Can a player be called ‘great’ — that most misused term in sports — if he hasn’t performed at the highest level? Goel, four years older than Bedi was still playing four years after the Test man had retired. On his Ranji debut, Goel played against Lala Amarnath, and in his final match dismissed Sanjay Manjrekar. Statistical quirkIt is a statistical quirk that only one of six batsmen with the highest aggregates in the national championship has played Test cricket while only one of the top six bowlers hasn’t. Was he a great bowler?

Source: The Hindu June 23, 2020 16:39 UTC