Published: Mar 31, 2011, 02:49 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 10, 2014, 07:15 PM (IST)
By Rajesh Ramaswamy
Please note this is a humour article — work of pure fiction
Communication experts have always said that what is unsaid is often more expressive than what is said. That being the case, here are some of the things that were top of the mind, but left unsaid after the conclusion of the India–Pakistan World Cup semi-final:
Sach’ is life!
“Only one man conquered this difficult pitch – Sachin Tendulkar, who milked the Pakistani bowling to the tune of 85 runs…’drop’ by ‘drop’……”
“Ahh…I stand vindicated…now the whole world can see I’m not the only one who’s got greased palms”
We’re considering whether Umar’s suggestion to have Kamran as the fielding coach for this match was a good idea after all. The Enquiry Committee to sit into this issue will be chaired by Adnan Akmal and will convene in April……..2014″
“I think Dhoni is a very intuitive captain and his selections are inspired”
“Now do you guys still think I don’t deserve a place in the Test squad or what?”
“Quick …let’s ink that sponsorship deal with Amul right away…looks like I’ve got competition in the squad.”
“As a mark of respect to the Pakistani wounded, I shall now MAINTAIN SILENCE for two minutes” (that was 120 seconds too long for the talkative Sardar!)
(Rajesh is a former fast bowler who believes he could have been the answer to India’s long prayer for an ‘express’ paceman. He regularly clocked speeds hovering in the late 80’s and occasionally let fly deliveries that touched the 90’s. Unfortunately for him, the selectors were talking ‘mph’, while he was operating in the metric lane with ‘kmph’. But he moved on from that massive disappointment which resulted from what he termed a ‘miscommunication’, and became a communications professional. After a long innings in advertising as a Creative Director, he co-founded a brand consulting firm called Contrabrand. He lives in Chennai and drives down to work in Bangalore…an arrangement that he finds less time consuming and stressful than getting from one end of Bangalore to the other)
