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Ishant Sharma: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"Sometimes even I don’t know which ball is going to straighten, so how can the batsmen know?”
Ishant Sharma confesses to being nonplussed sometimes as to the direction his deliveries will take.
What he really meant:
“It’s easy to keep batsmen guessing when I’m guessing as well.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“How much can a cricket ball deviate from a straight line?”
Chris Gayle, Indian cricket team and Anirudha Srikkanth
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle, Chris Gayle, Chris Gayle.
It’s all about the West Indian opening bat.
Will he ever play for the Windies again?
The solution to this riddle may lie with Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The heads of government opted to resurrect the prime ministerial sub-committee on cricket to resolve the dispute.
For uninterested outsiders, it becomes harder and harder to sympathise with the Jamaican player. Not because the decision taken by the West Indian Cricket Board is fair, but because it seems he’s crying himself hoarse despite being richer to the tune of $265,000 plus his RCB fee of $400,000. Being a free agent has its perks when you’re Chris Gayle.
Dr. Ernest Hilaire and Dinanath Ramnarine are the other high-profile faces of the warring sides in this drama. The man in the centre of the storm is Ottis Gibson, the West Indian coach.
Gibson is a former player from Barbados who played a couple of Tests snaring three big wickets in Alec Stewart, Darren Gough and Jacques Kallis. Gayle appears to have more than a few issues with the current coach, a common thread repeated by Shivnarine Chanderpaul among others. A resolution to the crisis can only happen if Gibson is shown the door. Every predicament has a scapegoat.
Saurav Ganguly: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"When I played, I loved hitting sixes."
Saurav Ganguly—at a clinic for young players at the Kowloon cricket club in Hong Kong—dwells on his penchant for hitting the ball out of bounds.
What he really meant:
“I always went for broke on small grounds.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“A quick single to third man—that’s my preferred batting style.”
Sunil Gavaskar: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I would also like to suggest that there should be no water for bowlers at the boundary end.”
Former India opener, Sunil Gavaskar, is flabbergasted at the ICC’s decision to abolish runners for injured or cramping batsmen.The master bat believes that the rule should be extended to bowlers and fielders as well, levelling the playing field.
What he really meant:
“No runners for batters? What next?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Let’s have substitutes for umpires, too.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni:What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“If the correct decisions were made, the game would have finished much earlier and I would have been in the hotel by now.”
MS Dhoni rips into the umpiring during the post-match press conference after the first Test at Kingston, Jamaica.
What he really meant:
“The umpiring was abysmal.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Due to the late finish and poor umpiring, I missed scrumptious tandoori chicken at the hotel’s restaurant.”
Lalit Modi, BCCI and ICL: Why did Modi reveal all?
If it had not been the BCCI that first linked him to the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL), his recent disclosures about the Indian Cricket League (ICL) could have been construed as yet another attempt by Lalit Modi to turn the spotlight back on him.
The ex-IPL honcho projects an impression of missing the glory, accolades and kudos that came his way when he was the high-flying architect of the biggest organizational success story in international cricket since Kerry Packer‘s World Series Cricket (WSC).
The Indian television media, as expected, went overboard on his revelations. Arnab Goswami of Times Now button-holed the IPL founder on prime time. Lalit Modi flatly denied any connection with the Sri Lankan league—direct or indirect.
To attribute altruistic considerations to Lalit Modi’s revelations—as Arnab rightly pointed out—is foolish. However, to dismiss the allegations as ravings of a disgruntled ex-BCCI employee or to term him a liar is foolhardy.
Cricket: Ten reasons why the BCCI opposes DRS (Humour)
Ten reasons why the BCCI steadfastly refuses to utilize the Decision Review System (DRS) in bilateral series involving India:
10) BCCI honchos believe DRS stands for Debatable Review System.
9) Test umpires paid off the BCCI to oppose the system.
8) BCCI members feel left out of the process; if this decision is taken out of their hands, what will board members convene a press conference for?
7) The BCCI have yet to form a committee to weigh pros and cons of the system.
6) DRS research files are with Lalit Modi. It is too embarrassing for the BCCI to request them back now.
5) BCCI officials do not agree with the term "snickometer". It sounds too much like "snickermeter" or "sniggermeter’". A retrospective fallout.
4) The BCCI have not received permission from the defence ministry to import the system. It is military equipment, after all. The Indian government wishes to build HotSpot indigenously instead.
3) The BCCI would rather wait for FIFA to first approve goal-line technology. Heaven forbid that they be perceived as more progressive than the world’s foremost soccer body.
2) The memo approving the system is pending with Messr Sharad Pawar. The honourable minister desires to table a motion before parliament.
1) "Call us bully-boys, will ya? Let’s behave so."
Quote of the day: The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. – George Bernard Shaw
Mahendra Singh Dhoni: Protector of the “endangered” (Satire)
RANCHI—
In breaking news, it is learnt that India’s cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was approached—jointly—by the West Indian Players Association (WIPA) and the West Indian Cricket Board (WICB) to become the brand ambassador of Caribbean cricket.
The bodies-at-loggerheads—through Dhoni—seek to drive home the message that West Indian cricket is under threat of slow extinction and needs revival to promote continuation of a joyous, carefree brand of island cricket.
Andy Roberts: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“But now, he[Munaf Patel] is spinning the ball.”
Andy Roberts says that Indian pace bowlers cut down on pace at international level, becoming slower and slower over the years.He believe that they are transformed into line-and-length bowlers by their coaches.
What he really meant:
“Anil Kumble can bowl as quick as Munaf.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“That’s the reason why the West Indies have slower pitches in recent times.”
Graeme Swann: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I don’t know whether it is mistrust of technology or kidology on their [India’s] behalf.”
Graeme Swann is perplexed by the BCCI’s decision to veto the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in the up-coming India-England series. It is viewed by some as a move to negate Swann’s ability to get frequent leg-before dismissals—under the system; by others, as protecting Sachin Tendulkar who is the beneficiary of more benefit-of-the-doubt decisions than any other player—owing to his stature.
What he really meant:
“The reasons given [by the BCCI] are laughable.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Technology is for kids.”
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