Asia Cup: Why Shreyas Iyer lost out to Rinku Singh? Cricket’s ‘primitive’ mindset

Had cricket moved with the times, batting-order flexibility seen as a norm and if Charlesworth had been an India selector for the Asia Cup, Shreyas Iyer would have taken Rinku Singhs place.

During the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia, hockey legend Ric Charlesworth, had spared an hour to talk about anything under the harsh Perth sun. A brutally blunt and pragmatic man, he spoke about cricket too. And this wasn’t an outsider poking his nose into others’ business.

An accomplished Western Australia first-class opener, Charlesworth once scored a commanding 95 against a touring Indian team that had Bedi, Chandra and Prasanna. He didn’t mince words to call cricket ‘pretty primitive’, caught in a time-warp and ruled by fixed ideas. He had a pet peeve about the sport he once played at the highest level.

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