It is not often that a dumped player comes out in the open to talk about his plans of getting back into the national side. But discarded Australian opener Phillip Hughes is seeking a meeting with Sachin Tendulkar as he attempts to resurrect his stalled Test career, Australian media reported on Saturday.
The 20-year-old did not have a great Ashes series against England and was dropped after the opening two Tests. The unorthodox left-hander posted 36 in the drawn first Test and scores of four and 17 in the second Test at Lord’s before he was replaced by all-rounder Shane Watson.
Hughes who has a stopover in India to work on his game with his coach Neil D’Costa intends to fly to Mumbai on Monday and hopes to have dinner with Tendulkar. “I’ll chew his ear off,” Hughes told The Australian newspaper.
“I’ve got questions about a lot of things that I want to ask him. I like getting around and talking to the guys who have been around for a long time. Sachin has been around and I’ve been watching him since I was a youngster. He hardly ever seemed to miss out, he always seems to be scoring runs and not just on one or two parks, he gets them everywhere. His consistency is so great and I still love watching him now,” Hughes said.
“The goal is to always get better,” Hughes said. “I had always planned to catch up with Neil no matter what happened. I wanted to get in the nets with him and keep working on my game.”
Hughes said his plans were to return to Australia, play in the Champions League for New South Wales and then start scoring runs at Sheffield Shield level in a bid to force his way back into the Test side.
We only hope that this Australian comes out a better player and join the ranks of the Mark Taylors and Matthew Haydens who were the best in their eons.
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