There have been few and far in between players who have promised to make the leap of faith to stardom in sports but have left unimpressionable imprints on the minds that they bear no significance to the sports followers. Ok now for the simpler explanation of the first sentence – There have been sports players who have promising talent to be the best but did not become famous because they were not able to beat/overcome the No.1 Player in that respective field/position/category.
To put things in perspective, take the case of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. ‘FedXpress’ was unbeatable at one stage going through brilliant tennis form and was almost on the brink of breaking the 14 Grand Slam title record of Pete Sampras(men’s singles), when one man decided the other way. Nadal was thriving in the shadows for long and remained No.2 for quite some weeks whilst Roger remained No.1 seed for around 70 weeks continuously. Then came the leap of faith that has made a difference beyond recognition and has made tennis more competitive in recent times. Rafeal Nadal(the king of clay court) won the French Open (2008), Australian Open(2009) to become the No.1 seed. There are very few players in the sports fraternity who can make that jump across the Grand Canyon and that is what I admire about Rafa – the fighter.
Fast-track to IPL 2009 , Delhi Daredevils my fav team’s wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik is one of such “shadow” cricketers. He has been playing exceptionally well for the past few games. (He reads the game to perfection and plays accordingly). Sometimes irrational shots get him out but you can grant the batsman such errors. Dhoni has occupied the No.1 wicketkeeper slot of India and has bolstered his future chances now by becoming a successful Indian captain. His place in the team is a certainty. And it will require Dinesh Karthik – a massive, extraordinary effort to beat the blues and come out trumps. Let’s see how the man performs and any doubts about him - put it aside. My vote is for Dinesh Karthik. Go Delhi Go.
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Dude....
ReplyDeleteYou are decent stuff man..... :)
Keep going....
This jinx seems to afflict not only outstanding individuals but organizations as well.They may be the most successful organizations in their own right,but just could not outgrow within the shadows their larger competetors. Be it AMD against Intel our very own HDFC against the ICICI Bank.
ReplyDeleteTrue. But HDFC is like a monster chasing a even bigger monster, a behemoth. There is plenty of room for both of them to play.
ReplyDeleteTwo years on Rafa still remains no.1 seed. Fed seems to have outgrown his own greatness and was super'seded' by Rafa.
But Dinesh karthik hasn't lived up to his potential(or so it seemed to me).
Like you said many companies fail to make the leap of faith from good to great.