Sure, they are being paid well and their future is secure with the many avenues available, but there is a need to educate them better on the exploits of their predecessors so that they fully realise the kind of effort and sacrifices it takes to make a successful cricketing career.

We have heard stories about Virender Sehwag not knowing who Vinoo Mankad was in 2005. A few years earlier, an India fast bowler identified Dr W G Grace as K S Ranjitsinhji while visiting a former cricketer’s home in Mumbai.