The small wonders - Childhood images of some famous cricketers

We get to see cricketers plying their trade only when they reach the higher levels of the game, often forgetting the amount of hard work they put in during their younger days to get where they eventually did. The reason for only a very few cricketers being able to reach the top-most level is the single-minded focus they all have in wanting to realize their ambition of being a cricketer. Here are a few cricketers during their childhood who went on to do rather well at the highest level:

#15 Ajinkya Rahane

The kind of batsman who can mould his game according to the need of the situation, Ajinkya Rahane has established himself as one of the most dependable batsmen in the current Indian line-up. Possessing a sound temperament and a solid technique, Rahane has grown from strength to strength as a batsman over five years of international cricket.