Here are the 5 most underrated international cricketers of all-time
In the clumped world of cricket, talent sometimes go unnoticed and players don't get adequately recognized. Some small-time wonders fail to make it big, despite not being short on talent.
2. Kraigg Brathwaite
Awarded a contract by the West Indies Cricket Board in 2011, Brathwaite became the eighth youngest player at the age of 21 years and 278 days to score a Test double century (212 runs), which came against Bangladesh in 2014. The right-handed batter from Barbados has established himself as a patient cricketer in the longest format who can carve out long innings for the side.
In December 2022, he registered scores of 64 and 110 runs against the dominant Aussies in the first Test. He continued his fine form against Zimbabwe where he aggregated 182 runs in the first test played in February, 2023. In the very same contest, Brathwaite stitched a record partnership of 336 runs with Tagenarine Chanderpaul for the 1st wicket, which broke into the record books as the 9th highest opening stand in the history of Test cricket.
Laced with an aggregate of 12,844 runs in first-class cricket, Brathwaite has so far amassed 5,303 runs in 83 Tests. While he has surely become a well-known figure in the Carribean circuit, he is yet to get the world grooving to his tunes and earn global recognition with his exploits.
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