Notable previous commander Sunil Gavaskar on Thursday introduced debutant Shreyas Iyer with his India Test cap here, proceeding with lead trainer Rahul Dravid’s push to restore the former practice of new participants getting the desired belonging from greats of Indian cricket.
Iyer turned into the 302nd player to make his Test debut for the public group and before the throw against New Zealand here, it was India’s most prominent opener and previous captain Gavaskar, who was welcomed by Dravid to introduce the cap to an individual Mumbaikar.
Prior, during the T20 series, Dravid had welcomed one of India’s best white-ball bowlers, Ajit Agarkar, to give Harshal Patel his public cap.The culture of previous stalwarts introducing the public cap is a lot of predominant in Australia and debutants get their ‘Loose Green’ from any semblance of Shane Warne, Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor or Adam Gilchrist.
In India, some time ago ex-cricketers present were mentioned to do the distinctions yet in the beyond couple of years, it has either been the commander or some senior player or, best case scenario, a care staff introducing the cap to debutants.
Dravid, a result of the ‘Old School’, has brought that feeling of wistfulness back as an enthusiastic Iyer listened eagerly to what Gavaskar needed to say about the embodiment of wearing the Test cap and how it affects a cricketer.
