Sachin is an inspiring captain: Duminy
According to many, Sachin Tendulkar may not be a brillaint skipper, but South African batsman Jean Paul Duminy has a different opinion and says, “Sachin has uncanny ability to inspire his team mates which will have a huge impact on Mumbai Indians’ campaign” says the middle order batsman who will be playing for his IPL Team MI at his home.
Duminy feels that, if Tendulkar continues with his outstanding form of this year’s Indian Premier League, MI will go all the way through.
“He (Tendulkar) obviously leads from the front and that lifts his team-mates. He is very inspiring and exceptional captain. If he fires, others also perform better by another 20 per cent.”
“He has been in fine form in the IPL and for India.Recently he has scored 6 test hundreds in 8 matches. Hope he does the same for us to win this tournament” Duminy said on the sidelines of the launch of Champions League T20 in Johannesburg.”
“Sachin helps everybody out and he tries to engage every player. I get along with him very well and had discussions on batting and other cricketing things,” said the 26-year-old batsman who was the highest run scorer in the inaugural CLT20 in India for the Nasua Cape Cobras, but will be playing for the Mumbai Indians this time.”
Duminy conceded that both the South African sides namely, Warriors and Highveld Lions will have a bit of edge in the tournament as they will be playing at home condition. “I think, they will have a bit of edge. They practice at home ground and prepare according to what they want. IPL teams are in a bit of disadvantage in that they have only four foreigners and they are not playing at home. But in Twenty20 you cannot pick favourites and all the teams here are champion sides of their countries,” he said.
“We have a very balanced side with Tendulkar leading from the front followed by the likes of Kieron Pollard and myself. In bowling we have Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh, all big players” he added.
He further said, “The response of the crowd in South Africa will be huge as the top players of the cricketing world like Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan are playing in the multi-million dollar tournament.”
Duminy, however, feels unhappy as his home team has not qualified for CLT20 this season. When asked how the crowd would receive him as he is playing for a non-South African side this time, he said, “It will be very interesting to see how the crowd supports me. I don’t know what sort of support we are going to get. Unfortunately, I am not playing for my province Cape Town.”
It’s worth noticing that Duminy, along with Ryan McLaren are the two South African players playing for Mumbai Indians. So, they might be preferred over others in the playing XI due to their Home advantage.
Join the Discussion
Category: Sachin Zone
Subscribe
If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it.
Loading ...
