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A Tale Of Talent Gone Wrong!
Everyone has read about success stories of different people, but have you ever wondered what happened to those who failed and why they failed?
Let us not read a Success Story today
Let's read A Failure Story today
Presenting before you
A TALE OF TALENT GONE WRONG!
WRITER -
ASMRIT BANERJEE
PUBLISHER-
SWAPNANIL PAUL
Sachin Tendulkar was Fifteen Years and Vinod Kambli was Sixteen Years when they had a partnership of 664 runs out of which Kambli scored 349* and Tendulkar 326*. Kambli was supposedly more talented than Tendulkar. Yet he made his debut three years following Sachin's.
Kambli displayed ample glimpses of his talent as he became the fastest Indian to score 1000 runs in test cricket. He also scored two double centuries in his 8 innings in 1993----- his first year of playing test cricket! In ODIs too he started well, averaging 46.5, 42.7 and 51.1 in his first 4 years of ODI cricket.
We wonder what has happened to this wonderful person. A difficult question, surely.
Over the next two years, his form deteriorated drastically. His technical difficulties against short ball were exposed and he crossed the fifty-run mark only twice in 13 innings and averaged in the 20s in tests. Most of his success had come at home in Asia. He played a total of 17 tests out of which he played 13 in India(Average- 53.8), 3 in Sri Lanka(Average- 83) and one in New Zealand(Average-14) whereas Tendulkar had his first tour itself to Pakistan(4 tests, Average-35.8), then New Zealand(3 tests, Average-29.2), then England(3 tests, Average-61.2) after an India test, Australia tour(5 tests, Average-46) and finally after a Zimbabwe test, a South Africa tour(4 tests, Average-33.6). This was the toughest rite of passage possible that too for a 16 year old!
By 1996 World Cup, Kambli's off the field antics and disciplinary issues had caught up with him and if he lost form, it meant that he would be dropped from the team. That was also the year(1996) India uncovered gems---- Dravid, Ganguly and then Laxman and that virtually closed off the test door for all other batsmen including Kambli who never played tests for India after that.
But now what about the Nine ODI comebacks? Let me tell you-------
He was consistently selected till 1996 but after that Ganguly replaced him in the ODI team as well and then he got sparse opportunities as replacement for injured players. He did relatively well in the comebacks--- scoring 65 off 80 balls in the match where Anwer made 194. He also made 53 in the successful chase against Pakistan where Rajesh Chauhan hit a six in the last over but he was still not considered a first choice player. In 1998, Laxman replaced him in the ODI team and luck betrayed him while fielding as a substitute fielder, he hurt his ankle. By 2000, India had moved on to talented youngsters like Yuvraj Singh who made his debut and that is when Kambli played his last International match for India. In his last 22 ODI innings he had managed just one 50+ score. That sums up where Kambli failed as a cricketer.
Harsha Bhogle says
"Beyond a point, it's passion, attitude and work ethics that count far far far more than talent"
Let us not read a Success Story today
Let's read A Failure Story today
Presenting before you
A TALE OF TALENT GONE WRONG!
WRITER -
ASMRIT BANERJEE
PUBLISHER-
SWAPNANIL PAUL
Sachin Tendulkar was Fifteen Years and Vinod Kambli was Sixteen Years when they had a partnership of 664 runs out of which Kambli scored 349* and Tendulkar 326*. Kambli was supposedly more talented than Tendulkar. Yet he made his debut three years following Sachin's.
Kambli displayed ample glimpses of his talent as he became the fastest Indian to score 1000 runs in test cricket. He also scored two double centuries in his 8 innings in 1993----- his first year of playing test cricket! In ODIs too he started well, averaging 46.5, 42.7 and 51.1 in his first 4 years of ODI cricket.
We wonder what has happened to this wonderful person. A difficult question, surely.
Over the next two years, his form deteriorated drastically. His technical difficulties against short ball were exposed and he crossed the fifty-run mark only twice in 13 innings and averaged in the 20s in tests. Most of his success had come at home in Asia. He played a total of 17 tests out of which he played 13 in India(Average- 53.8), 3 in Sri Lanka(Average- 83) and one in New Zealand(Average-14) whereas Tendulkar had his first tour itself to Pakistan(4 tests, Average-35.8), then New Zealand(3 tests, Average-29.2), then England(3 tests, Average-61.2) after an India test, Australia tour(5 tests, Average-46) and finally after a Zimbabwe test, a South Africa tour(4 tests, Average-33.6). This was the toughest rite of passage possible that too for a 16 year old!
By 1996 World Cup, Kambli's off the field antics and disciplinary issues had caught up with him and if he lost form, it meant that he would be dropped from the team. That was also the year(1996) India uncovered gems---- Dravid, Ganguly and then Laxman and that virtually closed off the test door for all other batsmen including Kambli who never played tests for India after that.
But now what about the Nine ODI comebacks? Let me tell you-------
He was consistently selected till 1996 but after that Ganguly replaced him in the ODI team as well and then he got sparse opportunities as replacement for injured players. He did relatively well in the comebacks--- scoring 65 off 80 balls in the match where Anwer made 194. He also made 53 in the successful chase against Pakistan where Rajesh Chauhan hit a six in the last over but he was still not considered a first choice player. In 1998, Laxman replaced him in the ODI team and luck betrayed him while fielding as a substitute fielder, he hurt his ankle. By 2000, India had moved on to talented youngsters like Yuvraj Singh who made his debut and that is when Kambli played his last International match for India. In his last 22 ODI innings he had managed just one 50+ score. That sums up where Kambli failed as a cricketer.
Harsha Bhogle says
"Beyond a point, it's passion, attitude and work ethics that count far far far more than talent"
