A need to back the new generation

Dileep Premachandran, in Wisden India, questions the cynicism with regards to the younger generation of cricketers by those who 'cling to the past', saying the current crop of players do not have their priorities wrong.

We do these players a massive disservice when we question their priorities. The fact that they're very rich young men insulated from many of life's harsher realities is neither here nor there. Cricketers of Ranatunga's generation were equally privileged. They may not have made as much money, but they enjoyed and continue to enjoy an exalted place in society.