Captaincy is one of the biggest achievements for any cricketer. But what if, despite holding an impeccable record, you're never chosen as a captain? Does it undermine your ability as a player? Well, these 7 cricketers definitely show that this does not hold true. For, captaincy is just a hurdle like hundreds of others, for these legends.
With an impressive tally of 417 test wickets and 269 wickets in ODI'S, Bhajji is a bowling legend who never saw the day as a captain.
In the 58 matches that he played for the country, Chandrasekhar has 242 wickets under his belt! Talking of legends, anyone.
In 229 games that he played for India, Srinath took 315 wickets and is one of the fastest pacers of the World and unarguably India's best.
A great spinner, Erapalli managed to get 189 wickets in 49 matches for Team India and had in him what it takes to be a captain.
VVS has an impressive run of 8781 runs to boast of and is the fourth highest scorer in Test Matches. But, his accomplishments couldn't get him the captaincy though.
With a total of 8329 runs in ODI's and 1900 runs in Test, Yuvraj could have been a great captain.
Zaheer was the ultimate bowling legend after Kapil Dev with 311 test wickets and 282 ODI wickets under his kitty.
Every cricketer out there is unique and you don't really need a captaincy to prove your mettle.
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