Kamran Khan’s Life Story from Slums to the cricket world. Kamran Khan’s fairytale to the cricket world started when he was at the right place at the right time to be spotted by the Rajasthan Royals. He was unheard of and was simply another population dot in the second largest populated country in the world. Beside the Bollywood flair and the world’s richest billionaires India is a home to poverty that extends deep into generations and kamran khan’s life was no different. He came from a poor family and his life could have gone in any direction, crime, begging, labor camp but destiny always plays the final card, the final below which changes the life in a single moment. The movie slumdog millionaire made headlines around the world where a kid from the poorest slums of India becomes a millionaire by winning “who wants to be a millionaire” in a similar fashion kamran won the limelight with a single Yorker that peg the wickets 5 feet closer to the boundary.
Kamran Khan’s life was a long struggle and along the way suffering was too much to handle for his mother who passed away due to lack of proper medical care. He didn’t have enough money to do majority of the things in life we all take for granted. He didn’t go to the cricket academy, he didn’t have the best equipment to play and practice with and there were no coach to guide him on the right path. Believe in what you want in life, work towards it and don’t let the world dictate what you can and cannot do; kamran did the only thing he knew how and that was to play cricket and he didn’t let the world tell him he can’t make it. there were times when people will tell him; “why are you wasting your time, you are never going to make it” and most of the times those people were the people who knew him well. Imagine you have raw talent waiting to explode on the world stage; you are better than any bowler playing for your country, you have the heart of a lion, you have everything but an opportunity. An opportunity to show the world what you already knew since you were a kid and kamran khan never got that opportunity.
Kamran khan’s talent was too hard for people to miss and rumors of Usain Bolt of cricket were spreading long before he was picked for Rajasthan Royals but no one gave him a chance. India has the genius of nature in all walks of life but making it to the forefront is almost impossible. In order for you to make it in one of the fastest growing economy of the world you must have Rishwat (bribery) card; you must buy your way out or you must know someone who is willing to nod in your favor; yes a simple nod can be the difference between a life in the slums and Hollywood style fan fair living. No one was willing to give that nod to kamran but he did not lose hope, he kept bowling that ball and every time the life hit him on the head; kamran bowled that ball faster, every time there was no hope kamran bowled the ball harder – his salvation, his time out was always the ball. In the darkest time of his life, he relied on the ball and God; he would pray and thank God for everything he was given. Imagine you don’t have a roof over your head, you can’t afford to eat one good healthy meal but yet you are thanking God for everything he has given you. if you were to look into the roadblocks kamran faced while going through life, your eyes will automatically be filled with nonstop tears that will cause permanent marks on your face.
There is no doubt he is going to become part of the story books, there will be movies and all kinds of other sponsorships that will give him a new privileged life but can all this money take away the pain and suffering he endure along the journey to success? Gandhi put it well, when he said “man makes his own destiny and along the way come those who share the same dream, one by one and join you, when these single dreams reach a point of no return the destinies of entire nations get changed”.
Now Kamran Khan sleeps well in his recent match against Kolkata Knight Riders he was the diference between winning and losing. Asked to bowl the final over against Kolkata, who needed seven runs for victory in Durban, Kamran forced a tie.
Minutes later, he returned to his bowling mark with a smile on his face after his captain, and No. 1 backer, Shane Warne asked him to deliver the Super Over. Kamran managed to keep the marauding Chris Gayle from trampling him, limiting the target to a gettable 16 runs. Moments later, Yusuf Pathan charged Ajantha Mendis several times into the crowd to give Rajasthan their first victory in South Africa, which had looked improbable at one stage. But Kamran never had any doubt.
Kamran, an 18-year-old left-arm fast bowler from Azamgarh in the north-Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, impressed Warne instantly after bowling one over against the Cape Cobras in a warm-up game, played couple of days before the IPL kicked off. Since then Warne has not stopped gushing about his new team-mate, who was spotted by Rajasthan team director Darren Berry at a talent scouting camp earlier this year.
Kamran's initiation has been smooth and in a matter of weeks he has become pivotal to Rajasthan's bowling strategy, especially in the absence of last year's key performers Sohail Tanvir and Shane Watson. Kamran said what has helped him settle down easily is the team's belief in winning and Warne's faith in each and every man in the squad - something that paved the way for Rajasthan to win the inaugural IPL.
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