India, Oct. 8 -- The year just gone by has seen a generational shift as a certain vintage of international cricketers step away from the sport to make way for the new wave of stars. This has been evident the msot in Indian cricket, where superstars like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin have hung up their boots, but also in places like New Zealand, which has bid goodbye to names like Ross Taylor and Tim Southee.

This means that a player such as Kane Williamson, who was part of the same U-19 cohort as Kohli and Southee, and now has been a consistent international for 15 years, has undoubtedly considered his own future at the age of 35. Although that seems to be a fair way away with Williamson still producing quality runs ...