Adam Gilchrist, MS Dhoni changed cricket for wicket-keepers: Sanju Samson

NEW DELHI: Aggression at top of the order was almost non-existent until New Zealand's Mark Greatbatch, under the leadership of the late Martin Crowe, took the white ball on in the 1992 World Cup. Though, before Greatbatch, India's Kri Srikkanth played fearlessly as well, the Kiwi opener took it to a different level. The approach was later adopted by India too, when in March 1994, on the tour of New Zealand, India experimented to open with Sachin Tendulkar, whose 82 runs off 49 balls in Auckland became part of cricket folklore. In the 1996 World Cup, Sri Lanka turned that 'opening aggression' up...