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Darren Sammy: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“The best man who walked the face of the earth never did anything wrong, but he was still crucified. And I am nowhere close to that.”
It cannot be said that Darren Sammy is unaware of his tenuous position in the West Indian cricketing squad.
What he really meant:
“I’m skipper. Crucify me. It’s expected. It comes with the job.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“It’s not a paying post.”
Gautam Gambhir: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"He is like a stressbuster.”
Gautam Gambhir can relax at the non-striker’s end with Virender Sehwag is at the other end. The aggression of Sehwag makes up for any passivity on the part of his partner.All Gambhir has to focus on is getting his eye in.
What he really meant:
“It’s a stress-free environment because we’re on the same side. I would worry if he (Sehwag) wasn’t.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Buster, I can bat like Viru.”
Kirk Edwards: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I never saw Viv leave a ball because I only saw highlights.”
Kirk Edwards is a debutant with panache—with bat and microphone. Viv Richards was his childhood hero whose batting he saw only in highlights. Edwards had to learn to leave the ball in the traditional manner—through coaching.
What he really meant:
“Viv Richards never left a ball go by, I swear!”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Viv Richards made bowling look easy.”
Sunil Gavaskar: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“Somebody should tell them nobody from Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool has come to scout talent here.”
Sunil Gavaskar is not quite thrilled about Indian cricketers getting injured playing soccer rather than in the nets or on the field.
What he really meant:
“It’s the IPL, for Christ’s sake, not the EPL.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“They’re cricketers, they should just focus on cricket. In my heyday, I played tennis, badminton, TT and hockey with a cricket bat.”
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?”
Alastair Cook: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“The cricketing gods might look down in a bit of disgust.”
Alastair Cook is not too happy with Sri Lankan batters, who appeared to lose sight of the target in the attempt to ensure that Dinesh Chandimal reached his century at Lord’s.
What he really meant:
“The rain gods did not oblige us with a wash-out. Why should they favour Sri Lanka and particularly Dinesh Chandimal? ”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I would not have had much to say had Sri Lanka batted first.”
“I’d better say something critical before any one points out how long I took to make my ton.”
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.
Daryl Harper: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“It’s about as common as Indians eating beef burgers."
Australian umpire, Daryl Harper, takes a huge swipe at Indian cricketers— simultaneously defending his track record, following the criticism directed at him by the Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In a series of caustic remarks—interpreted by some as having racist overtones— that included “I should never have applied the laws of cricket to Indian players.", the Australian let fly letting Indians know how he felt about their accusations. Harper says that the ICC proved that 94% of his decisions were right and that his mistakes were as rare as Indians eating beef.
What he really meant:
“That’s how strongly I feel. So there!”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m a vegetarian.”
“McDonald’s have offered me a job—in India.”
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.”
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