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Showing posts with label Piyush Chawla. Show all posts
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Piyush Chawla's Secret Revealed
Why was Piyush Chawla picked?
The selectors are huddled together with their lists of 15 players that make the cut for the World Cup. A technician plugs the video conferencing equipment, and gives them the go ahead.
Meanwhile in South Africa, Kirsten and Dhoni sit with their list of 15 players. Piyush Chawla is doubling up as the technician as he sorts the video-con stuff, giving them the thumbs’ up.
Srikkanth: WhatDoYouCallit BOSSDhoniCanYouSeeUsClearly
MSD: Well ofcourse Piyush has made some very good arrangements
Srikkanth: BossWeHaveOur15KaList..
MSD: Of course and we have ours…I think the injured players pick themselves
Srikkanth: WhatDoYouCallIt SachinShewagGambir
MSD: Of course they will be there and there are other injured players that will be very fit by the world cup even fitter than the fit players now becoz they will not be playing or exerting themselves at all and getting of course all the time to work on their fitness..Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra
Srikkanth: BossTheyAreInOurListTooThatIs5PlayersWeHaveHandShakedOnBossGaryWhatDoYouCallIt
Kirsten: Sounds good
Srikkanth: I’m CON-FI-DENT ThatWhatDoYouCallIt RainaAndYusufWillBeCON-FI-DENT ChoicesToo
MSD (sounding a tad nervous now, looking around, wears his keeping gloves) : Of course
Srikkanth: BAJJIWillBeThereThatIsAndMunafTooBoss
MSD (even more nervous starts clapping with keeping gloves) Of course…are you forgetting someone
Srikkanth: YuvrajSinghViratKohliWhatDoYouCallItZaheerKhanBoss
MSD (Now very itchy, starts waving his gloves as if arranging a field) Well Of course, are you forgetting someone…
Srikkanth: WhatDoYouCallItVijayHasBeenSHITBossEvenICan’tGetHimInSorryBossButAshwinShouldPlay
MSD (Removing sweat from brow with his keeping gloves): Of course, I think we are missing someone…we have 13 players…and every team needs a…wic..
The transmission snaps…and MSD is left with his words hanging in the air
Piyush Chawla meanwhile gets busy, checks the wires and gets them going again…
Srikkanth: WhatDoYouCallItChawla??? BossWhatIsChawlaDoingThere…
MSD: Of course he is helping with the technical side of things and all and we have 13 players now….Sachin, Sehwag, Gautam, Yuvi, Kohli, Raina, Pathan, Bhajji, Zaks, Nehra, Munaf Patel, Praveen, Ashwin but are we missing something every side needs a wicketkeeper…
Srikkanth: BossWhatDoYouCallItShouldWePlayParthivPatelAsTheSecondWicketKeeperBoss…
MSD (much relieved, breaks into a smile, shows teeth): Well of course we can consider that once we have picked the first wicket keeper and that is why I have been saying for sometime that are we missing something and you know how it is Cheeka
Srikkanth(laughs) : BossSeedhaBolo…YesIThinkWeCanPickMahendraSinghDhoniAsWicketkeeperFirstChoice
MSD: Who will be the 15th player now..
Piyush Chawla is hanging around with a hopeful yet utterly hopeless face…he seems like a pathetic little mutt who hasn’t eaten in days…he looks into camera and all at once woos Cheeka
Srikkanth (overcome with emotion) MaiBhiBaapHoonIAmAlsoAFatherAnirudhaWillVouchForThatWithCON-FI-DENCEHahhaHaHaIHopeSoBossHahahaICannotSeePiyushChawlaLookSoSad...HeWillBeWhatDoYouCallIt....The15thPlayerBoss
Just then the door swings open and Rohit Sharma walks in sweating profusely after a net.
MSD (to Rohit): Well of course...you are late by 10 seconds Rohit Sharma...
The WTF T20 Series
If you knew there was a T20 game today, before today, then you are some piece of work. The mobile phone sponsors are doing a great disservice to mobile phone credibility with their advertising, top that, they sponsor a deferred T20 Cup – how can it be telecast Live when both teams are dead. India was all along, now even Zim is. They lost the toss.
Initially I took the solitary T20 game to constitute a cup, but there’s a second game tomorrow. It’s bad enough Yusuf Pathan was the match man of today, denying an anonymous left-armer who went for under three runs-per-over. Clear case of wrong guy getting the award, could have been worse, the wrong Ojha.
Then little man Chawla descended from somewhere; the selectors keen to make up for Chawla’s World T20 invisibility, played him for an entire T20 game – though at one point I did see him walk away.
The openers continued in the rich vein of Tamil Nadu batsmen that make the highest level their lowest level – and before you say, Naman Oja is from MP, I did hear him say, “Areh ho sambar”.
On an unrelated note, isn’t Mpofu a fascinating name, and it makes me wanna sing that Prince song, you sexy Mpofu…how bad can tomorrow’s game be, there is always the football world cup. Same time as your T20 game.
One more batsman please
At the team selections there was just one question that clinched it for the bowlers – does he bat? No, does he really bat? If India needs 9 runs of the 20th over in the semi finals, can he hit two boundaries under pressure?
Yes, I’ve seen him hit two fours under pressure.
Pick him, nothing more to ask.
Ok, and what about exhibit No. 2 – in addition to bowling how many runs has he scored in the IPL?
I remember, on one occasion he hit Ishant Sharma for 2-3 fours in an over.
In the IPL?
Yes, yes, in the IPL.
So, that means if India needs even 12 runs in the finals, and he’s in – he can do it.
Yes, yes. In fact there’s another batsman, even he hit Ishant Sharma for a lotta runs in one over.
Pick him also.
Problem, he’s retired from T20 internationals.
But he hit Ishant, yaar – convince him.
He’s a very big player.
Ok, pick the other one, the boy who bowls – even he can hit Ishant.
No one asked about his bowling form, his IPL run, when he last played for India, why he was dropped.
You can’t blame Piyush Chawla for making it the Caribbean. He’s just in the right team at the wrong time. As for Mishra and Ojha, there’s the IPL, and the odd ODI they play, the occasional test.
And they must work on their batting to be picked as the second choice spinners. Or is it third, fourth? Does Angad Bedi bowl, bring him on while you’re at it. Areh yaar, uske baap ko...
Batty about batting.
Bhajji is known to be a trendsetter; and while the tri colour was waved before he became the team’s flag bearer, it is his role as a lower order batsman that is turning Indian cricket upside down.
It is a known fact the bowlers refuse to bowl in the nets, they all want a hit. And when some kids aren’t there to turn their arm over, the batsmen have to bowl to the bowlers; that doesn’t make sense but that’s how it is.
If you’re surprised how part-timers like Raina, Sehwag, Yuvraj are stepping up to fulfill the fifth bowler’s role, don’t be – they get plenty of practise in the nets.
This change is visible beyond team India, in the Ranji sides as well – Agarkar bats at 6, and scores runs like he’s making them of his own bowling. Then there’s forever young Piyush Chawla, he’s up at seven, sometimes six, other times eight.
Looks like a perfect candidate for MSD’s side, where batting positions are as provocative as the Kamasutra. Today you’re on top, tomorrow way down, and sometimes you have to make do, sitting sideways, on the bench.
That’s the case with Praveen Kumar; and even though he opened in some games, chipped in with a few handy knocks for India lower down, he just doesn’t have the hair ‘n’ flair of an Ishant. But PK, being the trier he is, is working on it as we speak.
So too Irfan Pathan, who’s played some killer knocks in the Ranji for Baroda; in fact such has been his focus on batting that he often bowls with his bat.
It’s a worrying sign alright, Chawla, Irfan, Praveen, Agarkar, all batty about batting. Who the hell, will bowl? As always, Bhajji will have some answers, once he gets those gloves off.
Sussex Sharks: Champions of World Peace.
I want more Indians in more Champions League teams. But then I open my eyes to the Sussex Sharks – they top an Indian with a Pakistani.
There’s young old timer Piyush Chawla, who according to his Punjab mate, Sangakarra, is India’s best leg spinner. Of course that was said after an IPL game, not after an ICC Spirit of Cricket award.
Then you have the enigmatically named Yasir Arafat. Nobody ever called him Pakistan’s best leg spinner but that is understandable. He is some sort of all-rounder, only his bowling average, 48 is higher than his batting average, 47.
You can think of Chawla as an all rounder too. He has a first class hundred. He’s only 20, and a pocket dynamite when he gets charged up. No wonder Mishra is sending off batsmen.
But this is all academic. The big deal is, an Indian and a Pakistani will play together for an English Club in India. I strongly recommend the Nobel Peace Prize for both Piyush Chawla and Yasir Arafat.
Of course, it will be argued that Arafat already has one Nobel, but you got the wrong guy.
All we are safe, just give peace a chance. And Imagine. C’mon play all the Lennon you got. For once you get to the Kotla, the music will suck.
Is Piyush Chawla India's best leg spinner?
I was all for Piyush Chawla bowling the 19th over vs Mumbai Indians, and called it on twitter before Abdulla was called on to bowl but did not. Piyush, the best leg spinner in India, according to Kings XI Punjab teammate Kumar Sangakkara bowled only three overs. If word from Moody hadn't come via Katich, he may only have bowled two overs.
Obviously Yuvraj doesn't think much of him. I wonder what Amit Mishra thinks. What do you think, is Piyush Chawla India's best leg spinner?
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