Just a fun discussion post on which cricketer you really didn't like when you first saw him play or for a while but slowly you warmed up to him? If possible, focus on cricketers from not the country you support, but overseas.
For me, it'd be Sourav Ganguly. The Indian captain in 2001 really irked me off intially. He wasn't as calm as say a Dravid and Tendulkar were, and he was competitive like crazy. As years went by, I slowly warmed up to him, due to his commitment on the field and the fact he never actually crossed the line (and I'll admit something Aussies occasionally did). He played hard but fair, had a lot of shit happen to him and was it vs Pak, he scored 270 odd in B'lore? That and 144 at the Gabba made me cheer for him more than a Tendulkar or a Laxman who always got runs vs us. I'm yet to some one as good on the off side as he was.
Post retirement, his commentary stint in 15 WC and the U-19 WC was excellent too, though something changed in the 19 WC and he came off as too biased and often ill prepared - apologizing every 30 odd mins for a wrong stat or for slip of tongue. Minor farce though.
I reckon a number of Aussies might say Kohli, and well, he's no longer the middle finger to crowd showing youngster anymore and his interview with Gilly was very well received, but I'd put Ganguly above him in terms of warming up to the person. His aggression stood out differently than one we had in our run or Kohli's and the more I knew abt cricket, the more I realised how difficult it must have been to pick cricket up when he became captain.
Anyways, enough abt me. What's yours?
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