Bhardwaj performed a key position for Karnataka in a single of their most profitable eras in Ranji Trophy within the Nineteen Nineties earlier than a dream begin for India.
Talent by no means ensures success until an individual is blessed with the appropriate atmosphere on the proper time. Batting all-rounder Vijay Bhardwaj was a rising star and had simply the proper begin to his cricketing profession for India. However, the moment fame and success was quick lived as he came upon that fortune is an equally large issue to shine and stay large in an ever-growing expertise pool of children in Indian cricket.
Bhardwaj performed a key position for Karnataka in a single of their most profitable eras in Ranji Trophy within the Nineteen Nineties. In a stellar crew with legends like Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad and Sunil Joshi, Bhardwaj solidified his place as Karnataka won a hattrick of championships. He scored 1280 runs in a single season, propelling himself to the entrance of the record for Indian nationwide crew choice.
Wearing spectacles like his Karnataka teammate Kumble, Bhardwaj made instantaneous impression on his debut and was catapulted to fame with the ‘Man of the Series’ award on the LG Cup in 1999 in Nairobi with 89 runs and 10 wickets in 4 video games. He adopted up the dream begin to his worldwide profession with one other spectacular efficiency in opposition to New Zealand as he ended up as the very best wicket taker of the series. Despite a great begin to his ODI profession, Bhardwaj couldn’t replicate the shape in Tests. After taking part in simply 10 ODIs and three Test matches, his profession for successfully ended by a again harm sustained on Australia tour the place India was led by Sachin Tendulkar.
But that wasn’t the top of setbacks for Bhardwaj as an even bigger tragedy struck when he paid heed to advice which had a horrific end result. While recovering from his again harm, the bespectacled cricketer was advice to get his eyes operated on for higher imaginative and prescient. However, the surgical procedure went improper and severely impeded his imaginative and prescient, a lot in order that it affected his capability to bat and subject. He dabbled within the home circuit for some time earlier than giving up on his dream. On his Twitter bio, Bhardwaj proudly writes ‘failed cricketer’.
