Natural talent vs. hard work + discipline

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We have players with natural talents in our team, such as Ash and JS. But, their natural talent has not produced results, because hard work and discipline was absent. In my short life, I have seen many people with natural talents and many others with hard work and discipline. In the end, it was always the latter group that was successful.

When Sachin Tendulkar was coming up, there was another up-and-coming player named Vinod Kambli. He was considered to be equally talented, but ended up playing only 17 tests. We all know about Tendulkar. This is just one example. Michael Jordan is considered to be the best basketball player ever. But, he was not taken at #1 in the NBA draft. He was good, but over the years, became a complete player, by working hard. Look around and you'll find many good players in many sports, who have natural talent but don't work very hard. But, you would be hard-pressed to find an elite player that does not work hard.

Unfortunately, such a culture does not exist in our team. To give an example, Virat Kohli had a pretty pronounced weakness against balls outside the off stamp. He worked to correct this. Our own Shakib has had the same problem. Although he works on his batting, he has not worked hard enough to correct this. Until a culture of hard work is established among our players, we will continue to struggle with sporadic success.