Indisputably the greatest cricketer to emerge from Pakistan Imran Khan speaks about his concept on tensions and superstitions.
He says, “I am not superstitious except once there’s a friend of mine in Sharjah. We were having dinner at her house and she knew nothing about cricket and she suddenly told me that she had a feeling and of course, it was a match against- the match in Sharjah
which is Pakistan against India. And she had predicted a couple of times and she knows nothing about cricket. She said Pakistan would win and we won, once she said we would lose and we lost and suddenly before this match, she said that India would win. And you know, I mean I am not superstitious at all, I don’t believe in this and then as India went off to a great start with Sunil and Srikanth. And they were actually in trouble early on, they played in mess and they just got away. And suddenly it struck me maybe she’s right. It was the only time I actually thought we weren’t going to win the match because the woman just knew it. And it’s the only time it happened and fortunately, we won the match.This was the match Javed won with a 6.And since then I refused ever to listen to anyone before a match because it actually changes my attitude.”
Few would dispute that Imran was the finest cricketer Pakistan has produced, or the biggest heartthrob. Suave, erudite and monstrously talented, he gave cricket in the subcontinent real sex appeal in the 1970s and 1980s. As such he and TV completed the popularisation of the game in his country which Hanif Mohammad and the radio had begun. Thousands, if not millions, who had never dreamt of bowling fast on heartless baked mud suddenly wanted to emulate Imran and his lithe bounding run, his leap and his reverse-swinging yorker. He also made himself into an allrounder worth a place for his batting alone, and captained Pakistan as well as anyone, rounding off his career with the 1992 World Cup. He played hardly any domestic cricket in Pakistan: instead he just flew in for home series from Worcestershire or Sussex, or rather from the more fashionable London salons. His averages (37 with the bat, 22 with the ball) put him at the top of the quartet of allrounders (Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee and Kapil Dev being the others) who dominated Test cricket in the 1980s. And whereas Botham declined steadily, Imran just got better and better: in his last 10 years of international cricket he played 51 Tests, averaging a sensational 50 with the bat and 19 with the ball. He gave no quarter during some memorable battles with West Indies – Pakistan drew three series with them at a time when everybody else was being bounced out of sight – and he led Pakistan to their first series victory in England in 1987, taking 10 for 77 with an imperious display in the decisive victory at Headingley. After retirement, he remained a high-profile figure, with his marriage – and subsequent split with – the socialite Jemima Goldsmith and a move into the labyrinthine world of Pakistan politics.
Source: www.espncricinfo.com
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