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Shahid Afridi: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Shahid Afridi Has The Shivers For Sachin Tendulkar
What he said:
“I saw Tendulkar’s legs shivering while facing his bowling.”
Shahid Afridi backs up Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar’s claims in his autobiography, “Controversially Yours”, that Sachin Tendulkar was intimidated by Akhtar’s raw pace.
Afridi added that this was normal for most batsmen. Every batsman feared one bowler or another.
“There are times when every batsman feels the pressure, it happens against [Pakistani off-spinner] Saeed Ajmal even,” said Afridi.
What he really meant:
“My teeth were chattering so much standing so close to Tendulkar’s blade that everything else appeared to shimmer.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“More ice-cream for us in the lunch break. That’s the solution.”
Shahid Afridi: What he said, really meant and what you wish he said
What he said:
“I was a hero for them after the World Cup and suddenly I became zero.”
Shahid Afridi is quite certain that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) flip-flops in its attitude to him. Ijaz Butt, PCB Chairman, is the target of his ire. The former Pakistan captain labelled PCB officials hypocrites calling them ‘two-faced’ for blaming him for the ODI losses in the Windies despite his non-involvement in the selection process.
What he really meant:
“Butt thinks I’m good as long as I’m good to him.Convenient.”
What you wish he said:
“PCB officials would be excellent advisors on how to build roller-coasters.”
Gautam Gambhir: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“It looks like Afridi is still behaving in the manner as if he is still the 16-year-old making his international debut. He is still immature. It was my personal wish to pay tributes to the 26/11 victims."
Gautam Gambhir believes that Shahid Afridi has not yet outgrown his adolescence and behaves like a spoilt brat. The left-hander was reacting to the former Pakistani skipper’s comments that Indians are not large-hearted after Pakistan lost to India in the World Cup semis.
What he really meant:
“Afridi has not changed—neither his batting nor his behaviour.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I learnt how to win friends and influence people from Afridi.”
Cricket and basketball: The Iffy Debate (Humour)
If the Indian cricket team had selected Baba Ramdev as the team physio, then the men in blue could have been as flexible on the field as the sadhu himself. However, his insidious influence would rub off on them and at the first signs of terror from pace bowlers, bruised batsmen would migrate to women’s cricket.
If Barack Obama were to lose the 2012 Presidential elections, he could always consider coaching the Los Angeles Lakers. “Yes, we can” would resonate with Lakers fans, too. “It’s not the economy, stupid” could do just as well.
Imran Khan: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"This case is another suicide attack on Pakistan cricket."
Imran Khan slams the public row between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Shahid Afridi.
What he really meant:
“The national cricket board and their cricketers are always at loggerheads—to the detriment of Pakistani cricket.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Sue—I side.”
Shoaib Akhtar: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I don’t believe in teamwork; give me a team that works!”
Shoaib Akhtar asserts that it’s his favourite quote.
What he really meant:
“Teamwork is about doing your job and allowing,ensuring and facilitating your teammates to do theirs well or better.”
“Everyone works but not all pull in the same direction.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“’Working in Teams’ —That’s the next stop on my motivational speeches tour.”
Shahid Afridi: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"There is nothing bigger than a man’s respect, and the way the board has treated me, there is a limit to everything."
Shahid Afridi announces his conditional retirement from international cricket.
What he really meant:
“Power and respect comes from the barrel of a gun and my retirement’s the smoking gun. At least, I hope.”
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Cricket: Musings on WI-Pak,SL Premier League and IPL rumbles
Another batch of random thoughts, in no particular order (are random thoughts ever sequenced?):
West Indies beat Pakistan in the first Test match. The most laughable captain in world cricket, Darren Sammy, comes up trumps claiming a fifer as the Caribbean side wins an encounter between unpredictable “a-bit-more-than-minnows”.
Devendra Bishoo and Saeed Ajmal impress. Ajmal gets eleven but ends up on the losing side.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul lets his bat do the talking. Walking the talk? Certainly.
Michael Holding, the ‘doosra’ is here to stay
Fast bowling legend, Michael Holding, set the cat among the pigeons with his comments regarding the legality of the ‘doosra’ during the second ODI between Pakistan and West Indies at St. Lucia.
It is not the first time that old-timers have questioned the legality of the delivery.It will not be the last.
India’s Bishan Singh Bedi is another rabid critic of the off-spinner’s googly.
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