Leadership Lessons from Cricket Field - Part 2: The Formation Years
A team sport teaches you a lot. It doesn't matter, in which part of the world you play it, doesn't matter, which background you come from, the sport is generous enough to offer everyone. The reason, two of the shrewdest & successful captains of the history of India's most popular sport, cricket, comes from contrast backgrounds. Sourav Ganguly has rich and classy background, comes from a metropolitan city, but the game equally celebrated MS Dhoni, who had a humble background and comes from a much smaller town. I come from even smaller town. I have observed the game very closely and when Iook back, I am overwhelmed by the fact that how enriched I am due to this game. I have never formed a team or have been a founder member of any team. I rather chose to sneak in and be part of a team, which was formed before my arrival. It has its own challenges but many advantages too. Since I was never a founder member, I never had the authority to play at my will in any of the teams