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Manjrekar urges Kohli to be more like Imran Khan and take on tougher challenges


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http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21998054/immy-crowd

 

 

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I could find no fault with Imran Khan Niazi. He had me even before hello. 

 

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In my first personal encounter with Imran, I was afraid I had infuriated my hero similarly.

 

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Months later, when I was in awe of Imran during that Pakistan tour, I was always reminded of how I had begun on the wrong foot with my hero. I wondered if Imran held that against me still. I wondered if that was the reason he swore at his bowler for letting me take the 200th run easily in Lahore. I wondered if I could ever be on friendly terms with Imran.

 

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While it was sound technical advice, I was just floored that my hero liked my batting enough to follow that tour and be disappointed with my failures. This was a Pakistani following the progress of an Indian and wanting him to do well.

 

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Ramiz Raja once told me that if Imran had been my captain he would have never dropped me and would have ensured that I succeeded at all cost. He was that kind of a leader.

 

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It will forever be my regret that we had no Imran-like senior in our dressing room. 

 

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There were no glares or shrugs of shoulders at misfields, only the choicest abuse, especially from Imran. I would be memorizing the great one-liners to repeat them to my friends once I got back - I'd imagine how thrilled they would be when I told them of how Imran behaved on the field.

 

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I had seen a lot of Pakistan players wear a certain kind of sandal - especially Imran - and I had to buy them.

 

 

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