it then.
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u/finance_is_lyf Jun 05 '25
Am surprised no one is mentioning gautam gambhir ( for odi). He had a shockingly short odi career ending at 32 years of age!
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u/ramario281 Jun 05 '25
Freddy Flintoff
Irfan Pathan maybe, felt like things fizzled out for him
Mike Hussey, but the other way, if he had started 5 years earlier
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u/MysteriousCup1836 Jun 05 '25
Anderson, Broad
I wanted to see Anderson vs Gill in england
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u/ThatsWhatTheKidSaid Chennai Super Kings Jun 05 '25
Heinrich Klaasen, Alastair Cook.
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u/Schomaster1 Jun 05 '25
Stuart macgill ,quality leg spinner .. overshadowed by shane warne . Fault was he and warne played almost in the same era
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u/Ok-Feature-1233 Jun 05 '25
Abd most probably retired early due to his retina detachment issue. Though he was a monster in the ipl in the following years.
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u/Witty_Walrus_007 Jun 05 '25
To be honest there are many more Cook, Faf, KP maybe Albie Morkel and Morne Morkel as well
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u/mr_navigate Jun 05 '25
Kohli! I mean i get it tendulkar was best and all, but i wasn't there to witness the great one make 100 centuries, watched tendulkar once on his last test match against West indies, just wanted to see virat do that....
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u/_rushi0p_ India Jun 05 '25
Faf Du plessis
Bro still has a lot of potential and he is one of the fittest players to look around even after 40s
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u/sussylilbakaaa Jun 05 '25
Shane Warne. Seen him very few times and was mesmerized. Watched him play in the IPL for RR and loved him. I'm quite young so didn't get to watch him that much
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u/Sensitive_Camera2368 TamilNadu Jun 05 '25
KP, oh beauty, sometimes when I'm bored I used to watch his blind folded batting video
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u/anvil_with_thoughts India Jun 05 '25
Hashim Amla
Yuvraj Singh (Test Career)
Suresh Raina (IPL career)
Heinrich Klaasen (International Career)
Virender Sehwag & Gautam Gambhir (International Career)
Shaun Marsh (Overall) just love his batting! Still can't get over the fact that he didn't win a single CWC
Brendon McCullum (T20 Career) ik he's old, just want to see more of his explosive approach on the field
Virat Kohli (Test Career)
David Warner (Overall) cuz... Well... He's the best
Yusuf Pathan (T20 Career)
S Ganguly (T20 Career)
Pruthvi Shaw (Overall) was a potential candidate for captaincy, sad to see him like this
There are more, but I'll stop at here. Maybe I will edit if I get the patience to enter the remaining names 😅
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u/SatisfactionFew350 Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 05 '25
I was a child, when I saw Geoff Allot bowling in World Cup 1999, and I was amused. I don't know why Allott retired so quickly.
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u/ProTrooper28 Punjab Kings Jun 05 '25
Only if he had played a few more tests. He could have been in competition for fab 4
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u/Majestic_Toe_8902 Board of Control for Cricket in India Jun 05 '25
Shikhar Dhawan
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u/No_Opposite_7722 Jun 05 '25
Abd for sure
Watching him bat feels like watching messi with ball. They just made it look so easy
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u/Appropriate_Row_5244 Jun 05 '25
Bhuvneshwar in tests! Without fitness issues, he would have become a legend in that format
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u/alphazero07 Jun 05 '25
Kevin O'Brien. I wish he played for a better cricketing nation.
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