Weird things do happen in Cricket. They just keep happening. More so during the World Cup.
He wasn't even thought of as a WC probable before the South Africa ODI Series.
4 wickets on an apology of a track and Dhoni has warmed up to Piyush Chawla.
In a batting card that reads: Sachin, Sehwag, Gambhir, Kohli, Yuveraj, Pathan, Dhoni, Bhajji and Zaheer Khan...
"This is what we hear": Chawla needs to contribute with bat too: Dhoni
What about Yuveraj, Raina and Dhoni himself ?
Dhoni aka Mahi is the Head of Team India. Hence whatever he utters becomes Maheadlines !
We are living in weird yet exciting times.
We can expect more and more Maheadlines...
Yuveraj needs to take 5 wickets more often
Sachin needs to score more ODI centuries than anyone
Pathan needs to win more matches from any position
Sehwag has to improve his strike rate while batting 50 overs
Ashwin is too tall for a spinner, he needs to get shorter
Munaf has to cut down on speed while bowling and running
Zaheer has to lead from the front and then back too
Sreesanth shouldn't open his mouth to appeal or even to eat Appam
Gambhir needs to bowl his leg-spin more regularly
Virat should improve his wicket-keeping skills
Nehra's teeth need to visit a Dentist before the Final
Raina needs to change his gear [Does it mean the CSK gear ?]
Bhajji should remember he hasn't scored an ODI Century
And...
I think I must give more tips to my team-mates
S-Pun Doctor
All for a cup sir, just for a cup. Sreesanth's is particularly tragic...the boy's being hounded.
ReplyDeleteYou said it Soul. My Soul goes out for him. I haven't seen another player as badly chastised by the media, people and even his Captain.
ReplyDeleteI don't deny he has problems with temper. But he can get wickets and win matches. Just manage him within the team. Why do you go public ?
I lost a lot of my respect for Dhoni after that. Going by the opposition Captain's word and lambasting your triumph card on electronic media is poor man-management.
Haha, right said. Piyush Chawla is appearing like a child who is ignored by his parents. which begs only one question, "why do they chose to take him to the fair then? So that he gets lost in the maddening crowd.
ReplyDeletechawla needs to bowl... field off his own bowling... catch anywhere in the field off his own bowling... keep wicket off his own bowling... should bat... score runs... etc etc...
ReplyDeletewhile the seven batsmen preceeding him (including dhoni) should just relax and lament that the bowlers are not scoring enough runs for the team...
SP, Though I am no great fan of Piyush; that was a little too much indeed.
ReplyDeleteIrfan Pathan was destroyed thanks to this obsession with turning him into all-rounder. Piyush hasn't yet started properly and here he goes !
And to think that he doesn't have a quarter of batting ability the Junior Pathan had !