A product of time
Cricketers are the product of time. India loves cricket. So whenever India look demanding at the international stage if a player rise to the occasion he will be treated as great. India have many great cricketers. They played well and won the heart of Indians. Their popularity channelized into money that made cricketers richest sports community of India. They have power and influence but they never shown the courage of speaking a word for people.
A few cricketer like Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, and Suresh Raina speak out for the people of India. They don’t care about what India 25 per cent people who spend time on online, especially on twitter. They stood for the majority of Indians.