The Indian cricket team is practicing in Barbados. Team adorned with big players like captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane…
The Indian cricket team is practicing in Barbados. The team adorned with big players like Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane is looking heavy on the West Indies going through a bad phase. A former cricketer arrived to meet the team on Tuesday during practice in Barbados. When he played, West Indies were at their best, defeating them was the dream of other teams. We are talking about Garry Sobers, who was the best in bowling, batting and fielding. He is counted among the top all-rounders. The team was very happy to see him, Virat Kohli was also very happy to meet him.
Sir Gary Richards was born on 28 July 1936. He played cricket for the West Indies cricket team from 1954 to 1974. He was born in Barbados, where he currently lives with his family. Sobers was a brilliant bowler, an aggressive batsman and a brilliant fielder. At that time Test cricket was mostly played, he played only ODI match for West Indies. Sobers played 93 international Test matches, scoring 8032 runs and taking 235 wickets.
IND vs WI Test: Virat Kohli was very happy to meet Sir Gary
Caribbean Cricket Podcast shared the video of the meeting between Virat Kohli and Sir Garry Sobers. Sobers reached the ground with his wife. Virat Kohli was looking very happy in this meeting, no doubt this veteran must also have been one of Kohli’s favorite cricketers.
R Ashwin shared photos of the meeting
Sharing photos with Sir Gary Sobers, Ravichandran Ashwin wrote – Meeting with the great man “Sir Gary Sobers”. These Caribbean venues remind me of the Indian tours I visited in the 90s and early 2000s. Last time I met Sir Viv Richards and Antigua and this time I had the privilege of meeting Sir Garfield Sobers.
IND vs WI Test: First Test from 12 July
The Indian cricket team will play the first 2-match Test series on the West Indies tour. After this, 3-match ODI series and lastly 5-match T20 series will be played. BCCI is yet to announce the T20 squad. India is looking strong while West Indies are going through their worst phase right now. The West Indies cricket team recently lost to teams like Scotland, Zimbabwe in the World Cup qualifiers. This is happening for the first time in history when West Indies will not play the World Cup.