Do you remember that student in your class who used to always get the first rank? Is that student really successful or still your role model? For most of us no! Remember Chatur from the movie 3 Idiots? While all stats showed he was the best among the lot but you know his fate in the climax! You know right? There is one Chatur in making, who is now captaining Indian Cricket team in South Africa and scoring as brilliantly and passing all the exams with flying colours on the field. But he should also take a lesson or two from the movie. You need to be humble to be a role model, to be called successful. But yeah, it all depends on what success means to you! Lavish sea-view flat in Mumbai, among other materialistic pleasures with one of the leading ladies of Bollywood as a life-partner, can be termed as the ultimate success for a kid in his 20s. You are successful, your name is engraved in the record and history books but are you the legend whose name is written in everyone's heart?

The Indian 'Captain Hot' after scoring his 35th Century against South Africa in the last ODI match of the Series, while interacting with the media lost his cool once again (earlier, lashed out at a journalist during the Test series post-match conference.) However, the question asked this time around was - whether can he be tagged as 'Best Batsman in the World'. Few humble players might take this question itself, as a compliment but he replied in his own style - "I don't want any tags, I don't want any headlines, I just go out there and do my job, it is upto the people to write what they write, I don't want to be called anything, it's my job, I am supposed to do what I am doing and I am not doing anyone a favour as I said, so just want to be in this zone of working as hard as I can and trying to do the best for the team. Everyone is doing a job, they have the freedom to write and say what they want but its very important that I don't change with that because my zone is very simple, it is simply doing hard work and performing for the team."

Okay, 'Captain Hot’, journalists do know their job and will make suitable headlines, depending on their reader’s need and demand, they know their job well as you know yours's on the cricket field. There can be off-days for journalists and reporters as well just like you getting out on ducks and the fair share of losses in your career (Poor journo! who still dared to ask if you are the best in the world).

While I know journalism in today's date is a dubious profession, thanks to the chase and craze of trending stories and breaking news. They are called presstitutes as fake news keep popping in from every corner. But same is with every other profession, just realized you are the Brand Ambassador of 'Punjab National Bank', have you ever thought these bankers (one of the most respectable jobs in India) did not do their duties efficiently and let someone (Mr. Nirav Modi) flee with more than 11000,00,00,00,000 rupees out of the country! Let's not point fingers at each other and teach others about doing their jobs right. Let's do our jobs honestly and be humble to others.

If you think having you and your name in the news headlines or brands makes it sellable, then it's partially wrong (God Save PNB). Journalists and writers have hundreds of subjects and characters to write on, which are far more popular and trending. You get the place in headlines and tags because you make India proud while winning the matches and achieving records. Just for your information the Wink Queen, Priya Prakash surpassed the highest daily search volume on Google compared to yours (you were searched and used in headlines most on your wedding day.)

India Captain Was Searched Most on his Wedding Day

Trends that will help Indian captain steer clear of his overconfidence about making headlines.

Priya Prakash Taking Away All The Headlines

Trends that Indian skipper should see to understand what makes headlines!You can make people happy by scoring centuries and winning matches, but can you make people cry when you walk with an occasional failure and whole nation goes to a pin-drop silence thinking that it's their collective failure. The day you become that person who can make the country cry, you will not be discussing about PR and headlines. Repeating again, yes, you are successful, your name is engraved in record books but I doubt if it has still got a place in fellow countrymen's heart.

All the best to you for the rest of your career and remaining T20 matches in South Africa, hope you keep giving your best without humiliating others or their profession. Oh, I missed using your name in the headline and tags of this article! Who cares! Priya Parkash Varrier is there!

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