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My journey in cricket Talent Wins Games But
Teamwork Wins Championships
Article Story

I was a young boy who lived in Abu Dhabi. I was really
I started playing cricket in the year 2014. I
good at football when I played there. Everyone was jealous
have been trained at the 'Zayed Cricket of me since I always scored a lot of goals. Everyone always
Academy' and currently am being trained at wanted me in their team. Once when I

the ’Ultimate Sports Academy’. I have de- was playing, a strange visitor was pass-
veloped a lot while playing cricket, both in ing by. He stopped and started watching
sports and about being tough in life.
my game. He then called me after the
match. He selected me for

a championship, and that was when I

Recently, I participated in a realized he was the coach of a club. That

T20 Tournament-‘Ultimate was one of the happiest moments of my
Premiere League’. I played for life. The next day my father dropped me at the stadium and
the ‘Ultimate Stars’ team in I entered there. The coach and the other players welcomed

the Under-19 category. Our me. It was my first day of training. I played perfect in the
team won all the games as training. Everyone was impressed by my performance. I was
so proud at the moment. One week later we played our first
well as the finals and we lifted
match in which we won. Everyone was celebrating in the
the winner's cup. I contributed
in the finals both in batting by scoring quick runs and bowl- locker room. The streak continued for 5 games in which we
ing tight overs. I am proud to be a cricketer. got qualified to Quarter finals. But then in the first leg of
the match, we lost 2-0. Our coach was disappointed by our
performance. Most of the teammates blamed me for not

passing. I was angry at them and started yelling at them. My
coach was about to ban me for the 2nd leg of the match. I
went home and starting crying. Then I went out to play with

my friends. I tried to dribble and score but every time my
opponent players would take the ball from me. The score
was 3-0, but then I suddenly received the football, so I just
passed to my teammate to get rid of it. He scored suddenly

after receiving the pass. That’s when I realized that talent
wins games, but teamwork can win championships. The next
day I said sorry to my teammates while in training. Believe

me or not, we won the next match 3-0 out of which I scored
2 and assisted 1. My team and coach congratulated me. I

followed this path till today and therefore
won numerous championships .

Pranet Shah Salsaal Said
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