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The key for the success of any organisation, be it a sports team or an office, is how much respect is accorded to those who are a part of it. When employees or sportspersons (in a sporting side) are respected not just as mere employees, but also as people, they feel (1/n) https://twitter.com/boomrah_/status/1300866025240498182">https://twitter.com/boomrah_/...
A greater degree of responsibility & also a pride to take their team to the pinnacle. In the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders & the Mumbai Indians have been noted highly in this regard, for the kind of support they’ve extended towards their players over the years. KKR have (2/n)
Been unflinchingly stood right behind Sunil Narine during his issues with his bowling action & never once ditched him, when it could’ve been an easy call for them to cut their losses. Similarly, as @swaris16 had recounted in her piece, KKR have also been exceedingly (3/n)
Patient & supportive of Kamlesh Nagarkoti since 2018 when he joined them but couldn’t play for 2 whole seasons due to injury or of Andre Russell, who got a 1 year ban for violation of WADA’s Whereabouts Clause for Drug Testing & in fact, made him their retention pick (4/n)
In the 2018 auctions & that show of faith in Russell in his darkest moments elicits the kind of passion that he’s displayed for the side since 2018 that he’s pulled out matches for them from the most improbable situations without even caring if he’s carrying serious (5/n)
Injuries. Mumbai Indians too have been legendary in this respect, be it supporting Harbhajan Singh through the Slapgate controversy, or picking Ambati Rayudu up in 2010 after his ICL stint & actively helping him in his rehabilitation into the First Class Cricket scene (6/n)
Or going even further ahead, when they ensured that in 2008, Dwayne Bravo (who was with MI at the time) was able to reach the West Indies in time for their home series against Australia by putting him on their private jet that flew him back straight after wrapping up a game (7/n)
Against Deccan Chargers & even to this date, he’s remembered his time at MI with a great deal of fondness because of the familial feeling that was generated in that camp, or when Alzarri Joseph’s injury recovery & rehabilitation last year was taken up by MI’s medical team (8/n)
Or the continued sense of loyalty they’ve displayed towards their two oldest & most experienced warhorses in Lasith Malinga & Kieron Pollard that they’ve never wavered away from them. That trust has often led to both of them turning up their A-game for the team (9/n)
In the times they’ve been needed the most. The most important recipe for the success of any sporting team/franchise is the degree of care & respect that is accorded to those playing for them. If that is there, the players will always push past their breaking point for such sides.
Would love to know your views @sreshthx Sir @thefallingsweep Sir @sourabhsanyal Sir @Gautaamm Sir @CricSubhayan Sir @_vanillawallah Sir @swaris16 about this...
