Symonds quits from all formats & bids farewell with Mumbai Indians

Symonds bids farewell to Mumbai Indians

The much controversial Australian batsman Andrew Symonds quit from all forms of cricket, on Thursday. His announcement was not all that strange as good scores and the Australian Cricket board was evading him since sometime. He later announced his decision to quit from Mumbai Indians in the IPL 5, which is just around the corner. The master batsman, who had contributed many a dedicated victories to his country, could not maintain the same record in his stint at the Mumbai Indians. His performance was very weak in the IPL 4 and the same followed in the Champions league too. He could only pile up a meek 26 runs only in the last 4 Champion league matches.


He was the most popular overseas player at the IPL auction in 2008, where he commanded USD 1.35 million, and was in the Deccan Chargers dugout. Later in 2011 he walked in to the Mumbai Indians dugout for a whooping price tag of $850,000. What a phenomenal rise. Apart from that media sources report that he did not gel well with the Mumbai Indians. But a Mumbai Indians spokesperson was quoted by ESPN Cricinfo: "Andrew Symonds was an integral part of Mumbai Indians in season four as well as our Champions League-winning team. He was a great team player and the youngsters always looked up to him for guidance."


But at this moment I would like to narrate a personal experience when I first came across Andrew Symonds at the UPPAL stadium in Hyderabad, in the run up to the semis of IPL 4. For some reason Sachin was not playing, if I remember right and Harbhajju don the role of captain of the Mumbai Indians. Looking at the situation and knowing well about the dirty scandal between Symmo and Bhjju, I thought their on-field chemistry would be bad. But my opinions were absolutely wrong. As both used to gather after every crucial over and change the field placements in the last overs. Then I realized how we are capable of blowing things beyond proportions.


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