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#t is +ery much so, 3or instance you/+e successully communicated
with one (erson in a certainway, :ou try that same method with
another guy with a similar (ersonality and it might not work atall,
.nd you/ll realiMe you ha+e to igure out a whole new way o getting
the est out o this guy,$o egin with # may know three dierent ways o
communicating a thing, Gut as # interact withmore (eo(le and learn
more aout them # might de+elo( 1! new ways o saying the same
thing,$hat can make a lot o dierence, .s humans we can e +ery o(en
and e)(ressi+e ut we arealso +ery secreti+e aout certain things, So
it has to e a trial and error thing,
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# don/t (lan a lot and elie+e in my gut eel, Gut what many
(eo(le don/t understand is that toha+e that gut eel you ha+e to
ha+e e)(erienced that thing eore, 3or instance you don/t
knowanything aout ikes, # o(en one o my ike engines and kee( it in
ront o you and ask youwhich model does your gut eeling say this
engine elongs to/ you will e clueless, :ou won/tha+e a gut eeling
ecause you don/t know anything aout the o9ect there, &y gut
eelingcomes rom my (ast e)(eriences o all the cricket #/+e (layed
in my lie and the situations # ha+eaced, #t/s not something you
9ust eel or a moment without any logic, #t is an educated chanceyou
take ased on your (ast knowledge and # really elie+e in that
eeling,
Doe" $+#$ "+*,$ $+e #//&o#4+ ,&om 1e*(6 #4$*)e $o 1e*(6
&e #4$*)e7
#n our s(ort there are a lot o actors that determine how a
atsman is going to at on a gi+enday the weather the wicket the
condition o the all the owlers he is acing and his own orm,$here
are ew (lans you chalk out ased on the stats and the +ideo ootage o
that atsman ut# think a owlers/ meeting is enough to sort those
things out, # distance mysel rom it so when # goon the ield # don/t
ha+e any i)ed notions in my mind, # see how the atsman is atting
that day
how the owler is owling and what the reasons are ehind it, Gased
on that inormation # ormmy (lans using my instincts,
Yo% +#) e #-!#" 1ee ( # 4#/$#*( $+#$ 1#45" $+e /-#e&" +e 1e
-*e)e " *(. Doe" *$ 6e$$o%6+ #$ $*me" $o e,e( $+#$ 1#45*(6 !+e( $+e
/-#e& oe"(3$ &e"/o( !*$+/e&,o&m#(4e"7
%hat ha((ens is or instance someone is atting at No, " in the
7'#s, %hen he is atting reallywell he hardly gets si)-se+en o+ers
ecause the to( i+e ha+e also atted well and scores 80odd runs, $hen
one day he walks in to at with 40 o+ers remaining gets out chea(ly
and (eo(lesay he got an o((ortunity ut he lued it/, $hey ail to
consider that he walked in when the teamwas 20 or ! and so the
(itch might e diicult or the owling attack lethal, 'on/t orget
the(ressure o those i+e wickets and the act that he has to at in a
com(letely dierent way thanhe is used to which is slogging away in
the death o+ers, So you ha+e to e air to him eore9ust discarding
him saying he hasn/t taken his o((or tunities, .s a ca(tain when
these thingsha((en to a (layer you ha+e acked you sometimes also
ha+e to acce(t that things don/talways go as (lanned es(ecially in
an uncertain s(ort like ours, %hen you are going though a
rough (atch all the good alls are owled to you and all the
outstanding catches are taken oyou, Ha+ing said that # also eel
that sometimes it/s est to gi+e him a reak rom the (ressureso
international cricket and let him come ack resh ater regaining his
touch in domestic cricket,# he/s really good he will e+entually
make it at the to( le+el,
Do o% ,ee- #( "/e4*#- 8o o, )*(*4#$*o( !+e( +e ,*(#-- 4ome" 6oo7
I" $+e&e #,ee-*(6 o, &e-*e, o& "#$*",#4$*o(7
&ore than that you eel ha((y or the (layer, #t/s not aout
9ustiying your decision, ;+en thoughyou acked him throughout it was
he who worked hard to o+ercome the ailures and e+entuallydeli+ered
on the (romise that he showed,
Yo% !e&e 6&oome %(e & $+e 6%*#(4e o, $+e 1 *6 ,*) e.
T+e "/o$$e # /o$e($*#- -e #e&*( o%. I$ !#" Te(%-5#& !+o
"%66e "$e o%& (#me ,o& 4#/$#*(4. D* o% e)e & 6e$ #(*e#
$+#$ $+e #&e "ee*(6 o% #" I(*#3" (e:$ 4#/$#*(7
No that was ne+er the case, # think it was more aout the
interactions that # had with them, 3or
instance whene+er Sachin came on to owl and ecause he could owl
so many dierentdeli+eries he would ask me what the est all would e
seam-u( leg-s(in o-s(in de(ending on the wicket and the atsman,
Perha(s the honest o(inions # ga+e him at these(oints made him
elie+e that # read the game well, .lso eing the kee(er # was always
close tothe seniors in the sli( cordon and had many interactions
with them regarding where the gamestood or what could e done to
gain an ad+antage o+er the o((onent, # think those were
thecon+ersations that led them into elie+ing that # could e a good
leader,
So< * *$ 4ome #" # $o$#- "%&/&*"e $o o% !+e( o%
!e&e (#me $+e 4#/$#*(7
#t did ecause # was ne+er really aiming or ca(taincy, 3or me
eing a (art o the team is muchmore im(ortant than eing the ca(tain,
5a(taincy is 9ust an added res(onsiility you get ecauseothers think
you will e good at that 9o,
T+e ICC Te"$ M#4e< ICC C+#m/*o(" T&o/+< ICC Wo&-
C%/ 20>>< ICC Wo&- T!e($20 $e $+em *( o&e& o,
*m/o&$#(4e $o o% #" # 4#/$#*( #( 4&*45e$e& #( !+7
#t/s like asking a mother to choose her a+ourite child, .ll o
them are im(ortant in their own wayand # will tell you why,
T+e Te"$ m#4e?#t was s(ecial ecause it was the result o
consistent hard work o three years, #twasn/t like you (lay well or
one tournament and you win, $here was a lot that went into
gettingthere and e+eryone including the (layers selectors and the
su((ort sta contriuted to the rise,#t wasn/t only aout (laying well
on the ield ut also eing it on and o it, %e needed our
senior(layers to e there during tough times and or that they had to
work hard on their itness along
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T+e 20>> Wo&- C%/? $his had a dierent challenge, $hose
1! (layers who ormed the s6uadnot only had to (lay their est
cricket or that (eriod ut also e in a really good mental state,$hey
needed to stay calm amid all the (ressures and constantly
concentrate on the areas theyneeded to im(ro+e on des(ite all that
was going on around them, 3itness again was +eryim(ortant and
diicult to maintain gi+en the amount o cricket we (lay,
T+e C+#m/*o(" T&o/+< 20>@?%e were going through a +ery
tough (hase as a team and notmany ga+e us a chance to win in the
;nglish conditions, #t was a side in transition and the(erormance
there showed the character o these young men,
T+e 200 Wo&- T!e($20? %ell what can # say aout that* #t was
the eginning o e+erything
that ollowed or my young team and or me as a ca(tain,
# don/t think # will e+er e ale to (ick one and say this is the
closest to my heart/, $hey all are,
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&oom ,o& $+em *( o%& +o%"e7
$hat/s my retirement (lan, $he good thing is that # do collect a
lot o stum(s ut the ad one is #don/t (ut a mark as to which match
they were rom, So ater # retire #/ll watch the +ideos o all
mymatches look closely at the s(onsors logos on the stum(s and
igure out which match a stum(elongs to, #t will e my (ost-cricket
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K&%(#- J#(*Q $eam leaderat Priya Sot%e Solutions P+t,
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#ns(i rational inter+iew,,,really nice inter+iew,,,&any many
ha((y returns o the day,,,&ahi,,,Re(lyQ LikeQ Q July 7 at
120Bam27
A"*m L#+*&*Q SecretaryDPersonal .ss istantat ice o ESSR
. lot to learn rom,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we the #ndian cricket ans are
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