Vidarbha’s Ranji Trophy-winning captain Faiz Fazal believes that Australia’s Tim Paine and India’s Virat Kohli are the two of the best captains in the world right now. In a recent interaction on Sports Tiger’s show ‘Off the Field’, on being asked who the best captain in the world, Faiz said, “I am a fan of Tim Paine, he is very good as a Test captain, Virat is also very good in Tests.”
The left-handed batsmen went on to discuss his role as Captain of Vidarbha. “I love captaining Vidarbha. I have been very fortunate to get some amazing cricketers in my side. Even when I was leading in the Duleep Trophy, I had some amazing cricketers in that team as well,” Fazal said.
Fazal has only played one ODI for India against Zimbabwe in 2016 in which he had scored half century. On being asked why he could not get another opportunity in international cricket, the batsman said: “The competition in team India is very tight, I feel very fortunate that I played for India because that was the aim, to play for the country. Nothing can be compared with that. But I still aim to play for the test team. But, yes, I feel disappointed that I could not continue my place in the Indian team.”
“The game itself is my motivation and I love playing cricket at any stage. That’s why even in the off-season, unfortunately, this season, I could not go but I always travel to the UK and plays the premier league there,” he added.
Faiz has been leading Vidarbha from the front since the past two seasons. His runs tally stand at 1001 and 942 in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, ensuring Vidarbha win consecutive Ranji Trophy titles.
