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New Delhi. Such occasions rarely come in cricket when the victory of a team, especially in moments of historic victory, gets more Sehra than the players. When Gujarat Titans won the IPL title this time, Ashish Nehra was highly praised as a coach but not more than Hardik Pandya and his fellow players. But, the same does not apply to Madhya Pradesh winning the Ranji Trophy for the first time. Here, the credit for winning more than the champion 11 players or team is being given to the new coach Chandrakant Pandit who took over the command of this team just 6 months ago. But, those who praise Pandit include not only cricket-pundits but also former players and every player of the current SP’s team himself. Alam is that the new captain Srivastava, after winning the match, put an end to his praise, saying that in fact the real hero of his strategy and team’s victory is Pandit who laid the foundation of this victory in every way.

Pandit got less opportunities in the era of Kirmani-More

Earlier in his coaching career spanning more than two decades, this trophy has been the most important if not the most important but the most emotional and close to the heart for the coach who has won the Ranji Trophy 5 times with 2 different teams. That’s why during the moments of victory, the pundits could neither stop themselves nor their tears. Pandit, who started in first-class cricket as a young player four decades ago, did not get many opportunities as a wicketkeeper for Team India as he came in the middle of two rounds of Syed Kirmani and Kiran More. But, Pandit was so capable only as a batsman that he played a Test match as a pure batsman on the 1991 tour of Australia when More was the wicketkeeper in that team.

Moved from Mumbai to Madhya Pradesh, missed before making history

Pandit never got upset about not getting many opportunities for India and he moved to Madhya Pradesh after playing many years in domestic cricket from Mumbai. As captain in 1998-99, Pandit brought the MP team very close to creating history. On the fifth day of the match at the same Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, when his team was moving towards a certain victory, suddenly there was a dramatic change and they lost. Pandit cried for the first time that day on the cricket field by chance. After the defeat, the Pandit hid his face with his hands and did not allow his disappointment and tears to be seen by anyone else. But, this thing pierced his heart.

Pandit’s nature is soft but his mood is very strict about cricket.

Despite becoming champions for Mumbai many times, Pandit felt that why did he fail to make any other team champion on his own. Malaal gave him a new direction of career and he entered the new century in domestic cricket as a coach. During this period, this writer also got a chance to interact with Pandit. Pandit is soft in nature but very strict about cricket and never talks lightly. But even tough-tempered pundits could not avoid expressing their sentiments publicly on Sunday. His tears proved that being part of the team that won the Ranji Trophy for the sixth time as a coach was perhaps the greatest satisfaction for him.

Rejuvenated a team like Vidarbha, won the title twice thanks to anonymous playersIn the last 23 years, Pandit had made Mumbai champions thrice (2002-03 and 2003-04 then a decade later in 2015-16) and was also associated with a team like Assam. He did not get a chance to win the trophy with Assam because that state did not have such great players in that tour. But, the way he rejuvenated the Vidarbha team, which is considered to be laggy like Assam. Vidarbha became champions in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons under his leadership. After this, Pandit got the iron of his coaching all over India. It was not only the BCCI and the IPL teams that were impressed by what was probably needed the most.

BCCI didn’t get respect for Chandrakant Pandit!

The BCCI never gave Pandit the A team’s name, nor did any IPL team consider him fit for the role of assistant coach. Perhaps the new generation of international players and teams may not have liked the old-school cricket philosophies like Pandit with a coach who doesn’t compromise on discipline in any way. But, no one took the initiative to associate them with modern teams. But, MP captain Aditya Srivastava publicly believed that there is no pair of Pandit in the matter of coaching, so now everyone’s eyes should be opened.

Chandrakant Pandit reminds of John Wright and Gary Kirsten

A few years ago, an anonymous player like Faiz Fazal also got a chance to win the Ranji Trophy for two consecutive times due to Pandit. If seen in a way, Pandit reminds you in many ways of former India coach John Wright and Gary Kirsten when after every big success, not every player was praising those coaches. Pandit’s story is completely filmy till now which he has lived in the best way in cricket life. Perhaps the time has come that Neeraj Pandey or some other director like Faran Akhtar will be able to make Pandit’s Panditi and his interesting and interesting journey into immortality on the golden screen, which Pandit deserves.

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