Mohammad Kaif reminiscences his time with the Indian team

The early period of the 21st century is supposed to be one the best eras in Indian cricket. Sourav Ganguly was the captain of the team and he backed a lot of youngsters who came good amazingly. One of them was Mohammad Kaif who is still remembered for his heroic knock in the final of the Natwest tri-series against England in 2003. He was also one of the best fielders of the team and went on to play 125 Test matches.

The 37-year-old recently announced his retirement from the game. He last donned Team India jersey way back in 2006 and was never in the equation again. Though the former cricketer is happy with the way he played his game in an era of legends. However, Kaif also admitted that a lot of youngsters like him were lost among the greats in the team.

“I am happy the way I played my game. I contributed and created some moments for Indian fans — both overseas as well in India. Happy with the way I finished my career and… it was a nice era when I played,” he was quoted as saying by the Times of India.

I was playing under the best players

Mohammad Kaif reminisced his playing career and also understood the situation of the selectors who find it difficult to make a place for the youngsters in the team. “I was playing under some of the best players and they all became the legends… when you have so much of competition in the team, then it’s also difficult for the selectors to make room for younger players like me,” he added.

Kaif ended his ODI career with 2753 runs with a couple of hundreds and 17 half-centuries at an average of 32.11. He also played 13 Test matches for India and went on to score 624 runs with a solitary ton at an average of 32.84.

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