“Cricket is dangerous.” India all-rounder Hardik Pandya explains why he never advises youngsters to opt for cricket over education.
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00:00I used to be a dangerous player. I used to say, don't mess with my life.
00:03Because cricket is like very dangerous.
00:06If someone asks me what I do, I say I play cricket and study.
00:10In cricket, you have to be at the top.
00:12Now you can keep on creeping about it.
00:14Why with me? Why with me?
00:17Or either you can work hard and let's see what happens.
00:20If someone asks me what I do, I say I play cricket and study.
00:34I used to be a dangerous player. I used to say, don't mess with my life.
00:37Because cricket is like very dangerous.
00:40So that's why I keep, when I get this question, I always say study.
00:47If you pass your 10th, you get a job according to it.
00:51I mean, your education does not go away. It stays with you.
00:55In cricket, you have to be at the top.
00:57I know to reach there is not a piece of cake. It's difficult.
01:02It's not something everyone gets.
01:04I might be the luckiest one who will get it.
01:06But to reach there, you need to be really, really, really best.
01:10But didn't mom and dad ever say, study, don't just give up?
01:15He won't study.
01:17No, I mean, they knew I wouldn't be able to do it.
01:22Because I was bad, like bad.
01:24And it was more of a situation, a decision which I made,
01:28rather than being like, no, I don't want to go to school.
01:31You know, I always had this thing in my mind that
01:36how will I make my life strong?
01:41Because we used to be really rich.
01:43I mean, goodwill to the family.
01:45And from having that and struggling the life for 10, 10 rupees,
01:48which was like disappointed for me.
01:50I was disappointed because I had money when I was small.
01:53I was like, when I grow up, I will struggle.
01:56You know, I used to go to villages to play for like,
02:00I used to get 450, I used to get 300.
02:03Going in a local train with my kid,
02:06and coming back in a truck, sitting in the back,
02:09or again coming in a local train without having a ticket.
02:12And, you know, I mean, it was difficult.
02:16And I was like, you know, that day I sat there and I was like,
02:20see, one thing is there, now you can keep on creeping about it.
02:24Why with me? Why with me?
02:26Or either you can work hard and let's see what happens.
02:29Everything is like self-made.
02:31Here, no one presents anything to you.
02:33I still remember when me and Kunal were 17 and he was 19,
02:37we said to my father that we don't want anyone's sympathy.
02:41So, I was like, you won't say anything to anyone.
02:45You won't say that, pick my boy or something.
02:47You won't say anything because me and Kunal won't like it.
02:49If we play, we will play. If we don't, we won't.
02:51Because we always wanted that no one should say,
02:53after a few years, you know.
02:55Yeah, there are people who has helped.
02:57Yeah.
02:58Like, who has a big role, like my coach and all.
03:00Yeah.
03:01Which I am grateful.
03:02But we will go out and do it ourselves.
03:04We will do it ourselves in the field.