Whose Career Got Destroyed Due to Captains Ignorance
MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are the two most successful captains to have led the Indian cricket team. While Dhoni has a captaincy record in white-ball cricket, Kohli is also the same in the longest format in a short time.
Dhoni won everything that was there to be won in white-ball cricket and remains the only captain to win all three ICC trophies in limited-overs formats.
Despite not winning any major trophies during his tenure, Kohli still established himself as one of the great Indian captains, thanks to the impressive results he gathered in the game’s most challenging format.
The reason why both leaders were able to take Indian cricket to new heights was the talented players who were at their disposal. Apart from getting the best out of individuals who were already there, both the modern-day greats promoted several youngsters who went on to become legends of Indian cricket.
That said, not all players were as fortunate to get the chances that they deserved. The intense competition within the team meant that some players had to wait longer just to break into the team.
Even after making the squad, these unlucky cricketers weren’t given enough game time to prove that they belonged at this level. Rather than giving them a long rope, they were picked only when the seniors were rested.
Before they could get accustomed to the team environment, they were dropped from the squad, without any explanation. There were several cricketers whose careers got destroyed due to Dhoni and Kohli’s continued ignorance.
Manoj Tiwary
Manoj Tiwary is not the most fortunate man in Indian cricket. An aggressive batsman from Bengal, he impressed everybody with 796 runs at 99.50 in the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy, in the process breaking Bengal records and forcing his way into the India touring party for Bangladesh. On match eve in Mirpur - and everybody knew he was going to debut - he injured his shoulder severely during fielding practice. When the debut finally arrived in early 2008, he was jetlagged and in Brisbane, completely out of league against a searing Brett Lee. He had to wait for more than three years for his next international match and was asked to open the innings because he was replacing an underperforming opener in a second-string side.
Manoj Tiwary is a right-handed batsman who bowls occasional leg breaks. Tiwary represents Bengal in domestic cricket and played for Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab, and Rising Pune Supergiants in the Indian Premier League.
One of the stalwarts of domestic cricket performed never got a long rope in the Indian team. In an international career stretching seven years only featured in 12 ODIs and three T20Is.
Despite turning up decent figures in whatever limited opportunities he got, it’s a pity that a middle-order batter could never cement his position in the national team.
The biggest regret of Tiway’s career is that despite scoring his maiden international hundred and winning the Player of the Match award, he was made to wait seven months for his next appearance.
The current management that is backing the players despite failing in 4-5 matches, had it been there when I was playing, it would have helped me because if you remember, I scored a 100 against West Indies and was named Man of the Match. And still got dropped for the next 14 matches, and couldn’t make a place in the Playing XI. It is still a mystery. This question I will definitely ask those who were in charge back then," Tiwary told.
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