Vinay Kumar at last gets selected to India’s Test Team. Vinay deserves this selection. He has been a very consistent performer in Domestic cricket. Lead Karnataka with aplomb for last 2 seasons and couple of matches this season. His captaincy and bowling during the Ranji Trophy match against Mumabi at Mumabi this season were remarkable.
Obviously Vinay lacks pace. One has to remember that we have to accept him as he is. His skill set includes everything but pace. He is a line and length bowler who is smart enough to fox any batsman.
Domestic performances have to be rewarded. Vinay Kumar’s selection will gladden those bowlers who are not flamboyant, who are not express but are hardworking, do their job and get wickets regularly.
You want guys like Vinay to succeed. They struggle season after season in domestic backyard of Indian cricket. They keep performing season after season in the hope of being recognised. And when that recognition comes they often find themselves playing the wrong format of the game.
Vinay is not a player for One Dayers. His performance in India’s 50 over domestic cricket Tournament for Vijay Hazare Trophy has been poor all along. But he gets selected for one dayers based on his performance in the longer version of the game (Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy)!
I always had doubts about Vinay succeeding at International level because of his lack of pace. But he has done well in One dayers and proved me wrong. And there is no reason why he should not do well in Test matches if given a chance.
Hope he does well. His success will be the success of India’s Domestic Cricket.
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