Need For Inspiration

Unlike my previous post I didn't have a difficult time in choosing the cricketer to blabber about as both my favourite cricketer and the one who inspires me the most is the same person, Rahul Dravid.                                                               Rahul Dravid                     Rahul Dravid was considered a boring player during the initial stages of his career by ...... almost everybody. Hardly anybody puts on TV if Dravid plays. He was considered unfit to play ODI's. But Dravid went on to become on of the most reliable player in Indian team in both Tests and ODI's. His exploits with Laxman and Sachin are unparalleled. In spite of not having the natural skills of master blaster Sachin, or the flamboyance of Sehwag he created a niche for himself with his textbook shots. In fact during his peak form in 2002-2006 many believe that he excelled more than Sachin Tendulker. He donned various roles given to him and is termed the ultimate team-man. As Hars

I will start my blog with some sports personalities who inspired me (as I am more familiar with sports achievements). When I decided to write about a tennis star, I had to make a difficult choice of choosing between my favourite player Federer, his greatest nemesis Nadal or the gritty Djokovic. Finally I decided to write about Novak for reasons mentioned below. All of us know that there is a huge difference between the top four and the rest in ATP tennis circuits for more than half a decade. Though Djokovic and Murray are constant presences in all the big championships, but they were no way in contention to Federer and Nadal. Federer and Nadal dominated the Tennis circuits for more than 5 years while Djokovic has to wait for his turn of glory (except for his first Australian Open in 2009). Djokovic despite repeated failure to dominate slams did not lose his confidence. He always believed he can beat the ethereal Federer and the incredible Nadal. Finally with slight  modifications