AgenciesIn the 2004 Davis Cup final, an 18-year-old Rafael Nadal defeated a much more experienced Andy Roddick in front of 27,200 spectators. Afterwards, Roddick said of the boy who would be king, “It's big match temperament. You either have it or you don't.He has it.“
Kedar Jadhav's got it too.Domestic cricket circles knew it for some time. All of India came to know of it on Sunday, when the 31-year-old free spirit rescued India with a match winning hundred against England, in the company of Virat Kohli.
“He is not the meditation or visualisation type,“ Surendra Bhave, Jadhav's coach and a former Maharashtra player, says with a chuckle over phone f rom Pune. “He always backs himself. I do believe in scientific coaching methods but I also know that some people have confidence naturally.“
Living big, playing hard
Jadhav's fondness for living big comes through in his lifestyle. He is given to wearing his Hackett polo with the collar popped and drives a BMW. He is obsessed with Salman Khan, which explains the meditation bit. The self-belief also shows in his cricket. And Bhave feels that the first example of this in national colours may have been with the ball and not the bat.Called upon by MS Dhoni to bowl his part time offspin against New Zealand a few weeks ago, Jadhav delivered, claiming six wickets in four matches.
“Kedar showed his temperament when Dhon i threw the ball to him,“ Bhave says. “Some of the better bowlers get a nervous arm bowling at the highest level. And that's the greatness of MS Dhoni too. When [Suresh] Raina wasn't available, he looked to Kedar [to bowl].“
Dhoni apart, Virendra Sehwag is the other veteran who Jadhav looks up to. It shows in his uncomplicated approach to batting. He also admires the man he shared the partnership with on Sunday-Kohli.
Fighting fit
Bhave says he and Jadhav worked on his backlift and the “shape of his shots“ the body posture while hitting a stroke, while preparing for the sea son. And the coach and ward both want more performances like Sunday. “You can't forget the word consistency,“ Bhave says.
“In India the pool of talent is so vast and there's so much competition that you can't take your foot off the accelerator. You perform or perish. But Kedar showed what he's capable of.“
Kedar Jadhav's got it too.Domestic cricket circles knew it for some time. All of India came to know of it on Sunday, when the 31-year-old free spirit rescued India with a match winning hundred against England, in the company of Virat Kohli.
“He is not the meditation or visualisation type,“ Surendra Bhave, Jadhav's coach and a former Maharashtra player, says with a chuckle over phone f rom Pune. “He always backs himself. I do believe in scientific coaching methods but I also know that some people have confidence naturally.“
Living big, playing hard
Jadhav's fondness for living big comes through in his lifestyle. He is given to wearing his Hackett polo with the collar popped and drives a BMW. He is obsessed with Salman Khan, which explains the meditation bit. The self-belief also shows in his cricket. And Bhave feels that the first example of this in national colours may have been with the ball and not the bat.Called upon by MS Dhoni to bowl his part time offspin against New Zealand a few weeks ago, Jadhav delivered, claiming six wickets in four matches.
“Kedar showed his temperament when Dhon i threw the ball to him,“ Bhave says. “Some of the better bowlers get a nervous arm bowling at the highest level. And that's the greatness of MS Dhoni too. When [Suresh] Raina wasn't available, he looked to Kedar [to bowl].“
Dhoni apart, Virendra Sehwag is the other veteran who Jadhav looks up to. It shows in his uncomplicated approach to batting. He also admires the man he shared the partnership with on Sunday-Kohli.
Fighting fit
Bhave says he and Jadhav worked on his backlift and the “shape of his shots“ the body posture while hitting a stroke, while preparing for the sea son. And the coach and ward both want more performances like Sunday. “You can't forget the word consistency,“ Bhave says.
“In India the pool of talent is so vast and there's so much competition that you can't take your foot off the accelerator. You perform or perish. But Kedar showed what he's capable of.“
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