An ATG when it comes to close in catching or whilst in the slips.
He has taken some tremendous catches, some extremely difficult catches but made them look easy.
This is the most under rated part of his game, and the most under appreciated.
Am no fan boy, but if he goes away, we will miss his catching excellence factor big time.
His batting i feel is one of un fulfilled potential. typically one big knock after several troughs. Has played several excellent match winning knocks, but also failed heaps of times.
With youngsters knocking for test cricket, I feel the time has come to move on from him however I guess SAF (if it happens, with virus and all) would be his last chance.
Else, he is also hampering the development of a young hungry batsmen just like Bhuvi is blocking some young paceman for the last 4 years or so with his non performance.
However, if he goes -he has my respect for a fab team man.
He played in the same vein that several of India's gen from the Amarnath's, Pataudis, Umrigar, Sunny, Vishy, Vengy, Rahul, Sachin, VVS, Anil, Kapil, Srinath et al and several more -, a guy who played with dignity in defeat and restraint in victory.
Not for him the pathetic posturing or the dramatic one upmanship that sadly has come to define our way of playing in recent times.
A Champion. Give the respect he deserves. He brought honour to our team with the way he played.
