Read in a column that the fast bowler who played in Kanpur Test against Sri Lanka was picked up by the captain’s instinct. He was always in the news for all reasons other than cricket, but on a flat pitch the same fast bowler bowled India to 100th sweet cricket Test victory. Leaders do take the decisions many a times instinct and back them to the core.
One of the charismatic captain and all-rounder from across the border led his country to victory many a times by backing his decisions. He picked up a 40 yr old left arm spinner in 1987 tour of India against criticism and fulfilled his dream of beating India in India in the last Bangalore test. Similarly he picked up a 19 year old lanky batsmen in 1992 world cup and with the same batsman’s contribution in two crucial matches went on to win the world cup. He picked up a fast bowler from a club level and played him in the Test level, who went on to become a “Toe Crusher”.
The point is, the Leaders weigh their options and go with their instinct and umpteem times it proves right than wrong. One is taking the decision and then backing it up all through the process. These kind of decisions are taken on intuition which is backed by experience and gut feel. It requires no data.The recent indian cricket skippers are giving away from the traditional paths and the results are shown on the field and the statistical data. In many other domains too similar kind of leadership is being shown and probably this is what it is all about Next Gen India...
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