There have been a number of teenage sensations through the years, who’ve taken the cricket world by storm with Indian nice Sachin Tendulkar being one in every of them and flamboyant ladies’s star Shafali Verma being one other instance. However, seldom, there are any gamers, who get their breakthrough of their early 40s. However, there’s one such star – Pravin Vijay Tambe. He was a traditional late bloomer, and, maybe that’s what makes his story all of the extra attention-grabbing.
Tambe acquired his massive breakthrough within the cricket world in 2013 when he was picked by the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Rajasthan Royals on the age of 41.
Tambe just lately in an interview with Sportskeeda, spoke about his cricket breakthrough in his early 40s and the way former Indian skipper and present head coach Rahul Dravid helped him in reaching his desires.
“Rahul Dravid has played a very important role in my journey. Whatever I’m now, it’s because of him. During those two to three days of the trials, he never asked me about my age. He just looked at my performance and selected me. That’s a great thing about him,” Tambe stated.
He additionally revealed that after throughout workforce breakfast, Dravid informed Tambe that he was not conscious of his age and was stunned to see that he’s 41-years-old in media.
When requested about his biopic ‘Kaun Pravin Tambe?’, the 50-year-old stated that he gave his consent to the makers to encourage the subsequent era to observe their desires.
Tambe can also be fairly proud of the filmmaker’s resolution to solid Shreyas Talpade for the lead position as his household is a large fan of the actor.
Tambe performed his first recognised Twenty20 in 2013 in opposition to Delhi Daredevils, now renamed as Delhi Capitals. He went wicketless in his first official sport whereas leaking 30 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Rajasthan gained the stated match by 9 wickets. He performed simply three video games in IPL 2013 and managed only one wicket. Despite his lackluster efficiency in IPL, he was named in RR’s squad for Champions League T20 later that 12 months, the place he claimed 12 scalps in 5 video games at 6.50.
Overall, he has performed 33 video games in IPL and picked 28 wickets at 30.46.
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