‘No differences now between me and Sachin’ : Kambli

TIL Desk Sports/ There was a time when getting into the Mumbai team was more difficult than getting into the Indian team. Mumbai, who have produced cricketers like Vijay Merchant, Polly Umrigar, Vijay Manjrekar, Manohar Hardikar, Ajit Wadekar, Padmakar Shivalkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane among others, have won a record 41 Ranji Trophy titles.

In recent years, Mumbai’s hegemony on domestic cricket as well as the number of Mumbai players graduating to the Indian team have declined. Former India and Mumbai batsman Vinod Kambli believes Mumbai cricket’s famous ‘khadoos’ (gritty, never-say-die) attitude needs to return to the city’s maidans. And quickly.

“During our time we had players like Sanjay Manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar and others, and they all performed, performed as a team. I think we have follow that, only then will the team grow,” Kambli said. “There is absolutely no problem between us now. I am very happy. There are no differences now between me and Sachin, everything is back to normal,” he said.