Kochi Tuskers interested in Ganguly?
Unprecedented: PCB's Ijaz Butt speaks to Kochi's Satyajit Gaekwad
Ijaz Butt: Hello, is that Anshuman Gaekwad?
Satyajit Gaekwad: No
Ijaz Butt: I thought this was Mr Gaekwad’s number?
Satyajit Gaekwad: Yes
Ijaz Butt: Then give him the phone you fool
Satyajit Gaekwad: I am Mr. Gaekwad
Ijaz Butt: But you just said you are not
Satyajit Gaekwad: No I did not
Ijaz Butt: Yes you did
Satyajit Gaekwad: You asked for Anshuman…
Ijaz Butt: …Gaekwad
Satyajit Gaekwad: I am Satyajit Gaekwad…
Ijaz Butt: No, no...the name is Satyajit Ray…
Satyajit Gaekwad: Who the #@&+*$# are you #$%@
Ijaz Butt: I am Ijaz Butt speaking
Satyajit Gaekwad: Hello Mr Butt
Ijaz Butt: Hello Mr Gaekwad, I have a plan to save the Kochi franchise…but first you must employ my services in addition to the services of… Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah ul Haq…do you hear me...
Satyajit Gaekwad: please continue Mr Butt I am listening
Ijaz Butt: Yes, we are all used to infighting…this is child's play for us
Satyajit Gaekwad: Brilliant Mr. Butt, brilliant...when can we start…Mr Butt?
Ijaz Butt: In one month, till then we need to put our house in order…
I'll be baaack... in 30 days
News Source: Satyajit Gaikwad of the Rendezvous Group has thundered, "We will not be terminated" as the Kochi IPL franchise is given 30 days to respond as to why they shouldnt be scrapped.
Rain Might Play Spoilsport For Phone Tappers
After Hanse Cronje's conversations were tapped when he stayed at the Taj Gateway (then Taj Residency) in Kochi, cricketers have been keen to be moved to the city's other Taj, Malabar where the service is better and they don't play Boney M and Michael Jackson all day long at their restaurants, preferring instead Kenny G classics from the 1700s. This has upset phone tappers in the national peeping association who had no idea where the cricketers had been shifted to until Michael Clarke and Suresh Raina gave away their locations by posting pictures on twitter of the rainy scenery from their hotel windows. Eager phone tappers however have been hit by another force of nature as the city has been hit by stormy weather creating a natural disturbance in the background. Although unlikely it is possible a few Australian cricketers might officially announce within the hour that the rain is a conspiracy to defraud Pakistan.
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This is from June 2009, when I hooked up with Bored Member Achettup over the T20 WC finals at the Taj Residency, Kochi. Btw this is also where the cops hooked up with Cronje. Appears the teams will not be staying here for the first ODI. Guess they don't want it to be their last.
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