What our champion cricketers can teach us
- Krishnamurthy Subramanian
- Jul 8, 2024, 21:03 IST IST
Being good enough isn’t enough * Beat others at their own game * Teamwork before ego * Merit over connections * Be humble
Seeing the happiness over India’s T20 World Cup victory pouring in the streets of Mumbai, I am motivated to reflect and ask: What can we all learn from our cricket team? As every Indian follows cricket so diligently, it’s apt to imbibe lessons from the game.
The first and foremost lesson to imbibe is that of mindset. India were terrible travellers in the 1990s because that cricket team had the mindset that winning in India on tailormade pitches was good enough. In contrast, every team that has followed since then, from Ganguly’s to Dhoni’s, Kohli’s and Rohit’s, has prioritised winning abroad. So, the key change after the 1990s era was the aspiration that “Good enough is not enough! We must be the best in the world”.
The first and foremost lesson to imbibe is that of mindset. India were terrible travellers in the 1990s because that cricket team had the mindset that winning in India on tailormade pitches was good enough. In contrast, every team that has followed since then, from Ganguly’s to Dhoni’s, Kohli’s and Rohit’s, has prioritised winning abroad. So, the key change after the 1990s era was the aspiration that “Good enough is not enough! We must be the best in the world”.
