He entered Team India the earliest, his international career also ended just as quickly, know who is that unlucky cricketer.

Cricket News Desk. A few days ago, a news related to former Indian Test cricketer Doda Ganesh was much discussed in the media. It was written that Doda was removed only a month after being appointed head of the Kenyan team. Caretaker coach Lameck Onyango, who had resigned with the arrival of Doda Ganesh, returned to his duties. The first indication of this news was that Doda Ganesh's work was so bad that he had to be removed after just a month.

The writers of this news did not even think about how an elderly Indian cricketer, about whom Indian cricket fans today do not know much, was being introduced? The truth is that Cricket Kenya made a mistake and appointed Doda Ganesh as coach without fulfilling the terms of its constitution. The board's decision to make him coach was not accepted. He hid his mistake. This defeat happened to Kenya – after lagging behind many other partner teams in cricket, it lost another opportunity to get its cricket on the right track. Doda was working hard with the team. Kenyan cricket, which was once considered a contender to achieve Test status, is today lagging behind.

Thus, the hasty promotion to coach the international team was not a good experience for Doda Ganesh. However, the cricketer, who has played 4 Tests and 1 ODI, already realizes that a hasty promotion will not do much for his career. Excellent record in domestic cricket – 2000+ runs and 365 wickets for Karnataka. He came to Team India in 1997 when Sachin Tendulkar was the captain and played with legends like Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. It has been written about many players that their talent shone at the wrong time – there were already players in the team who did not get a proper chance to play. This statement is absolutely true for Doda Ganesh. A bowler who, despite being the best, had to compete with bowlers like Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad and Anil Kumble for a place in Team India and Karnataka in the late 1990s. There were good fast bowlers but Srinath and Venkatesh were the first choice and not only Doda but bowlers like Sunil Joshi, David Johnson and Vijay Bhardwaj faced them all.

Even after this, whenever Doda Ganesh got a chance, he joined the Karnataka team and despite so much competition, he took 11 wickets (6-84 + 5-89) in the 1996 Irani Trophy, which included Navjot Sidhu and VVS Laxman (twice). Like top wicket taking bowlers were included. ) Lenara was also involved, which immediately brought him to the attention of the selectors and called him into the squad for the 1997 tour of South Africa. Went. Doda attracted a lot of attention when many big bowlers were present. A lot of expectations were placed on him but the truth is that he played international cricket in a hurry without any proper training. Result- 1 wicket in 43 overs at an average of 165 in 2 test matches. In the ODI against Zimbabwe, he took 1 wicket in 5 overs.

Despite such average performances, he remained in the team for the upcoming West Indies tour. The Bridgetown Test became infamous for the fact that India could not even score 120 runs to win by 4 wickets. When he failed to take any wickets in the next Test at Georgetown, he was dropped from the Indian team such that his name was never mentioned again – he never returned. As soon as he joined the team, he was thrown out.

He himself admits that everything was new and he learned it very quickly – traveling by plane for the first time, staying in a 5 star hotel that he had never even thought of, going straight on a tour to South Africa – He digested it all. Couldn't. He is constantly facing challenges from new bowlers. Being a weak batsman also had its disadvantages. Nobody ever asked you to concentrate on batting. Retired in 2007. After that, without rushing into politics, without proper preparation, he was defeated there also. He returned to cricket and his love for cricket continued. He was the coach of Goa for the 2012 Ranji Trophy and now when he got the offer from Kenya it was definitely a promotion, but it did not go his way.