Tag: ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

Steve Smith: Inspirational Journey

Australian cricket team’s star batter Steve Smith is my role model. The star cricketer made his International debut way back in 2010 and within a short span of time, the batter became an integral part of the Australian side. Steve Smith had come into the side as a bowling all-rounder but later during BGT 2013, he got a chance and made a strong case for himself.

Steve Smith holds a peculiar record to his name as the batter is a part of the victorious 2015 ODI WC, 2021 T20 WC & the recently concluded ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. It won’t be wrong to say that Smith is a big match player as he has contributed immensely in all the crunch matches of ICC tournaments.

Steve Smith’s batting style is quite unorthodox as the batter doesn’t have any significant weakness in his game plan. Smith is tipped to break all the cricketing records as currently he has 32 tons to his name and is looking unstoppable. Smith may not have a spectacular record in ODIs as compared to Tests, but the batter can change the complexion of the match with his attacking game plan and funky shots.

The way Steve Smith made a comeback after the ball-tampering in 2018, not many gave Smith a chance. Smith was banned from the sport for a year by CA and his captaincy too was snatched away. Steve Smith is the deputy of skipper Pat Cummins in the Test format.

Cricket Australia (CA) has shown faith in Smith despite being involved in the infamous ball-tampering scandal. Smith has got attacking tactics & game plan as compared to Pat Cummins. Steve Smith had a wonderful Ashes 2019 series and he silenced all the critics with his belligerent stroke play. Smith continued his brilliance against England and has got staggering numbers against the arch-rivals.

Steve Smith is expected to open the batting for Australia in the T20I format against South Africa in August-September 2023 in South Africa as the batter had a prolific BBL 2022-23. Smith though was unsold in the IPL auction but the batter can be the surprise package for the opposition in the upcoming T20 WC 2024 with his crisp stroke play.

Steve Smith will have to bring his “A” game if the Aussies want to clinch ODI WC 2023 which is staged in India. Smith was a part of the ODI WC 2011 squad as a right-arm over leg spinner but the side lost against India in the Quarter-Finals. I

It is assumed that Steve Smith would bat at the No.4 position in the marquee championship and guide the batters in the middle overs phase, especially against the spinners as the pitches in India are expected to assist the spinners.

Steve Smith’s journey is inspirational for all aspiring players. A Smith has shown a never to say die attitude. Smith would be keen to get his hands on the silverware in October-November 2023 in India which won’t be an easy task as this time all the 10 teams are evenly matched.

Newbie To Tycoon

This story is of Vivacious who was so passionate of sports that he crossed all the boundaries for it. Vivacious undoubtedly played cricket and other sport and was an athlete from his school days. Vivacious fell in love with Cricket when he was 8 years old and slowly understood the game and it’s terminologies.

Vivacious was so famous in school & class as his analysis were top notch somewhat similar to the great Harsha Bhogle. There was hardly any match which Vivacious missed even during his exams so was his dedication and passion for the prestigious sport.

In the college phase, Vivacious got to know that he will have to work hard to make a name for himself. He started his own YouTube channel and blog and was consistent in creating the content and publishing it. Slowly, Vivacious got used to camera and at the same time the write up was also improving.

Vivacious was doing extremely well but there was a twist in the tale, the dashing analyst got a reality check when he entered into the industry of cricket & professional journalism. Vivacious had to work free of cost for a complete year and did multiple internships and was working endlessly.

It is often said that there is light at the end of the tunnel and same happened with Vivacious. He got placed in the leading cricket firm of India and was thrilled but he had to toil a lot. Vivacious used to work 9 hours daily with CA and wrote news articles, live match analysis and feature articles. He wrote 12 articles daily each consisting of 400 words where there was deadline of 25 mins.

Vivacious though wasn’t that happy as he wanted to try new things and was aiming to reach new heights. After the grueling IPL 2023, Vivacious took a bold step and started his own firm of cricket. For the start, he started to write articles but after some time he thought of hiring interns as he already had a job.

The journey of hiring the interns for Vivacious was not easy by any means. In this modern world, there are very rare individuals who work unpaid but somehow Vivacious got his team and he gave training from scratch and slowly the results were seen.

Vivacious’ firm got bigger and he also got decent views which was optimum in generating firm. During IPL 2023, he worked for Red FM 93.5 as a Cricket Analyst which proved to be the lightning spark as he rediscovered his mojo because his You Tube channel was inactive for quite some time.

A reputed talent scout organization contacted Vivacious for working along with them. It was a massive step in the career of Vivacious as now he will work Indian as well as International players and would take their interviews and at the same time work along with IPL franchises. Vivacious just break down after the call of Scout organization because he has been following his passion since last 15 years as it was a moment to savior for him.

Vivacious though is unstoppable who is so dedicated to his passion that he would skip his regular activities for the match. Vivacious may be 24 years of age and may have reached the Zenith level but there is a lot to attain for him. Vivacious has become a Tycoon, this is the real story of the author who is known other than Varad Vaichal.