MUMBAI: Each time Mumbai’s cricket group performs badly, the cricketing stalwarts of the town are harm. That ache was evident on former India coach Ravi Shastri‘s face as he expressed critical concern about Mumbai’s poor present thus far this season, whereas talking as a chief visitor on Sunday on the prize distribution operate of the Police Protect on the Police Gymkhana on Marine Drive.
Shastri spoke about how passionately he follows Mumbai cricket, regardless of his busy schedule. “I might need been coach of India, travelling across the globe, and in addition after I was doing tv work right here and there, however I control Mumbai cricket, as a result of I am a proud Mumbai participant who likes to win. He performs it truthful, he performs it arduous, however he performs to win,” Shastri stated.
“And after I generally see scoresheets that present Pondicherry beating Mumbai, not that they’re an strange group, any group can beat any group on a day, but it surely tells you that there’s a downside someplace. Once you see a group like Himachal cruising by way of to the ultimate, with none huge names, and Mumbai not getting by way of and it has been for a while now, you then begin asking questions,” he stated.
Mumbai crashed out within the league stage in each the white ball tournaments this season – the Vijay Hazare Trophy and earlier the Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Shastri, who, on the fag finish of his profession had captained a largely younger Mumbai aspect to a memorable Ranji Trophy triumph within the 1993-94 season, felt that among the Mumbai gamers could have grow to be complacent of late. “I get the sensation lots of people who play for Mumbai as of late take issues with no consideration. They assume that when we have now a Mumbai stamp, then we are going to win, however this does not occur. It’s important to go and respect the sport. Respect the work ethics, respect the place you’ve gotten come from after which exit and play as a group, that’s the Mumbai cricket group, with pleasure,” he asserted.
The 59-year-old lauded India’s ODI specialist Suryakumar Yadav for turning out for his membership Parsee Gymkhana within the Police Protect. “I feel the very best factor I favored was to see senior gamers from Mumbai coming and enjoying this match (Police Protect). Somebody like Suryakumar Yadav, who’s with Indian group now, with the Mumbai group, when you’ve gotten such gamers, coming and enjoying these tournaments, it solely offers confidence to the opposite gamers to emulate them,” added Shastri.
Transient scores: Parsee Gymkhana 524-9 & 142 in 37.4 overs (Sachin Yadav 53; Roystan Dias 5-51, Atif Attarwala 4-39) bt Payyade SC 171 and 197-6 in 40 overs (Bhupen Lalwani 46, Siddhesh Lad 46; Sagar Udeshi 3-65) by 298 runs
Shastri spoke about how passionately he follows Mumbai cricket, regardless of his busy schedule. “I might need been coach of India, travelling across the globe, and in addition after I was doing tv work right here and there, however I control Mumbai cricket, as a result of I am a proud Mumbai participant who likes to win. He performs it truthful, he performs it arduous, however he performs to win,” Shastri stated.
“And after I generally see scoresheets that present Pondicherry beating Mumbai, not that they’re an strange group, any group can beat any group on a day, but it surely tells you that there’s a downside someplace. Once you see a group like Himachal cruising by way of to the ultimate, with none huge names, and Mumbai not getting by way of and it has been for a while now, you then begin asking questions,” he stated.
Mumbai crashed out within the league stage in each the white ball tournaments this season – the Vijay Hazare Trophy and earlier the Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Shastri, who, on the fag finish of his profession had captained a largely younger Mumbai aspect to a memorable Ranji Trophy triumph within the 1993-94 season, felt that among the Mumbai gamers could have grow to be complacent of late. “I get the sensation lots of people who play for Mumbai as of late take issues with no consideration. They assume that when we have now a Mumbai stamp, then we are going to win, however this does not occur. It’s important to go and respect the sport. Respect the work ethics, respect the place you’ve gotten come from after which exit and play as a group, that’s the Mumbai cricket group, with pleasure,” he asserted.
The 59-year-old lauded India’s ODI specialist Suryakumar Yadav for turning out for his membership Parsee Gymkhana within the Police Protect. “I feel the very best factor I favored was to see senior gamers from Mumbai coming and enjoying this match (Police Protect). Somebody like Suryakumar Yadav, who’s with Indian group now, with the Mumbai group, when you’ve gotten such gamers, coming and enjoying these tournaments, it solely offers confidence to the opposite gamers to emulate them,” added Shastri.
Transient scores: Parsee Gymkhana 524-9 & 142 in 37.4 overs (Sachin Yadav 53; Roystan Dias 5-51, Atif Attarwala 4-39) bt Payyade SC 171 and 197-6 in 40 overs (Bhupen Lalwani 46, Siddhesh Lad 46; Sagar Udeshi 3-65) by 298 runs
Suryakumar Yadav donated his Greatest Batsman award money prize of the ultimate to the three groundsmen on the Police Gymkhana