Nash Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article?id=item/2.0/-/cricket.yahoonews.com/8c81ff147f4c7ca5cffd91f536de42 Lord's: Ajantha Mendis didn't take a wicket and Shahid Afridi never hit him for a boundary but the "demystifying" of the Sri Lankan spinner told greatly on his team's defeat in the finals of the ICC World Twenty20 here on Sunday. Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara conceded that Pakistan had played his "mystery spinner" too often in recent times and it had played into his opposition's hands. What he didn't know was that an Indian had also contributed hugely in Pakistan's quest to tackle Mendis. Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi were lodged in the same hotel with their teams in central London in the second week of the competition when they caught up with each other over a dinner. Afridi had then inquired Gambhir, arguably one who has played Mendis best so far, on how to come to terms with the Sri Lankan spinner. Afridi's questions were specific: how to spot when Mendis was bowling a googly or varying the degree of spin or when he was in "carom ball" delivery mode. Gambhir patiently shared all his knowledge with Afridi which must be kind of a news in itself as the world believed their was no love lost between the two cricketers. Afridi and Gambhir were involved in an ugly confrontation during a match of the 2006-07 series and the latter was even hauled up in front of the match-referee. Well clearly much water has passed under the bridge since then and Gambhir was more than keen to help out Afridi. The mercurial Pakistani at that stage must not have known if his side would end up facing Sri Lanka again in the tournament. But his eagerness was just a reflection on how desperate Afridi was to succeed. Gambhir's mantra was no different to what he has maintained all along. "I think it is important to pick him from his fingers because most of the variations which he does, he does from his fingers and it is important to pick him then." On June 12, exactly nine days before the finals, Sri Lanka and Pakistan had faced each other in a Super Eight match at Lord's only. Afridi had then got out for nought, a victim of Muthiah Muralidharan's mastery. Pakistan had then lost by 19 runs. Today it was Afridi's turn to get his even. He hit a half century and Pakistan won by eight wickets. In a strange way, there was enough for the newly crowned winners to thank an Indian. Why so hate about indian in paki's mind????:finger::finger: Pathetic pakistani fans..:finger::finger: I cant believe Gauti did this.. :hatsoff: Link to comment
Watson87 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hum sab bhai bhai hain yaar. Link to comment
Texy Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hum sab bhai bhai hain yaar. in your lala land.... Link to comment
zubinpepsi Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 WTG Gauti..,,, destroy this lundis.... mystery spinner my ****.. Link to comment
Sachinism Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 read the thread about some other shithole and boy do they give many reasons to hate them Link to comment
punjabi_khota Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I am suspicious about this article. No source mentioned. How do they know that this exchange ever happened ? Link to comment
Sooda Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Well it works both ways and has done for a while. As much as the fans may not like each other and the other teams the Ind and Pak cricketers get on famously. Wasim helped Irfan loads- or tried to anyway. Rahul Dravid gave Younus Khan batting tips when we toured pak in 04. And generally theyre all good mates. Link to comment
Pak_Forever Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 lol...the whole world knows that Mendis could be played better if you pick him from his fingers. Nice work though from Gambhir, players out of cricket fields usually behave like friends and ther's no harm in learning from one another. :winky: Pity he himself couldn't pick other bowlers in the tournament. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Conversation was entirely possible being put up in the same hotel. But Afridi has to learn to pick Irfan Pathan :winky: Link to comment
Pakiboii Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Conversation was entirely possible being put up in the same hotel. But Afridi has to learn to pick Irfan Pathan :winky: Too bad you got out...:finger: Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Too good you got out...:finger: FIxed. That is the true sentiment of a pakistani. India against Pakistan in a world cup is as predictable as sun rising every morning. So until you beat your nemesis in a world cup zip up. Link to comment
Anakin Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 lol...the whole world knows that Mendis could be played better if you pick him from his fingers. Nice work though from Gambhir' date=' players out of cricket fields usually behave like friends and ther's no harm in learning from one another. :winky: Pity he himself couldn't pick other bowlers in the tournament.[/quote'] Should GG be sued? Link to comment
Nash Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 :hysterical: On some brother's comment.. :hysterical: Link to comment
Params7 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 How about GG shares these tips with his own teammates next time? Link to comment
Jai Ho Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 glad to see, were brother after all. :cantstop: Link to comment
Nash Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 How about GG shares these tips with his own teammates next time? You must have brain to understand what GG is saying. UV doesnt have any..:hysterical: Link to comment
Nash Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 is this true or masala news Conspiracy theory.. :hysterical: Link to comment
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