Slow and steady 'finishes' the race

Updated On: 15 December, 2023 04:52 PM IST | Mumbai | Srijanee Majumdar

Rinku Singh’s IPL figures read 725 runs in 31 matches at an average of 36.25 and a strike rate of 142.16, with four half-centuries

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Rinku Singh (Pic: AFP)

Much like the haze that hangs over Delhi in winter mornings, Team India`s plans for next year`s T20 World Cup still look a tad misty. There is space for new faces at the top, middle and lower orders, but above it all, looms the need for a perfect finisher, albeit with some hesitation on account of Hardik Pandya’s influence.

American baseball legend Yogi Berra’s now-famous one-liner, ‘it ain’t over until it is over’, finds a place to inspire us time and time again, especially for scores of athletes, who find within those words a reason to keep going when the odds are stacked against them. And the likes of Michael Bevan, Lance Klusener, Steve Waugh, and Ajay Jadeja have stuck by this famed phrase each time they held the willow, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni being probably the best of the lot, who bailed India out of dire straits on multiple occasions.

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