No prize for guessing who these Gentlemen are and what were their achievements? World know’s them or at least Sachin.
When both of them started, Kambli was the aggressive one. Bowlers feared him and his aggressive batting style.
In fact when he started his test career he was the first batsman who broke Sir Don Bradman’s record (Vinod Kambli made his second double-hundred in just his fifth innings, in 1993. Sir Don Bradman made his second double century in his 13th innings.)
On March 14, 1993, Kambli played a fantastic inning and became the first Indian batsman to score consecutive double-centuries in international cricket. What a feat and that too at such a young age.. He is still the fastest Indian to score 1000 runs in Test cricket (Cheteshwar Pujara recently scaled this landmark in 11 Tests, 18 innings, whereas Kambli needed only 14 innings)
Surprisingly Kambli played his last test match when he was just 23 years old… what a waste of talent.
Whereas Tendukkar struggled a lot in his debut test series against Pakistan. He made 15 in his first test and took many body blows from fast bowlers. He could shine only in the fourth test match. When he hung up his boots he held the records for most centuries in both test and one day matches.
So what is that made the diffrence, both of them played for same team and both of them were equally talented. What could Kambli have done better ? What was missing ?
When Kambli started he had a weakness of getting out against rising deliveries, Tendulkar too had this weakness .
Bowlers read this after few matches , but Tendulkar worked on this weakness. He changed his stance and practiced hard to overcome but Kambli did not. As a result Kambli became so predictable that for bowlers he was no longer a threat.
Being Predictable in such a competitive market and situation can be the biggest competitive disadvantage. You need to continuously evolve to become a Tendulkar of your field.. keep learning and unlearning too..
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Good thought to ponder during this time
You need to nurish your skills as you climb up the ladder in this super competitive scenario – remember the entire industry is keeping a bird eye on you.Excellent Example of Sachin and Vinod.
I wonder what would have been the reason for Kambli for not upgrading though it would have been evident that he has become so predictable??
Comfort Zone
Ego
Not giving attention to critics
Unawareness as to how
Lack of seriousness to take cricket as long time career
Lack of resources
I think conform zone
Learning and Unlearning both are very important..you need to learn new things and skills as per today’s and future prospects but at the same time you need to forget or unlearn old habits so that you are ready to accept new change and competition coz if you will be adamant with your old skills, you will never be able to change yourself as done exactly by kambli in this perfect example.
Over confidence