Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut

[DesiChap]

Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut ENS Posted online: Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 0000 hours IST Not quite keen to risk cramped-up pace hope Sreesanth, Team India might just give 18-year-old rookie leg-spinner Piyush Chawla his first one-day cap tomorrow. It?s not confirmed yet, but if Chawla does play, the second one-dayer against Bangladesh would mean a comeback to the big stage for Aligarh?s pride. It would also see India borrow a page from the Bangladesh book by fielding a three-pronged spin attack ? Ramesh Powar?s off-spin, Dinesh Mongia?s left-arm tweakers and Chawla?s leggies. The night before the match, the inside word is that there is a ?strong possibility? of Chawla playing in place of Sreesanth who has not completely recovered from Thursday?s gruelling outing ? the Kochi pacer had returned to the dressing room for treatment after his first and only spell of five overs, before returning to the field in the f a g end of the Bangladesh innings. Chawla, who was a key member of India?s under-19 team last year, has played just one Test so far, against England at Mohali in March 2006, with just the wicket of Andrew Flintoff to show for in the two innings. Now, the bubbly teenager, who can also hold his own with the bat, will hope that he will finally be able to flaunt that coveted one-day cap, too.

[Ram]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut There was so much hype about Chawla... It will be great if he can turn in some useful performances with the ball.

[kabira]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut Chawla should come for Mongia.. Chawla better bowler than Mongia Chawla better batsman than Mongia :hic: :hic: :hic: Chawla better fielder than Mongia. so why chooose Mongia.

[Predator_05]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut Why is this kid playing ODIs ? He should be blooded in Test cricket instead.

[gator]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut i agree.... WTF is mongia doing in the team... best place to blood a youngster is here.... minnows on dust-bowls.... if he fails here, he is useless... even mongia with his spinless magic grabbed 3 wkts against these minnows...

[Guest BossBhai]

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[Chaos]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut bheembhai, thats not the reason. Its also not a good idea to risk fast bowlers in that heat. if we bat good we win.

[gator]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut if u miss, i will stick a fork, bheems.... i can never comprehend how someone can loathe themselves so much...

[Mandrake]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut so it turned out to be a strong debut in the end.....good for the confidence of young Piyush....

[gator]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut

i agree.... WTF is mongia doing in the team... best place to blood a youngster is here.... minnows on dust-bowls.... if he fails here' date=' he is useless... even mongia with his spinless magic grabbed 3 wkts against these minnows...[/quote'] based on the above criteria, he has proven he qualifies for more chances... but not in any way, should this series be used to seal his spot.. especially after bitten in the azz for 6 yrs with a certain turbanator.....

[Guest dada_rocks]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut chawla foxed the only player in their team who knows a thing or two about batting :wtg:

[King Tendulkar]

Re: Piyush Chawla may make ODI debut Bowled very well. Yes bangla are cr#p and the wicket was in favour of spin. However, he still bowled well. Leggie turned, good googly and accurate. He is certainly a hot prospect :wtg: