2 modern batsmen who never got their due

Each and every cricket player wants to play for their country and win laurels by either winning the World Cup or a Test-series for their home team. They work hard and strive to be the best in the world of cricket. In return, they want due recognition and respect from the audiences and fans.

Sachin Tendulkar, Vivian Richards, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Virat Kohli, and a lot of other players expressed themselves on the field to the best of their abilities and got tons of fame and respect in return.

On the other hand, there have been a few batsmen who excelled equally, if not more, but never got the adulation which they deserved. In recent times, there have been two such batsmen who never got their due.

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#2 Younis Khan

Younis Khan

Younis Khan was one of the finest batsman which Pakistan produced. He made his debut against Sri Lanka and scored a century. Khan was a technically good batsman but struggled early on in the innings. It took him almost a year to learn from the greats like Mohammad Azharuddin and Rahul Dravid. Subsequently, he metamorphosed into a splendid batsman.

He played 118 Test matches and scored 10,099 runs at an average of 52.05. This comprised 34 centuries and 33 half-centuries. Khan is the only Pakistani batsman to score more than 10,000 runs in the Test matches.

He holds a unique distinction of scoring a ton against all the cricket playing countries. He also holds the record for the most centuries and the most runs by a Pakistani in the Test cricket history. Khan broke the batting records of Javed Miandad, but could never attain the fame and respect which the latter got.

#1 Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was awkward in his batting style and unorthodox in his batting approach. Yet, he was one of the main pillars around which the West Indies batting revolved for the most part of the 1990s and 2000s.

He was a left-handed batsman with the crabbiest technique in cricket. Chanderpaul never played in the V or as per the batting handbook. He was deft and used his soft-hands to score runs. After Brian Lara retired, Chanderpaul held together West Indies' weak batting line-up. Although he suffered from a physical ailment, he never let it affect his batting.

Chanderpaul scored runs against all the opposition teams, and under varying conditions. He scored 11,867 runs in 164 Test matches. This comprised 30 centuries and 66 half-centuries. His career spanned 21 years, which is quite rare in the world of cricket. He holds the record of maximum runs when batting at number 5 position.

Chanderpaul never received the fame and adulation which his contemporaries like Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara got. One of the reason could be his unconventional batting style. The commentators were never effusive in their praise. It did not affect him though.