Fame is heady - Sadanand Vishwanath
Twenty20 leagues have rendered financial security on cricketing careers across the world
Devashish Fuloria
25-Feb-2013
Twenty20 leagues have rendered financial security on cricketing careers across the world. But in an age where talent didn't necessarily transform to fortune, a young Indian wicket keeper burst to the scene only to disappear soon. Prem Panicker talks to Sadanand Vishwanath on his life and struggles in Yahoo.
Back in 1985, Sadanand Vishwanath was 23, with limitless talent, ditto potential. And then it all disappeared, down a bottle and up his nose — he would only play 14 more one-dayers and three Tests after that magical day.
Now on the cusp of 50, Sada came visiting on the day earlier this week when Indonesia shook and India trembled; oblivious to it all, he looked back on his life with a certain calm resignation. “Fame is heady,” he said. “It is so sudden, it catches you unprepared. It is intoxicating, it gets to your head and messes with it.”
Devashish Fuloria is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo