vvvslaxman Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/505468.html World Cup 2011 Dhoni's spin on spinners is a googly A case of Piyush Chawla's emotional career history keeping R Ashwin out of the XI Sharda Ugra March 10, 2011 With people criticising Piyush Chawla from left to right, playing against Netherlands was crucial to his state of mind - MS Dhoni © Getty Images The mystery of the missing offspinner is about to end. Soon. Maybe even on the weekend, definitely by next weekend; the captain says so. On the night that India beat Netherlands (with what may have looked like a huff and a puff but was otherwise interpreted as a thorough workout for various arms of his team), MS Dhoni said R Ashwin was definitely going to get a game in the World Cup. "We are still supposed to give Ashwin a chance, he deserves a place, so he will feature in one of the teams [that will play in the group stages]." That should ideally be either against South Africa on Saturday or, maybe in keeping with the team's current philosophy, against West Indies in the last group game in front of Aswhin's home crowd in Chennai. Chennai would be quite fitting and in keeping with India's secret nickname at this World Cup - not merely the favourites but the favourites who are, to borrow George Bush Sr's words, the "Kinder, Gentler" team. The debate over Ashwin and legspinner Piuysh Chawla has nagged Dhoni at every World Cup press conference. (By the time he is done, his aggregate would at the very least be thirteen.) A dip in form in group games against England and Ireland, Dhoni said, had actually made Chawla's case stronger going into the match versus Netherlands. Ashwin didn't stand a chance of getting a look-in because, "basically you have to see which was the player that needed this game most, rather than the team needing the player. I felt it was Piyush, who needed this game much more than Ashwin." :hmmmm2: (JOHN F KENNEDY? theory is ulta here ) The reasons for that line of thinking were not centred around the merits of Chawla's googly over Ashwin's carrom ball. Or even, as Sanjay Manjrekar said in his audio chat with ESPNcricinfo, the advantage of the leggie's relatively shorter stature on a wicket keeping low over Ashwin's high-arm action. It was all about the stuff between the ears and Dhoni was not bringing IQs into the equation either. He said he had been pleased with Chawla's performance against Netherlands - he had bowled with a "lot more freedom" - and reminded the world of Chawla's emotional career history. We should remember, he said, that Chawla had made his debut "quite early... he was still a teenager. He comes back in the side in a big tournament like this and people all over try to criticise him from left to right, so you can imagine his state of mind. So I think it was a very crucial game for him." Dhoni explained that Ashwin, two years older, was not quite so fragile. "I know he is mentally very tough and up for a challenge or competition. It is good to have someone in the reserves who has mental stability." Ashwin's composure is clearly being seen as an investment that would be cashed in on during the knock-out stages while, in the early half of the World Cup, India wants to spread the equilibrium around. "You want your bowlers to be in a very good mental state in the second half of the tournament, where you play against the best teams and you will be participating in the knock-out stages - that was one of the main reasons why we picked Piyush ahead of Ashwin." By doing so, Dhoni said the Indians were set for an ideal scenario knowing that the bowling now could be changed on situational demand. "It will be good to have all the bowlers at their best to select a XI," Dhoni said. Ashwin's best for the moment is locked up in the scorebook, his last ODI three months ago, his last World Cup bowling in a warm-up match more than three weeks behind him. India's 'gently, gently' approach in the gestation period of the World Cup is being talked up as the tournament favourites stretching themselves only as far as they really need to go and, and in doing so, lulling every rival into complacency. Its success over the next few weeks is dependent on one of two conditions: whether Ashwin turns out to be the world's first nerveless cricketer. Or whether the team doesn't believe its own publicity. (good summarization) Sharda Ugra is senior editor at ESPNcricinfo Feeds: Sharda Ugra © ESPN EMEA Ltd.
vvvslaxman Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 is there any chance Chawla cried to Dhoni in the dressing room? It was almost like a sympathetic selection.
asterix Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 is there any chance Chawla cried to Dhoni in the dressing room? It was almost like a sympathetic selection. The facial expressions Chawla has, he doesn't always needs to literally cry..
Switchblade Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 is there any chance Chawla cried to Dhoni in the dressing room? It was almost like a sympathetic selection. Dhoni is stubborn thats what i have to say about him he wants to prove that his selection is right
yoda Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Chawla is 2 years younger so he needs more "practice" games than Ashwin. LOL! What a load of BS from Dhoni.
vvvslaxman Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 If Chawla did not gain confidence in our domestic competition how is going to gain confidence in international matches. Dinesh Karthik damaged his confidence more than anyone else. Every time he sees Chawla he just beat the crap out of him. In one match he smacked chawla for 4 sixes in a row.
Switchblade Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 If Chawla did not gain confidence in our domestic competition how is going to gain confidence in international matches. Dinesh Karthik damaged his confidence more than anyone else. Every time he sees Chawla he just beat the crap out of him. In one match he smacked chawla for 4 sixes in a row. which match vvs
cowboysfan Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 More Dhonispeak for the Sheeple,don't forget to use salt with that .
vvvslaxman Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 which match vvs I think duleep trophy or super league Ranji. There was one match KKD made centuries in both innings. Probably that one or the other one. Can't quiet remember.
vvvslaxman Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 More Dhonispeak for the Sheeple' date='don't forget to use salt with that .[/quote'] Yea.. he may not mean them totally. But i have a gut feeling Chawla's selection to the squad has Dhoni's hand. Because Chawla did nothing in domestic matches to get a call ahead of Ojha. Probably they went for variation since Mishra has gone off the boil. It is all fine and dandy you want 15 confident players. But you are only going to field 11 players. No matter what he says Ashwin is going to be nervous in a world cup scenario.
Switchblade Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Yea.. he may not mean them totally. But i have a gut feeling Chawla's selection to the squad has Dhoni's hand. Because Chawla did nothing in domestic matches to get a call ahead of Ojha. Probably they went for variation since Mishra has gone off the boil. It is all fine and dandy you want 15 confident players. But you are only going to field 11 players. No matter what he says Ashwin is going to be nervous in a world cup scenario. Chawla was selected because of Dhoni and Kirsten they wanted him and Srikant wanted Ashwin so it was a compromise due to which Rohit was not selected it was given in indianexpress newspaper
Sid Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 He said he had been pleased with Chawla's performance against Netherlands - he had bowled with a "lot more freedom" - and reminded the world of Chawla's emotional career history. We should remember, he said, that Chawla had made his debut "quite early... he was still a teenager. He comes back in the side in a big tournament like this and people all over try to criticise him from left to right, so you can imagine his state of mind. So I think it was a very crucial game for him." :WTF: is this suppose to mean,if he was too worried about his emotional carreer why was he picked in the squad for this big tournament in the first place
vvvslaxman Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 :WTF: is this suppose to mean' date='if he was too worried about his emotional carreer why was he picked in the squad for this [b']big tournament in the first place Dhoni almost sounds like a godfather to Chawla :haha:
Switchblade Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 What i dont get is that the guy who last played in 2008 is all of a sudden picked in a major tournament like WC and how come all of a sudden you realized that he is a handy batsman as well
Sid Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Dhoni almost sounds like a godfather to Chawla :haha: Seriously Dhoni is coming up with some absurd reasoning to defend this Chawla :mad:,next thing you know he may play Chawla in the next match again becoz he is shorter than Ashwin in height :giggle:
vvvslaxman Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 Hope he plays chawla in the remaining games and let some of his strong supporters here realize what a dumb move that was.
vvvslaxman Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 Seriously Dhoni is coming up with some absurd reasoning to defend this Chawla :mad:' date='next thing you know he may play Chawla in the next match again becoz he is shorter than Ashwin in height :giggle:[/quote'] :hysterical: Reminds me of, in the movie Expendables Jet Li asking Sylvester stallone more money because he is short and has to work harder for everything
Sid Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 :hysterical: Reminds me of' date=' in the movie Expendables Jet Li asking Sylvester stallone more money because he is short and has to work harder for everything[/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical:
ghost Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Seriously Dhoni is coming up with some absurd reasoning to defend this Chawla :mad:' date='[b']next thing you know he may play Chawla in the next match again becoz he is shorter than Ashwin in height :giggle: Yeah... the ball will SKIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD thru LOW or else tall SA batsmen won't see leetle CHAWLAA and will get OUUT before they know it !:winky:
asterix Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 :hysterical: Dhoni Logics are getting moar phunnier than Lahori Logics..
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