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  • 8 months ago
All-rounder Navin Bidaisee has attracted lots of attention following his impressive campaign in the recently concluded CWI Breakout League.

Dominic Ramroop sat down again with the T&T player.
Transcript
00:00Hailing from the rural town of Beesh, a young breakout star all-rounder tells us
00:05his story. Let's get to know Navin Bidesi. Bidesi recalls his time as a young
00:11child growing up in Beesh, playing different sports like cricket, football
00:15and even rugby on wet days at the Beesh Recreational Ground, a place which has
00:19provided the platform for his budding cricket career.
00:22Growing up here, this is where I spend the majority of my time. As soon as I
00:28come home from school, change clothes, eat straight up here. I think growing up up
00:34here has been a blessing and it made me who I am. That's how I started playing
00:39cricket right up here, playing with the club, Beesh Sports Club. They give me a
00:43backing. Even when I was young, I was on scoring runs. They still let me play and
00:47experience playing big man cricket and help me develop as a youngster.
00:51He mentioned the influence his parents had on his life and double-sided approach
00:56that they took with him. Both him and my mom, my mom was like, it was a two-scale. My mom was
01:01my education, making sure I get my education and that was cricket. So they both come together and
01:07this is, this is what they'd probably go to. Bidesi then reflected on his time in secondary school.
01:13The former Queen's Royal College and Hillview College student notes that even though it was a
01:17taxing period in his life, he thinks he's better off for it. He spent time in Cascade at a
01:23relative's house in his early days at QRC, but soon realized that he rather'd be in his
01:28own element, despite the sacrifice required. Growing up here, you know, you have the freedom
01:33up there. Didn't have much freedom. So, you know, forget that. When I come back home,
01:37used to get up half three every morning to go to school, catch a bus. And you tell me
01:41miss that bus, it's straight back home because I ain't not traveling to go. It used to be tough.
01:46It used to be really tough. I mean, but I'm grateful for all that. All those are really blessings in
01:51the skies. It helped me help me be who I am stronger, more determined, manage my time better,
01:57you know, train harder to make something out of myself. Coming Allrounder also told us about the
02:03old pavilion at the ground, where there was a list of names of people who had become notable nationally.
02:08It was a list which inspired Bidesi to want to see his own name on it. But he has bigger things on
02:14his mind. Like the same pavilion. Like they remade it. So when I was younger, it had a list of names
02:22on the side of it, of people who made it at a national level. And every time I come up here,
02:26I used to see that. And I used to tell myself, I want my name to be up there too. So that was like
02:32a major driving point for me. So, yeah. So we talk about that now. You think one day this ground
02:39could be the Northern Bidesi recreational cricket girl? Yo, that is definitely a goal of mine.
02:44I mean, it's like a legacy. I think that seeing guys like Jason Mohamed have grown steam after them,
02:51having the summer back in Central and these things, it definitely is a goal of mine. Bidesi one day
02:57hopes to done the baggy maroon and represent the West Indies senior men's team in all three formats,
03:02but particularly at test level. Dominic Ramroop, TV6 Sport.
03:06Dolby Ramroop, TV6 Sport.
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