Dear Saurabh Tiwary,
You know back in the day, when you would don the threads of Mumbai Indians, there were quite a few bowlers who knew that they were up against a menace. However, what they didn’t know is that they are not just up against a menace who is starting to shine in IPL but also a domestic cricket giant who squeezed his heart out for Indian cricket.
Happy retirement Saurabh Tiwary.
Streets won’t forget your IPL 2010 performance. pic.twitter.com/b8bainRjDR— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) February 12, 2024
From starting to play cricket at the age of 11 to being a part of that iconic U19 World Cup winning team that was led to glory by Virat Kohli, your meteoric rise to prominence was a narrative that needed some telling.
But you know Indian cricket is all about uncertainties and there are times where you have to make a call and the call may not always be right. You still will have to abide by it. In the three ODIs that you played, you were unbeaten in two of them. That leap probably could have been handled better by the seniors of the side, sadly it wasn’t.
With 115 games under your belt in the domestic circuit, you proved it to the world that no matter what happens, class is permanent. With 8030 runs in 189 innings at an average of 47.51 that included 22 centuries and 34 half-centuries, your numbers simply skyrocketed.
After your heroics for MI in 2010 that saw them clinching their first final berth, you were picked by RCB. But then for cricketers, at times the season feels good and at times you fail to conjure the extraordinary. Sadly, for you, once you couldn’t garner the desired momentum for the Red and Gold brigade, things went sideways.
Saurabh Tiwary, sadly, your time of bloom in the Indian cricket wasn’t apt and no matter what, you would still be one of the stories that certainly deserved a better ending in terms of international cricket. I have not seen a player who remains as chill as very few of you. You were focused and you knew your priorities. You will be one of the stories that could have been another legend in international circuit but you ended up as a king of the domestic circuit. Go well, Saurabh Tiwary.
Yours sincerely,
A crazy cricket fan
