Kirsten: I think you need to get a MRI of your brain. NOW! You have lost it, MS. No doubt about that. Stop reading the newspapers, watching TV and giving so much importance to what’s said on Facebook and Twitter and you will be less stressed out.
Dhoni: Chill, Gary. Just hear my plan in it’s entirely… Sometime during the course of the game and before he has bowled a single ball, Piyush (Chawla) will leave the field to go into the dressing room and a substitute will take his place. In the next over, Sachin will also go inside the pavilion and another substitute will take his place in the field… an expert quick-change artist, flown especially from America, will be in the dressing room…
Kirsten: Can we talk tomorrow when you are sane - hopefully?
Dhoni: All visionaries who thought out of the box have been laughed at, so I don’t blame you for laughing at me. Allow me to complete what I have to say…
Kirsten: You think nobody would find out that it’s Sachin masquerading as Piyush?
Dhoni: Nobody in the world would ever doubt Sachin’s credibility. Oh, I forgot… During the makeover, a Hollywood whiz who will be part of the operation would stretch a Piyush-lookalike rubber mask over Sachin’s face. Trust me, even Piyush’s mom won’t recognize that it’s not her son!
Dhoni: Gary, that’s not all! You need to ask Sachin to bowl more than 10 overs!
Kirsten: Did you have one peg too many, MS!
Dhoni: You know I don’t have alcohol. I have read the rule book well. And after consulting a high-powered legal team of the BCCI, I’m advised that we can punch holes in the wording of the rule book which will allow Sachin to bowl 10 overs of left-arm!
Kirsten: I’m convinced, you have not had alcohol; you are on drugs!
Dhoni: I come from a very principled family whose value systems are very strong. I don’t even know what drugs look like. I’m merely punching holes in the rule book, much like Greg Chappell did when he asked his brother Trevor to bowl underarm. By the time the ICC makes amendments to the rules, we would have achieved our goal of winning the World Cup. I’m convinced that if Sachin bowls left-handed at 50% of his ability, he would exercise greater control than Ashish, Munaf and Sree. And what’s the big deal about being left-handed? Sachin is left-handed as well. Everybody knows that. The world has seen him signing autographs left-handed.
Kirsten: So you want me to ask Sachin to bowl 20 overs? Anything else?
Dhoni: Sachin has to do more than what he has done so far.
Kirsten: What?! What more can he do? He has scored two scored hundreds in this World Cup , has thrown himself on the field like a 22-year-old and has been sharing with the team all the wisdom that he gained over 22 years in international cricket. What more can he do?
Dhoni: This may seem bizarre, but this is the only way I think India has any hopes of winning the World Cup.
Kirsten: Hmmm…
Dhoni: You got to get Sachin to bowl… not as stop-gap, but as a front-line bowler… ten full overs.
Kirsten: Are your crazy? He is not a bowler, MS.
Dhoni: Says who? He has got 154 wickets in ODIs. Jog your memory to the Hero Cup semi-final against South Africa. None of India’s frontline bowlers wanted to bowl that decisive last over against South Africa. Just six runs were needed and South Africa had Brian McMillan at the crease. And Sachin bowled India to victory in the cauldron of Eden. How could you forget that! You are a South African!
Kirsten: But Sachin can’t run through sides with his bowling.
Dhoni: Not true! He has taken five wickets in an innings – against Australia and Pakistan. Besides that, on four other occasions he has taken four wickets in an innings.
Kirsten: But that was long time ago… Anyways, if that’s what you want, I’ll ask Sachin to bowl 10 overs.
This is quite sensational – and incredibly bold, bizarre and desperate. One would never have believed it, had it not come from the undercover Wikileaks – no less. Away from the prying eyes of India’s media hounds and even away from Indian team members, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Gary Kirsten met at an undisclosed destination whose security would have done Fort Knox proud. This was not just another meeting. It was a Top Secret plot that Dhoni had masterminded in conjunction with the BCCI. There was one hitch: The plan was possible only if one man agreed – Sachin Tendulkar. “Operation TRS” (reverse of SRT and short for Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar) was extremely dangerous. Kirsten and Dhoni huddled in the conclave to plot a new strategy that would help India win the World Cup. It was a desperate situation and the solutions were desperate. Both men agreed that the World Cup can only be won by Indian by minimizing the reliance on the rest of the Indian team! But what was shocking was the modus operandi unveiled by Dhoni.
Excerpts from the conclave:
Dhoni: Gary, we have to accept it: this team cannot be relied upon any longer to win the World Cup and make our common dream come true. We have to think of something revolutionary.
Kirsten: Hmmm…
Dhoni: Sachin has to do more than what he has done so far.
Kirsten: What?! What more can he do? He has scored two s
Re: Dhoni’s secret & sensational plot t
by Umesh Srinivasan on Mar 27, 2011 09:02 PM
Senthil, guys like you can earn lots in Kollywood,shall I put a word to Shankar?
Re: srisanth needs to be played at mohali
by gundappa honnavalli on Mar 27, 2011 06:03 PM
I agree, it just remind Misba the blunder he committed in last WC. Gundappa, Bangalore
ponting may not b in the best of forms,his team may not be as incredible as before,but i know one thing dat yhis man has lead his side consistently to win,scored consistently.In such a long carrer who will have ups and downs,but if we look at his full carrer there has been very few lows.I m not a fan of ponting coz of his arrogant behaviour but if you look from cricketing view he will be remebered as one of the gr8s of the game
Not so strong in Bowling. Now sreeshant should be given a 2nd chance since Munaf and Nehr are also wasteful like him. But, they have got more chances than Sreshanth as a 2nd pacer. anyway, whoever the 2nd pacer, it is going to be of no use, so give a chance to sreeshanth
Re: 2nd Pacer for India
by sukhmeet singh on Mar 26, 2011 10:31 AM
yes sree shud be included in team esp. against pak in mohali .... also suresh raina to permanently replace yusuf
