Harry Brook, England’s Test vice-captain, isn’t thinking about being part of a new fab four or having a rivalry with India’s captain Shubman Gill. He does respect Gill’s batting, especially how he plays against fast bowlers, and hopes they get to play against each other a lot.
The original fab four – Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root, and Kane Williamson – was a term coined by Martin Crowe from New Zealand. Kohli has retired from Tests and T20s, and the others are getting to the end of their careers. Gill, who might be the next Test captain and is replacing Kohli at No. 4, is a popular choice for marketing. Same goes for Brook, who represents England’s very attacking brand of cricket.
Brook was asked if he thinks he’s one of the new four or if his rivalry with Gill could be like the one between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in tennis.
No, I hadn’t even thought about that, he told The Times of India. He’s a very good player, and I hope I play enough for England to face him many times. Watching him last week, he’s very good, plays the ball late and handles fast bowling very well. I hope we don’t see too much of that for the rest of this series. But I’m sure we’ll play a lot against each other.
Some fans have suggested names like Rachin Ravindra and Yashasvi Jaiswal over the years, but there’s no clear four yet. Some supporters also think there shouldn’t be another fab four because that name belongs only to Kohli, Root, Williamson and Smith from around 2014.
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Brook is playing in the five-Test series against India. His 99 in the first Test was the difference between the two teams at Headingley. England might have an advantage in the second Test which starts on Wednesday as India might rest Jasprit Bumrah.He’s a good bowler – he bowls from a slightly awkward angle and has a lot of skill, Brook said. Just try to respect his good balls and attack his bad balls like any bowler. We won well with him last week. We’ll try to put pressure on all the bowlers; doesn’t matter who’s bowling at us. But if the team is missing the No. 1 Test bowler in the world, it might make a difference.
