Gilchrist Sahab! Control!!
Update - I have heard that Pragyan Ojha and some local player have asked for more money from Deccan Chargers management this year and they are blaming Gilchrist for this. "Gilchrist ne to kuch socha nahin bas bol diya. Yaar wo to wicket ke peeche safe rahega and khaali peeli public Ande Tamataar boundary waalon ko maaregi. Gilchrist sahab socho yaar socho."
His confidence is marvelous. The news of his ascendancy to the captain's rank for Deccan Chargers will take some time to sink in that's why he is letting his mouth do the talk rather than his bat. "Kyon naa ho bhai, Laxman ko uske home ground me peet diya". I only think that he should have been a little bit more careful in the timing of the comment because it's still time that the news will sink in with the Indian fans and IPL is still a bit far away. 6 months is a long time and it might be time that Deccan Chargers (new owners) decide to let Gillie go. It's so easy to find a substitute these days. Well, that's about the consequences if the matter is allowed to let go off the roof but I have heard that the damage control has started from Gilchrist's end.
The MonkeyGate is still fresh in the minds of the Australian cricketers and they just lash out at Bhajji at the first opportunity. Bhajji might have proved himself a spoilt brat and the Australian can sharpen their daggers for him but man Gillie have picked the wrong guy. Sachin is not an idol just because he is a legendary batsmen but also because he is among the best sportsman we had seen on the field in our living memory and perhaps is the player with most number of controversial decisions going against him. MonkeyGate episode brought exposed the Australian cricket from both inside and outside. Even some very die hard patriotic Australian cricket fans pointed their finger against the punter and his team. Gilchrist was no exception because despite of you walking before the umpire raises his finger, you still have to share the same dressing room with some very very dishonest man who feel that they play cricket tough and smart and worse is that they think their approach is right.
MonkeyGate exposed the financial weakness of Australian cricket and reinforced the belief that take India out of world cricket scene and nothing is left to think about. Gone are the days when a certain Australian cricketer can just sledge a Indian cricketer and get away. Gilchrist even can't. Things have really changed but the publicity agents or the book agents still like to believe that writing something controversial about some Indian cricketer might prop up the book sales by a notch. A certain Flintoff might have wrote a chapter against Ganguly and escaped but, then those were really the bad times for Ganguly. Sachin is different.
During MonkeyGate episode Sachin didn't stand up for Harbhajan alone. He stood for the belief that Harbhajan was not the first one to start an argument. He stood for the common belief of an Indian that whatever Harbhajan said was not meant to be a racist comment and he stood for the belief that Australians throughout are getting their way out easily and someone has to stand for a cause. Sachin represented the belief of an Indian that Cricket is bigger than Andrew Symonds or Australia and he stood for the fact that someone has to deliver the knockout punch to Australians in their backyard. What happened next is history. India beat Australia in the next test humiliated them in the one dayers. Billion of Indians still think that we won that test series by 2-1 or at best is that we gifted them a victory in the controversial test because a 'punter' captain and his 'pup' deputy were willing to stake their dignity in front of camera for a victory.
Given the importance of that test series there could be many reasons why Gilchrist decided to paint a different picture of the episode. It could be economical as Indian cricketers doesn't need a book deal to earn financial security. It could also be on the advice of the book publishers who might be worried about the numbers and think that this is the only way to enter the market of 1 billion cricket crazy people. It might be personal also as that was the last series of Gilchrist and he was humiliated both in the test and one dayers by the Indian team. (His scores totaled 151 in 7 innings in teh test and 9 in the two finals that Australia lost.)
Behind the scenes - (A sneak peek into what might have happened behind the scenes)
Deccan Charger management have called him and advised him to keep control. "Arre Gilchrist saab thoda to control karo yaar! Hyderabadi public abhi pichle year ka haal nahin bhuli nahin, ab isse pahle ki log pichle saal ke ticket ka paisa wapas maangne lage uske pahle tum bhaiya maafi maang lo. Ye Sahin Tendulkar hai mamu. Waise bhi we are planning to sell a stake in out franchise and kahin aisa naa ho ki Sachin becomes your master by buying a stake. Pahle socho phir bolo bhaiya.
His confidence is marvelous. The news of his ascendancy to the captain's rank for Deccan Chargers will take some time to sink in that's why he is letting his mouth do the talk rather than his bat. "Kyon naa ho bhai, Laxman ko uske home ground me peet diya". I only think that he should have been a little bit more careful in the timing of the comment because it's still time that the news will sink in with the Indian fans and IPL is still a bit far away. 6 months is a long time and it might be time that Deccan Chargers (new owners) decide to let Gillie go. It's so easy to find a substitute these days. Well, that's about the consequences if the matter is allowed to let go off the roof but I have heard that the damage control has started from Gilchrist's end.
The MonkeyGate is still fresh in the minds of the Australian cricketers and they just lash out at Bhajji at the first opportunity. Bhajji might have proved himself a spoilt brat and the Australian can sharpen their daggers for him but man Gillie have picked the wrong guy. Sachin is not an idol just because he is a legendary batsmen but also because he is among the best sportsman we had seen on the field in our living memory and perhaps is the player with most number of controversial decisions going against him. MonkeyGate episode brought exposed the Australian cricket from both inside and outside. Even some very die hard patriotic Australian cricket fans pointed their finger against the punter and his team. Gilchrist was no exception because despite of you walking before the umpire raises his finger, you still have to share the same dressing room with some very very dishonest man who feel that they play cricket tough and smart and worse is that they think their approach is right.
MonkeyGate exposed the financial weakness of Australian cricket and reinforced the belief that take India out of world cricket scene and nothing is left to think about. Gone are the days when a certain Australian cricketer can just sledge a Indian cricketer and get away. Gilchrist even can't. Things have really changed but the publicity agents or the book agents still like to believe that writing something controversial about some Indian cricketer might prop up the book sales by a notch. A certain Flintoff might have wrote a chapter against Ganguly and escaped but, then those were really the bad times for Ganguly. Sachin is different.
During MonkeyGate episode Sachin didn't stand up for Harbhajan alone. He stood for the belief that Harbhajan was not the first one to start an argument. He stood for the common belief of an Indian that whatever Harbhajan said was not meant to be a racist comment and he stood for the belief that Australians throughout are getting their way out easily and someone has to stand for a cause. Sachin represented the belief of an Indian that Cricket is bigger than Andrew Symonds or Australia and he stood for the fact that someone has to deliver the knockout punch to Australians in their backyard. What happened next is history. India beat Australia in the next test humiliated them in the one dayers. Billion of Indians still think that we won that test series by 2-1 or at best is that we gifted them a victory in the controversial test because a 'punter' captain and his 'pup' deputy were willing to stake their dignity in front of camera for a victory.
Given the importance of that test series there could be many reasons why Gilchrist decided to paint a different picture of the episode. It could be economical as Indian cricketers doesn't need a book deal to earn financial security. It could also be on the advice of the book publishers who might be worried about the numbers and think that this is the only way to enter the market of 1 billion cricket crazy people. It might be personal also as that was the last series of Gilchrist and he was humiliated both in the test and one dayers by the Indian team. (His scores totaled 151 in 7 innings in teh test and 9 in the two finals that Australia lost.)
Behind the scenes - (A sneak peek into what might have happened behind the scenes)
Deccan Charger management have called him and advised him to keep control. "Arre Gilchrist saab thoda to control karo yaar! Hyderabadi public abhi pichle year ka haal nahin bhuli nahin, ab isse pahle ki log pichle saal ke ticket ka paisa wapas maangne lage uske pahle tum bhaiya maafi maang lo. Ye Sahin Tendulkar hai mamu. Waise bhi we are planning to sell a stake in out franchise and kahin aisa naa ho ki Sachin becomes your master by buying a stake. Pahle socho phir bolo bhaiya.
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