Abid Nabi had run away from camp

Srinagar, Apr 14: Valley’s famed fast bowler, Abid Nabi, had ran away from the coaching camp in south India few years back after not tolerating the extreme coaching drills there.
 This was disclosed by JKCA president, Dr Farooq Abdullah while replying to a question that the state’s cricketing body wasn’t supporting the local cricketers at national level.
 “We make every effort to promote cricketers at national level in order to make their way for Team India. That was the case with Abid Nabi. We promoted him everywhere and every one knows that. But like other cricketers, he also couldn’t tolerate the extreme training drills of national level. He ran away from one of the coaching camps in south India after failing to tolerate their practice schedule,” he said.
 “That proved costly for him as national selectors started to look negatively towards him. If he could have tolerated that training I’m sure his future would have been bright. Abid was not the only one, another player also couldn’t tolerate the extreme training and pleaded us to get him back from there,” he added.
 He said that the biggest problem for JK players was the lack of commitment and discipline.
 “I’ve been noticing a lot of in-discipline in our players and they also lack commitment towards the game. To correct it, we have formed discipline committee, which will monitor the behavior and commitment of players. No indiscipline would be tolerated and we will punish any player who shows any sign of indiscipline regardless of his status,” he asserted.

Published in Greater Kashmir on April 14-2009 http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=15_4_2009&ItemID=3&cat=4