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Yuvraj Singh’s exploits vindicate Hazel Keech’s ‘naivete’
Hazel Keech stands vindicated.
Yuvraj Singh batting at Adelaide Oval (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The British-Mauritian model and actress was ruthlessly trolled by ‘knowledgeable’ cricket fans for questioning Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision to keep fiance Yuvraj Singh out of the firing line in the first two T20s.
The tweet was later deleted but the fusillade of retorts from rude fans kept pouring in.
Let Ms. Keech’s timeline tell the story:
Hey, whats the batting line up today? I missed it @gauravkapur @Imangadbedi @gbhimani
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 29, 2016You can fuck right off mister dont answer dont reply anymore! twitter.com/imangadbedi/st…
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 29, 2016Angads become to big for his boots! twitter.com/imkabirali/sta…
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 29, 2016Im honest and outspoken, you are badly behaved, not even having manners or courtesy to reply BUT have time to tweet! twitter.com/imangadbedi/st…
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 29, 2016And people learn by asking questions, right? twitter.com/srkkisoni/stat…
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 29, 2016Haters are calling the press! Sheesh, is no one allowed to learn or ask questions anymore??! #findingcontroversy twitter.com/adlee_sharon/s…
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 29, 2016Thanks twitter.com/beingyuvnaseer…
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 29, 2016Bahahahahahahahaha an!!!!! @Imangadbedi @YUVSTRONG12 twitter.com/dhairya_001/st…
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 29, 2016Fyi i was not "angry "upset" or felt "injustice" i asked a simple question about a sport l'm new to. NEWS should be REPORTED news not creatd
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) January 31, 2016Yuvi seemed well on the way to proving his detractors right in the third T20 barely getting bat to ball with just five runs to his name off nine deliveries.
That changed in the final over of the run chase; it was vintage Singh dispatching the first ball to the ropes and depositing the second in the stands.
It was all over bar the shouting. The required runs had reduced from a screaming 17 off 6 to a manageable 7 off 4. A desperate bye off the third ball and it was left to Raina to collect the winning runs with cool aplomb.
This is the latest on Keech’s timeline:
Nicely said mister Charlie twitter.com/imcharaan/stat…
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Hazel Keech (@hazelkeech) February 01, 2016Trust her man to come good and silence her haters with his exploits.
Yuvraj Singh: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
Yuvraj Singh is healthily out of the Indian squad—for now.
What he said:
“Playing on one lung and playing on two lungs are completely different.”
Dashing left-hander Yuvraj Singh has never felt better in his life. The southpaw believes that he is currently at peak fitness.
Yuvraj said:
“I’ve trained quite hard. It’s been two years of hard work. I’ve never felt so good. I’m in much better shape than I was when I played the 2011 World Cup. I promise you that. Playing on one lung and playing on two lungs are completely different. As I said, I’ve given my comeback my best shot and I’ve never given up on anything. I have to keep fighting and keep believing in myself even when others don’t believe in me. That’s what I’ve always believed in.”
The 2011 World Cup man-of-the-series added:
“Of course, there is a possibility that I may never play for India again. I have considered that. But there is also the possibility that I might play for India again, and as long as I believe that I can come back and I have it in me, I’m going to keep pushing myself.”
On his recovery from lung cancer:
“This is definitely a second chance at life. Maybe I was destined to come back and play for India, and that’s why I’m still alive. I don’t know what the reasons are. There are times when I go to a YouWeCan event, I talk about cancer and awareness and early detection, which is important. But also, sometimes I do wish people understand that it’s also important for me to just focus on the game and playing it. When people come up to me and say ‘Oh Yuvi, what happened to you …’ and that kind of thing, I understand the emotion, and it’s great, but I also have to be positive and think about the future.”
What he said is what he meant.
What he definitely didn’t( Do we need this?):
Usain Bolt: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
English: Usain Bolt at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Usain Bolt
What he said:
“A cheetah would be cooler. I can see the headlines, ‘Usain Bolt beats cheetah’.”
The champion sprinter was replying to a question whether he would like to race against a fast car or a cheetah.
The cheetah is the fastest land animal and can reach speeds of 90 to 128 kmph. Bolt, however, has clocked a top speed of about 45 kmph.
(1936 four-gold medal winner Jesse Owens raced against horses in exhibits but he cheated. The starting gun was fired next to the thoroughbred’s head startling it and giving the sprinter a head-start.)
Bolt was in Bangalore to play a seven-a-side exhibition match against a team which had some of India’s top cricketers including Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan. The face-off was titled ‘Bolt and Yuvi – Battle of the Legends’.
On breaking new records:
“It’s possible. After running 9.58 seconds I’ve never said, ‘Never again.’ My coach knows there is no limit because I never knew I was going to go that fast. But when you go there, you have great competition, you push yourself to the limit and if you are in great shape anything is possible. No, I don’t have any magic number in mind. To me, the 100m record is not the one which matters now. It is the 200m where I want to go sub-19.”
Asked if yam and chicken nuggets were his secret ingredients:
“Yeah, but chicken nuggets was just one time in China as I didn’t want to take a chance with other food. Otherwise, I eat normal food. I’m not the kind of person who would give advice on diet (laughs) because I’m bad when it comes to my diet as I eat anything that I like.”
On Sachin Tendulkar:
“Everybody knows him. Sachin is one of the greatest ever in the sport. I remember the days when he depressed me by beating West Indies. There is another funny story. When I was growing up I never supported West Indies. I was a Pakistan supporter which my dad could never understand. But then I was a huge Waqar Younis fan.”
What he really meant:
“I’d like to prove I’m the fastest beast on the planet—I’m not a machine. I get injured and no mechanics can repair me.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Let’s race cars and we’ll headline it ‘Usain goes to Hollywood'”.
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India Cricket: Of Young Legs, Heller Pacers and Non-Finicky Squads
The English came, saw and were conquered.
The freshly crowned No.1 Test team were all at sea when it came to negotiating the sub-continent’s slow turners.
A 5-0 trashing might satisfy MS Dhoni and his young brigade ;the true test is to come when Team India tour Australia at the end of the year.
The Indians looked sharp in the field owing to young legs in the side.
A consolation T20 win for Graeme Swann, no little thanks to a belligerent knock by the man he termed not captaincy material in his autobiography, “The Breaks Are Off”—Kevin Pietersen.
The hoi polloi were not impressed; the stands were less than full for the games.
A surfeit of cricket coupled with the dismal surrender in England implies that fans cannot be taken for a ride—surely not all the time.
The squad picked for the first Test in the return series against West Indies at home has three express bowlers, each capable of bowling at 140+ kmph.
Does this mark the dawn of a new era?
Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron are chomping at the bit to have a go and make their mark on the selectors before the crucial tour Down Under.
Harbhajan Singh,however, has been sternly castigated by Krishnamachari Srikkanth and his merry men; he remains out of favour.
Rahul Sharma, Ravindra Ashwin and Praghyan Ojha are the twirlers chosen by the wise men of Indian cricket.
Virender Sehwag returns, Ajinkya Rahane is rewarded for his fine displays and Yuvraj Singh makes it back to the Test side and ‘Grade A’.
Virat Kohli has yet another chance to prove his credentials in the longer format of the game—should he play.
Kohli and Ishant Sharma have moved up in the Indian cricketing world—rewarded with Grade A contracts.
Ashish Nehra is the surprising omission from the list of contracted players. Why is he being punished?
The first Test match is scheduled for November 6, 2011 in Delhi at the Ferozeshah Kotla.
Two spinners and two pace bowlers are par for the course on sub-continent wickets.
Will Dhoni risk a Sehwag without adequate match practice? A similar move did not quite work wonders in English conditions. But then this is home advantage and the Kotla is the Nawab’s home ground.
Can Dhoni leave him out?
The second pace bowler’s spot is a toss-up between Yadav and Aaron—Dhoni’s call.
Rahul Sharma is the least experienced amongst the trundlers. Safe to say, he will not play.
The squad picks itself:
M S Dhoni (capt & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag (Ajinkya Rahane), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav (or Varun Aaron).
—John Dryden
Yuvraj Singh Is Not Testing With His Words
Image via Wikipedia
What he said:
“The English media and the players have spoken too much. So what goes around comes around. The players should be careful with what they say.”
Yuvraj Singh is unable to hide his glee at the turnaround in the Indian cricket team’s fortunes.
The return ODI series against England at home was clinched in convincing fashion with the first three one-dayers going Team India’s way.
What he really meant:
“One English summer does not make a season.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“It’s not Test cricket, is it?”
Yuvraj Singh: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Yuvraj Singh Lays Down The Law
What he said:
“The problem in India is if some one says a rooster has given an egg it will become news!! Whether it’s true or not it doesn’t matter."
Yuvraj Singh is livid that bookie Mazhar Majeed named Harbhajan Singh and him among the cricketers he had ‘access’ to.
Majeed and Pakistani fast bowler, Mohammad Asif, are on trial in a London court facing spot-fixing charges in a betting scam.
The News Of The World broke the sensational expose with footage of meetings between intrepid reporter Mazhar Mehmood and the crooked bookie.
Yuvraj tweeted:
"And who is Majid!! Absolute rubbish! Don’t no (sic), never met!”
The next tweet compared Majeed to a rooster practically terming his ‘lie’ a cock-and-bull story.
Harbhajan Singh was equally furious speaking to reporters in Nagpur:
I don’t know who this person is, I have never met him. We will definitely take some action against him. I don’t know whether it will be legal action or whatever.
But I will definitely bring it to the BCCI’s notice and I’m sure they’ll take the right kind of action against these kind people who are trying to spoil the game.
What he really meant:
“Sensationalism first, fact-finding later. That’s the name of the game.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“This rooster (Mazhar Majeed) laid some golden eggs for us (Harbhajan Singh and me).”
Nasser Husain: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“All the best for your charity but no sympathies for your injured fingers for what you did to me in the NatWest final.”
Nasser Husain has a long memory. He may no longer don English colours but his bloody-mindedness survives. Yuvraj Singh is the target of the jab above.
What he really meant:
“I know what you can do—healthy and injury-free. Broady remembers too.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Half a dozen roses for my Indian friend and a get-well-soon card, please. Overnight delivery.”
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