‘Lack of red-ball cricket hampering players’ skills’: Unadkat

All too different: Unadkat says when the Saurashtra team started practising, it felt like a whole new game. (Source: File photo)

Saurashtra skipper Jaydev Unadkat feels the players’ skills against the red ball have started diminishing and potential cancellation of a second consecutive Ranji Trophy season will be a “great loss” for domestic cricket in India.

After the COVID-19-forced cancellation of Ranji Trophy last year, a first in the tournament’s rich history, the postponement of the current season due to the third wave of the pandemic has left many players worried.