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Supermaniam Badrinath: Takes Off

By Flamy August 22 2008
S. Badrinath has finally got his chance to shine, after nearly a decade proving himself at the first class level such that among active Indian players he has a first class average second only to the great Sachin Tendulkar. Flamy like millions of his faithful fans feared for his future. They need worry no more

So, finally after months and months of pining by people here and probably many out there, the man relegated to the sidelines for reasons Watson would do well to take a healthy interest in is in. It is almost like the collective consciousness of a lot of desperate fans has physically manifested in to the real world. Fans desperate to find some source of hope for the Indian team with it's rapidly depleting Middle Order.

Now, whatever may be the arguments of the fickleness of the Desi Cricket Fan - the enthusiastic shifting of the blame, prophetizing a messiah who would be invariably out of the national squad, the incredible Lasik-proof myopia to be completely blind beyond 22-yards to look at a true prodigy of a bowler but rather focusing on the struggles of rookie batsmen (who albeit have surprised many by doing well in the recent past) - whatever the shortcomings of these fans, we did recognize the talent, the potential and most importantly - the CLASS of Subramaniam Badrinath.

The story of Badrinath is almost mythical. I'd always heard his name come up incessantly on the forums as a prolific scorer in the First Class local tourneys, people on the forums touted him again and again, and I held myself aloof of all the hype for I reasoned that Domestic Giants were almost always International Wimps. Also, he was mainly regarded as a replacement in the TESTs.

Then, I saw him in the IPL. The first thing I noticed was an absence of any jitters and a calm sense of belonged presence. He wasn't overwhelmed to be playing BIG. The statistical superhero had a face, a technique and the ever ethereal "class" that can only be recognized by a human rather than a StatsGuru.

Most surprising, of course, was this Test specialist seemed to have no problem to hit the ground running and scoring above 100 SR. The fact that he is an excellent fielder and runs brilliantly between the wickets is just icing on the icing. The cake, of course, is his work ethic.

It is the rare beauty of acute stupidity that a batsman who has been performing consistently in the domestic circuit and has followed the time-tested path to international arena had to literally beg to be given "the chance to fail". Badri's own words spell out the frustration that wasn't just felt by him but by all of us here working out conspiracies of a North-South divide.

Be as it may, Badri has found a place in the team. And he has again shown that "The Big Games" have no effect on him. He took one excellent catch and had a decent stint at the middle facing the M&Ms. It was just a 27*, but I'm sure you'll understand the emotional outburst of us fans - who have been waiting so long for Badri to make his international debut - when we hit the streets and proclaim inebriated: Supermaniam Badrinath hits winning runs on debut!!!

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Re: Badri hits winning runs on his debut!

Posted by: Gabbar (IP Logged)

Date: 20/08/2008 19:58

Maybe this is the right time - because we will need to replace
oldies in test matches as well

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Re: Badri hits winning runs on his debut!

Posted by: JayJ (IP Logged)

Date: 21/08/2008 00:35

fantastic writing Flamy. thanks to all people here who have been asking for Badri's chance, Forget the strike rate. He played well and that catch was fantastic. That itself may have saved anywhere fron 20 to 50+ runs because Dilshan was getting to play his shots.

So keep praying that Badri scores more runs and cements his place before sehwag and Sachin are back. He needs some more good performances, otherwise still could be dropped, Need to give him an extended run.

IF the Champions trophy goes ahead in Pak or SL, I am not sure Sachin will be ready. SO good knocks here makes him a part of that squad too.

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