NEW DELHI: "Mere hisaab se cricket toh gentleman ka hi game hai (According to me cricket is still a gentleman's sport)," Rishabh Pant managed a sheepish smile as he replied a query on 'spirit of cricket'.
These are interesting instances in cricket. The ball-tampering row has long past beyond being just a case of breach within the rules of the game. It's turn out to be more in regards to the tradition that has helped the Australians dominate each and every opposition within the last two decades. A tradition that some felt India had to embrace as an antidote to the aggressive Aussies.
Here on the Feroz Shah Kotla, Gautam Gambhir and Ricky Ponting are operating in combination to show round Delhi Daredevils' fortunes in IPL. These are two males who have epitomized hard, in-your-face cricket for his or her respective countries. "Kaafi kuchh alag ho sakta hai (a lot of different things could happen this time)," mentioned the 20-year-old Pant, excited on the opportunity to work with this new combo. "Gautam bhaiya jeetne ke liye khelte hain (Gautam always plays to win). Our coach Ricky Ponting too has the same frame of mind," he added.
This 'playing-to-win' theory even though, turns out to have a different connotation now. It's more about intimidating the opposition. It's the mindset that might easily threaten to jeopardise the very idea of the 'gentleman's sport'. Pant has evolved as a cricketer mostly below Rahul Dravid - at U-19 degree, India 'A' and at Delhi Daredevils. He's now stepping out of the 'Dravid procedure' and as he tries to make the Indian staff's dressing room his house, he will have to wear the 'aggressive perspective' that Virat Kohli looks for in his gamers.
"When it comes to a coach, he can only work on the mindset of a player. It's up to the player to take care of his performance," Pant mentioned of operating below different leaders now. And he does now not hesitate to declare that he likes the vibes exuded by way of Ponting even if it's been simply two days of coaching with the former Australian captain. "For me, the most important thing is that a person should emit positive vibes. And Ponting has done that. That's the best thing for the team," Pant, one in all DD's retentions this yr, mentioned.
Even as his countrymen fight to come back to terms with Steve Smith's confession, Ponting has assembled the bunch of Indian boys (the overseas recruits are but to arrive) however has now not spoken particularly on the spirit of cricket. It has all been in regards to the power to win, say assets within the DD staff.
In their bid to be embrace aggression, Indian cricketers have been strolling a good rope. And for children like Pant, the challenge would be in making an attempt not to commute as part of the big boys' gang. Like he mentioned, "As a 20-year-old I can only learn from seniors - be it technique or the spirit of cricket."
These are interesting instances in cricket. The ball-tampering row has long past beyond being just a case of breach within the rules of the game. It's turn out to be more in regards to the tradition that has helped the Australians dominate each and every opposition within the last two decades. A tradition that some felt India had to embrace as an antidote to the aggressive Aussies.
Here on the Feroz Shah Kotla, Gautam Gambhir and Ricky Ponting are operating in combination to show round Delhi Daredevils' fortunes in IPL. These are two males who have epitomized hard, in-your-face cricket for his or her respective countries. "Kaafi kuchh alag ho sakta hai (a lot of different things could happen this time)," mentioned the 20-year-old Pant, excited on the opportunity to work with this new combo. "Gautam bhaiya jeetne ke liye khelte hain (Gautam always plays to win). Our coach Ricky Ponting too has the same frame of mind," he added.
This 'playing-to-win' theory even though, turns out to have a different connotation now. It's more about intimidating the opposition. It's the mindset that might easily threaten to jeopardise the very idea of the 'gentleman's sport'. Pant has evolved as a cricketer mostly below Rahul Dravid - at U-19 degree, India 'A' and at Delhi Daredevils. He's now stepping out of the 'Dravid procedure' and as he tries to make the Indian staff's dressing room his house, he will have to wear the 'aggressive perspective' that Virat Kohli looks for in his gamers.
"When it comes to a coach, he can only work on the mindset of a player. It's up to the player to take care of his performance," Pant mentioned of operating below different leaders now. And he does now not hesitate to declare that he likes the vibes exuded by way of Ponting even if it's been simply two days of coaching with the former Australian captain. "For me, the most important thing is that a person should emit positive vibes. And Ponting has done that. That's the best thing for the team," Pant, one in all DD's retentions this yr, mentioned.
Even as his countrymen fight to come back to terms with Steve Smith's confession, Ponting has assembled the bunch of Indian boys (the overseas recruits are but to arrive) however has now not spoken particularly on the spirit of cricket. It has all been in regards to the power to win, say assets within the DD staff.
In their bid to be embrace aggression, Indian cricketers have been strolling a good rope. And for children like Pant, the challenge would be in making an attempt not to commute as part of the big boys' gang. Like he mentioned, "As a 20-year-old I can only learn from seniors - be it technique or the spirit of cricket."
Australia's unraveling a warning for young Indian cricketers
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