Manoj Tiwary might have been one of many best sports activities tales in India. Alas, he retires from cricket having underachieved massively with simply 15 worldwide matches to his title. Tiwary performed his final cricket match, a Ranji Trophy recreation towards Bihar at dwelling floor Eden Gardens for Bengal. As he leaves the sphere, he talks about his regrets, one among them if not enjoying any Test match for India.
But Tiwary additionally rues not having a protracted white-ball profession with India both. He doesn’t blame his captain at the moment who was MS Dhoni. Tiwary, nevertheless, says he will definitely ask inquiries to Dhoni each time he meets him the following time on why he was dropped regardless of no fault of his personal.
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Tiwary had scored his first ODI hundred vs West Indies in December 2011 however needed to look ahead to seven months earlier than getting one other recreation to signify the nation. Tiwary missed 14 straight matches for India regardless of his hundred and was even ignored for Australia tour in 2012 whereas Virat Kohli, Suresh Rain who had been struggling for runs obtained picked.
Thank you Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Club for the fantastic farewell felicitation. Your fixed assist all through my profession had been a blessing. My honest gratitude! __#GoodByeCricket #CSJC pic.twitter.com/eLYMZGkNkq
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) February 19, 2024
“I want to hear from him whenever I get the opportunity. I will definitely ask this question. I would like to ask Dhoni why I was dropped from the team after scoring the century, especially in that tour of Australia where nobody was scoring runs, neither was Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma or Suresh Raina. I have nothing to lose now,” Tiwary stated.
Tiwary couldn’t make his Test debut. The batter performed 12 ODIs, scoring 287 runs with 100 and fifty every to his title. He additionally featured in 3 T20Is, however scored simply 15 runs. Tiwary performed 98 IPL matches as effectively and gathered 1695 runs. But he couldn’t make his Test debut, a remorse with which he has to dwell his life after retiring from the game. He additionally questions why he was not picked regardless of averaging 65 in first-class video games.Â
“When I had completed playing 65 first-class matches, my batting average was around 65. The Australia team had toured India then, and I had scored 130 in a friendly game, then I scored 93 against England in a friendly game. I was very close, but they picked Yuvraj Singh instead. So Test cap and the fact that I was ignored after getting the Man of the Match award for scoring a hundred…I was ignored for 14 straight matches. When self-confidence is at its peak and someone destroys that, it tends to kill that player,” Tiwary stated.
