"The Board Of Control for Cricket in India has some tough calls to make. My main recommendation is to get their players to play county cricket. Young Indian players need exposing to a wider world outside the pampering and riches of the Indian Premier League. They need to learn how to bat and bowl in our conditions." Michael Vaughan, England's 2005 Ashes-winning captain was quite elaborate in his analysis of the recently concluded India vs England Test series.


Zaheer Abbas 

Like Yorkshireman Vaughan and other cricket pundits, former Pakistan captain and batting great Zaheer Abbas (67) too felt India's premier batsmen would benefit from the county circuit. Cheteshwar Pujara is all set for a stint with Derbyshire. "County cricket will help them a lot. Most of us (Pakistan players) played there and it did us good. The ball seams around in England and if you can control the seaming ball, batting becomes much easier," Zaheer told mid-day from Karachi.