Friday, March 25, 2016

Cricket not just a game

It was great game of cricket not only from game's point of view but it gives important life lessons. First it teaches the self belief. Bangladesh showed confidence in their batting line up by opting to field first against strong looking Indian batting. They almost succeeded in their game plan. Be confident and have self belief, success awaits you.

Second lesson we can learn is power of mind. Bumrah after mis-fielding and dropping a catch  gave 16 runs in an over. In his short career he has given these many runs in his full quota of overs. Finally he succeeded in delivering two overs with quality yorkers in the death. It was possible only when he came over his failure in power play. Every moment is fresh moment. Forget the failures of past and one can achieve unthinkable.

Further we should appreciate importance of positive attitude When It seemed that Bangladesh was cruising towards victory, Dhoni brought in slip fielder, and it was not the tactics to apply just pressure on batsman as he put in his one of the best fielders in that position. And he got out a set batsman and which can well be considered as the turning point of the game. Almost all captains would have gone with defensive field at that moment. So optimism almost always delivers.

The most important management lesson this match teaches is of having confidence in your juniors. With both Bumrah and Pandya having failed in the first half of the innings, most of the other captains would have gone for other alternatives like Raina, Yuvraj, Rohit, Kohli in 11-15 overs and saved Ashwin and Jadeja foor last 3. But Dhoni  reposed faith in the abilities of Bumrah and Pandya. Support of seniors encourages one to perform best.

Next we learn not to celebrate prematurely. One should wait for the final result before celebrating. BD batsmen because complacent after second boundary of the last over. They became object of all sarcasm for their celebration. Premature celebration brings complacency and overconfidence and these two are sufficient to snatch defeat from jaws of victory.

And finally one should be aware about his best trait. In the last ball Dhoni could have thrown the ball at the stumps but he ran instead..as he knew he can better run fast than aim. This insight helps one to utilize his best quality when it is needed the most.

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