Boria Majumdar in Manchester
Sport is all about challenging yourself. About breaking barriers. About pushing the bar and setting new benchmarks. Anil Kumble with his jaw bandaged picking up Brian Lara’s wicket will forever be a picture postcard moment. The same for Nathan Lyon in the 2023 Ashes when he had come to the press conference in crutches. These are moments when you realise you are watching human endeavour of a very different league.
The moment Shardul Thakur got out the entire press box was keen to see who came out. Each one of us looked out for the Indian dressing room. And when Thakur waited for the next man in, it was evident that we would see the man walk in. Just as he walked out, he did his customary pranaam and looked up to the sky and then hobbled in. The entire crowd was stunned: there was a hushed silence which then went into a rupture. They realised something special was unfolding. And Old Trafford, let me say, will remember this moment.
Did he have to do it? Is this worth it? Is it against medical advice? Did the team management have a say in it? Pant was seen chatting with Gambhir so clearly there was a plan in place. Only a man who came to the ground in a moonboot walking out to bat is not something that you will see everyday. But then you don’t see a Rishabh Pant everyday either. A generational red-ball star. It has been proven yet one more time.
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