Vivek Vardhan has written this and frwrd pos⚡ “The Man Who Never Got to Bat — Yet Won India Its World Cup.”
He was padded up that day.
Eyes burning, heart pounding, gloves tightened.
A schoolboy named Amol Muzumdar — waiting for his
He was padded up that day.
Eyes burning, heart pounding, gloves tightened.
A schoolboy named Amol Muzumdar — waiting for his
turn while two other boys, Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli, rewrote history with a 664-run stand at Azad Maidan.
He waited.
And waited.
The innings ended.
He never got to bat.
That became the story of his life.
He waited.
And waited.
The innings ended.
He never got to bat.
That became the story of his life.
He kept scoring mountains of runs — 260 on Ranji debut, 11,000+ first-class runs, 30 centuries, average of nearly 50 — yet, the call from Team India never came.
While the world cheered others with lesser records, Amol walked back from every season not bitter, not broken
While the world cheered others with lesser records, Amol walked back from every season not bitter, not broken
— just quietly determined.
He stayed loyal to the game that refused to pick him.
Years later, destiny picked up that unfinished script.
In 2023, when India’s women’s team needed belief more than a coach, Amol Muzumdar stepped in.
He didn’t preach, he built.
He stayed loyal to the game that refused to pick him.
Years later, destiny picked up that unfinished script.
In 2023, when India’s women’s team needed belief more than a coach, Amol Muzumdar stepped in.
He didn’t preach, he built.
He didn’t demand loyalty, he earned
Under his watch, a team once unsure of its own greatness began to play with the calm of Mumbai maidans and the courage of forgotten men.
And one unforgettable night, they lifted India’s first-ever World Cup.
Under his watch, a team once unsure of its own greatness began to play with the calm of Mumbai maidans and the courage of forgotten men.
And one unforgettable night, they lifted India’s first-ever World Cup.
When the final whistle blew and the cameras zoomed in, something divine happened.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur walked to him — the man who never wore the Indian cap — and touched his feet in front of the world.
That was redemption.
That was justice.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur walked to him — the man who never wore the Indian cap — and touched his feet in front of the world.
That was redemption.
That was justice.
That was cricket’s conscience bowing to character.
You might never have donned a cap for India, Amol.
But your redemption was in that moment — when the woman who lifted India’s first World Cup bowed to you in gratitude for making her team believe again.
You might never have donned a cap for India, Amol.
But your redemption was in that moment — when the woman who lifted India’s first World Cup bowed to you in gratitude for making her team believe again.
Your legend isn’t in the matches you played.
It’s in the fact that you never gave up on the game or the nation, even when both kept you waiting all your life. 🙏🇮🇳
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It’s in the fact that you never gave up on the game or the nation, even when both kept you waiting all your life. 🙏🇮🇳
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