Kraigg Brathwaite - West Indies' irreplaceable, under-the-radar constant

Kraigg Brathwaite will not go down as one of the greatest players to have played Test cricket for the West Indies. He will not have Calypsos written about him. He is not likely to get a mention in any of Dwayne Bravo's songs either.

He will not be glorified the way his predecessors are. His achievements will not be treated with that heightened air of reverence exclusively associated with cricketers of renown from the Caribbean islands.

This is not to argue that he should be added to that venerated list or that the cricket world should start looking at the West Indian Test captain with more awe than it does. To start with, neither does his style of play lend to it nor does the fact that his career has been played out during arguably one of the least successful eras of West Indian cricket.

But it is safe to say that Brathwaite certainly deserves more than he gets. He certainly has given more to West Indies cricket than he's got back from them. He certainly has done enough in his career for his performances to be divorced from those of his team with regards to how they're looked at and celebrated.

For, while everyone else around the islands and around the world has constantly kept looking in the rear-view mirror in hope, Brathwaite has kept steering his team forward, in his own measured and steady fashion, with belief.