The most expensive Indian player in the IPL, Rishabh Pant, talked in an interview about how parents can totally shape a winning career.
📹: Star Sports India
📹: Star Sports India
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00:00I used to travel at 2 am in the morning.
00:02I used to stay with my relatives at the Gurudwara.
00:08I used to practice even when I was hit by a ball.
00:13How did you manage your studies and cricket together?
00:17I think my parents helped me more than my management.
00:22Like my parents used to say,
00:24you don't have a problem in sports, just don't fail.
00:27My parents always used to say that.
00:28I think it's difficult for every parent to be so supportive.
00:31But if the parents are supportive, then it helps a lot.
00:34How did you decide to travel from Roorkee to Delhi?
00:37How did your parents support you?
00:39Obviously, there is no work without my parents.
00:43I think my mother used to travel with me when I was young.
00:47My mother and I used to come by roadways and buses.
00:50We used to travel.
00:52We used to practice on Saturdays and Sundays.
00:55I used to travel at 2 am in the morning.
00:58I used to practice at 2 am in the morning.
01:00I used to stay with my relatives at the Gurudwara.
01:06I used to practice the next day and go back to Roorkee.
01:09I am from Roorkee.
01:11It's near Haridwar.
01:12I used to travel from there to practice.
01:16Since childhood, I have only played international cricket.
01:21My father and I had a dream that we wanted to play international cricket.
01:26My father always wanted me to make my son play cricket.
01:30Okay.
01:31Because he was already a cricketer.
01:34He had played in the university.
01:36At that time, Uttarakhand was in UP.
01:38Okay.
01:38My father always wanted me to make my son a cricketer.
01:44He used to make me practice since childhood.
01:46I started playing cricket when I was in UKG.
01:49Our coach, Mr. Aftar Singh, helped me a lot.
01:54I used to go there to practice.
01:55When I used to practice, my father used to make me practice with a synthetic ball on the terrace.
02:00He told me not to be afraid.
02:02Even if I hit the ball, he used to make me practice.
02:05That's how I became strong.
02:09Did you get hurt a lot?
02:10Yes, a lot.
02:11When I was a kid, my father used to tell me to become strong.
02:17We used to make small goals for ourselves.
02:22We used to say that we should play first-class cricket.
02:24We used to say that we should play the IPL.
02:26We used to say that we should play for India.
02:28We used to make small goals.
02:29We used to say that we should score 1000 runs this season.
02:32When we used to score 1000 runs, we used to tick the box that small goals are being scored.
02:36Because the ultimate goal was to play for India.
02:38Do you feel that your father is watching you and is proud of you?
02:43Yes, sir.
02:44I started playing cricket because of my father.
02:46I always play for him.
02:48My father supported me a lot.
02:50My mother and my family supported me a lot.
02:53If my father was with me now, I would have felt even better.
02:59But one thing is that I made my international debut when my father passed away.
03:05But at least he saw me and said that my son played internationally.