6 kinds of cricketers missing in modern cricket

#3 The Nayan Mongia kind

Mongia was in the Indian side purely on his keeping skills

Most modern wicket keepers are terrific batsmen. Take the example of Quinton de Kock, MS Dhoni or Sarfraz Ahmed – all splendid batsmen averaging high with the bat. Adam Gilchrist revolutionised the role of modern day wicketkeepers and several other wicketkeeper-batsmen have followed suit.

Keepers of yesteryear, like Nayan Mongia, were essentially good wicket keepers who were in the team for taking catches behind the stumps, preventing byes, or stumping the wild slogger who stepped out.

That is no more the case with teams opting to stuff in an extra batsman in the side even if it means a part-time keeper has to stand behind the stumps. The case of Ian Healy/Nayan Mongia type of keeper disappearing, just shows how much the modern game has evolved.

Modern day cricketers closest to this category: Peter Nevill (Australia)