“Keep hungry, keep silly,” Steve Jobs had famously uttered in his Stanford College graduation speech in 2005.
Tamil Nadu’s teen batter Andre Siddarth, 19, emphasised the primary a part of the phrase, chatting with Sportstar on the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) Excessive Efficiency Centre on Tuesday.
“You have to be hungry. I can’t be happy. As an illustration, I bought 111 in opposition to Maharashtra (for TNCA President’s XI within the ongoing Buchi Babu match). I used to be not happy with it. I wished to make it a double hundred that day. So, my mindset for now could be that I shouldn’t get out. That’s the principle factor. And simply to be hungry for no matter is coming forward,” he stated.
Regardless of scoring 612 runs from 12 innings at a mean of 68 in his debut Ranji Trophy season (2024-25), he stated he wasn’t happy along with his marketing campaign.
“I had scored 600 runs, however was form of dissatisfied that we didn’t progress (Tamil Nadu misplaced within the quarterfinal versus Vidarbha). I knew that I had scored 5 fifties (and 100). If I had transformed that into two or three tons of, then I might have been extra happy,” he stated.
Siddarth, who sometimes bats in a free-flowing method, needed to bat for time with the bowlers to assist his workforce Jolly Rovers CC keep away from conceding the first-innings result in Mylapore RC-A on the A.M. Jain School floor within the TNCA first division league just lately.
On having the ability to each assault and defend successfully, he stated: “I personally imagine that the psychological facet of the sport is extra vital than every other ability. And I’ve been placing myself in troublesome conditions in my batting and fielding apply, and health drills. So, I feel it has been reflecting in my matches.
“At A.M. Jain, sure, I performed round 30 balls with Sandeep Warrier (the No. 11 batter) then. And I needed to defend to avoid wasting the sport. In opposition to Maharashtra (111), I knew that I needed to assault. So, now I do know that I’ve been geared up sufficient to take it to the Ranji Trophy.”
Speaking about coping with each the brand new and previous balls as a middle-order batter within the Ranji Trophy, he stated: “That’s the way in which I practise. I practise with each the previous and new balls with my dad. And since junior cricket, I’ve been taking part in up and down (within the batting order). So, I’ve a sure concept of play within the center order and play on the prime. I’m grateful sufficient that I’ve been versatile from my early days.”
Jobs’ second a part of the phrase refers to retaining one’s thoughts contemporary and never loaded. Siddarth was instilled with Dhoni’s model of the identical throughout his stint with CSK final IPL season.
“I had a chat (with Dhoni) on the Wankhede (stadium) throughout our workforce apply. And he instructed me only one factor – to remain calm. I believed that everybody says that.
“However he defined to me that whereas being calm, one vital factor is to attempt to maintain your thoughts clean. And that’s very robust. If not in type or not on track, it’s actually robust,” he stated.
Revealed on Sep 03, 2025