He was a rich man's son. In fact his father was a Indian cricketer himself! His father had made him a cement pitch with nets at his home in Chandigarh. He practised cricket at his home under the watchful eyes of an Indian fast bowler early in his childhood. Not many could afford that. In fact I have not heard of any.
He was the destiny's child. I mean, he was destined for greatness. In fact it would have been surprising had he not made it big in cricket. He had the natural flair. He had that swagger, didn't he? He could hit the most outrageous shot and make it look ridiculously easy. He is the only player who has hit a genuinely fast bowler for six consecutive sixes in this planet. Why only six consecutive sixes? Coz, Stuart Broad bowled only six balls in that over. Yuvi was that good.
Did the destiny's child achieve what he was destined to achieve? Is playing 300 games an achievement for this outrageous talent?
Well, the first three paragraphs looked rosy, isn't? How we wish life is like that? A bed of roses! Just the roses, without the thorns! Like an Indian road without the pothole! Oxymorons, aren't they? Roses without thorns. Indian roads without potholes. It just does not happen
And so were there, the thorns and the potholes, for Yuvi and his life as well. His parents separated. The stability of the family is lost. Sometimes I think his talent got to him. I mean, since he was outrageously talented, he played the careless shots. It happens. He had his distractions, which every rich kid in India had! And he had CANCER.
Believe me, that disease is dreadful. That can kill; Mentally, physically, emotionally! I have seen it first hand.
Yes, Yuvi was destined to play 300 games. But the nurse who brought him to his mother on the day he was born did not bring another plate with 300 ODI games. He had to fight through life, with all the thorns and potholes to get what he was destined to.
Yuvraj's life is a lesson for me personally in that, even the most incredibly talented individuals, people for whom life has given most things in a platter, will really have to put in as much effort as the guy for whom life was difficult, to achieve in the biggest of theatres.
In a world which celebrates only 'rags to riches' story, this guy's story should also be told, for it is not easy to achieve what was already expected of you; For expectations can be a dampeners!
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