*An amazing story on Marvan Attapattu Srilankan Cricketer*_

It’s a story that Harsha Bhogle, India’s most loved cricket
commentator,loves to tell, over and over again.

Making his debut in Test cricket for Sri Lanka, Marvan scored a duck
in his first innings. And again, in his second innings.
They dropped him. So he went back to the nets for more practice. More
first-class cricket. More runs. Waiting for that elusive call.

And after twenty-one months, he got a second chance. This time, he
tried harder. His scores: 0 in the first innings, 1 in the second
Dropped again, he went back to the grind. And scored tonnes of runs in
first-class cricket. Runs that seemed inadequate to erase the painful
memories of the Test failures.

Well, seventeen months later, opportunity knocked yet again. Marvan
got to bat in both innings of the Test. His scores: 0 and 0. Phew!

Back to the grind. Would the selectors ever give him another chance?
They said he lacked big-match temperament.

His technique wasn’t good enough at the highest level. Undaunted,
Marvan kept trying.

Three years later, he got another chance. This time, he made runs. He
came good. And in an illustrious career thereafter, Marvan went on to
score over 5000 runs for Sri Lanka. That included sixteen centuries
and six double hundreds. And he went on to captain his country. All
this despite taking over six years to score his second run in Test
cricket. Wow! What a guy!

How many of us can handle failure as well as he did? Six years of
trying, and failing. He must have been tempted to pursue another
career. Change his sport perhaps. Play county cricket. Or, oh well,
just give up. But he didn’t. And that made the difference.

The next time you are staring at possible failure or rejection, think of Marvan.

And remember this: If you don’t give up, if you believe in yourself,
if you stay the course, the run will eventually come. What more you
could even become captain some day.

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