The last group game: Ind vs WI pre-match talk

[Holysmoke]

Goddy practises with his eyes closed!

CHENNAI: Sachin Tendulkar can get it right even with his eyes wide shut. The Chennai heat was unbearable, most of the players had wrapped up the practice proceedings, but not Tendulkar. He put a couple of fielders within the net, asked bowling coach Eric Simons to give him throwdowns, and kept finding the gaps with his "eyes closed." "He asked us to stand at short cover and short point and closed his eyes right at the moment of impact. We were supposed to say 'right' if the shot pierced the gap and 'wrong' if it didn't," one of the fielders who represented Tamil Nadu in the U-16 level and was fielding within the nets, told the TOI after the practice session. The player sounded really amazed when he said that Tendulkar kept getting it right, more often than not. "I don't know how he was doing it...But we couldn't believe our eyes as the ball went between us over and over again," the player added. The pitch on which Tendulkar was batting was pretty similar to the Chepauk track, on which the match would be played on Sunday. "The ball was stopping and coming...The pace at which he asked the bowling coach to throw the balls, it appeared that he was getting ready to play Kemar Roach. And he is certain that there will be two fielders in short cover and short point to snap him up. That's why he was trying to play the shots along the ground and looked to find the gap with his eyes closed," the young player added. When Tendulkar had started practising, some of the drives that he tried went into the air, which annoyed the Little Master. He had a talk with Simons and then asked the fielders to stand in those close in positions. "It's an education watching him from so close. How on earth can a player get the shot right even with his eyes closed? Probably, it was a practice to ensure that he doesn't play a shot in the air on reflex on such tracks where the ball was stopping," the player added. The 100th international century can very well come here, but the Little Master just doesn't want to talk about that milestone. The instruction was given strictly to all the practice bowlers that no one should ask him about the record for which the whole country is waiting.

I dont understand this.. closed his eyes at the moment of impact?

[hari504504]

:facepalm: . What next..Zak bowling with his eyes closed ?

[DomainK]

I dont understand this.. closed his eyes at the moment of impact?

I think it means that he saw the ball enough to get an idea of the line and then closed his eyes before making contact. I have a feeling that he is not happy with some of his shots going straight to the fielders. Only he knows what he is practicing and for what purpose.

[b555]

[Debutant]

:mad::mad:

[Lord]

:facepalm: . What next..Zak bowling with his eyes closed ?

I'll prefer Nehra doing that.cant be much worse:haha:

[coffee_rules]

May be this affected his batting today. He walked back blindly today.

[hari504504]

maybe he forgot to close his eyes before negotiating that snorter from Ravi...

[CSK Fan]

He is saving his best for the knock out stages, particulalry the finals. Mark my words

[hari504504]

^ Amen !.. 2 more matches before that though..

[zen]

Appears as if WI is not afraid to go in w/o Gayle and Roach! .... Anyways, Ten is out for 2 so that's as good as him not playing so it will be interesting to see how the batting line up goes abt its business