The fiery Indian fast bowler, Umesh Yadav has opened on his budding days in cricket and revealed that he got hold of the seasoned ball very late in his career. Yadav added that he always believed in himself of making it to the international cricket and he was noticed by someone from his deadly yorkers and then the windows started opening for him.
During a recent chat with Cricbuzz, Umesh said, “When I entered the ground someone noticed my fast Yorkers and then the secretary gave me the offer to play district cricket for Nagpur. I took 8 wickets and they called me for a summer camp. On the first day of the camp, the coach asked me where were my cricketing shoes. He said that ‘you don’t have shoes you have come here, you guys call anyone, he doesn’t even know about spikes shoes’.”
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Nagpur-born pacer then worked harder and then finally a day came when he was set to play against stalwarts Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman in a Duleep Trophy game. Umesh was excited when he was going to play in Duleep Trophy but when he got the squad information of South Zone he was terrified.
Umesh recalled, “When I went to play the Duleep Trophy match and got to know the team I would be playing against and I would be bowling against the likes of Dravid and Laxman – I was terrified. I said ‘bacche ki jaan loge kya (will you kill the small kid)’. I took a 5-wicket haul for South Zone and I got the big wickets of Dravid and Laxman.”
It’s a known fact that Umesh Yadav belongs from a more than a humble background and his success has been a result of extremely hard work and sacrifices. He had his shares of struggle while growing up.
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Umesh elaborated, “I wouldn’t get money from home but I had to buy spikes, a bat, pads and other things. Where would I get the money from? So, I used to play three matches in a day in the scorching heat. It didn’t matter how hot the conditions in Nagpur were, I used to play and that period I believe was was a struggle for me.”
Yadav is known for his high-speed bowling and massive bat swings and he reckons that he is not scared of future failures. The reason he gave for the same was just perfect.
