Right after the end of fourth day defeat, the team management and the board set up a conference call to discuss the situation.
MS: We are in to the 7th minute of the call and why is everyone quiet. OK, let me start. I can go to public and say this is one off bad test and we will be back for the next test and ask them to be Pepsi cool. But we need help from selectors.
Cheeka: What can I do man, pehale hi bolna chaahiye, if everyone is injured how do I know unless you guys tell us. Yuvi was always injured, but he was always in the team-na?
MS: I never thought I would say this in my life, but why did you guys not pick Dinesh Karthik?
Cheeka: Don't ask me, ask other selectors. Since we already picked Vijay and Badri, I was forced to maintain balance on city, state, region and zonal policies, hence the exclusion.
Ravi: Why not pick 16 or 17 players and send them home after we start the first days play?
Cheeka: Machaan, this is not comm box. If Rohit gets injured five minutes before the start of the test and if team physio could not send actual assessment report on Laxman soon enough, what can we do? I told everyone that we don't need a full strength team for Bangladesh tour, look what happened now.
Modi: Excuse me please. I just wanted to know if Australia is cleared to play IPL in Mumbai next month. (before someone could answer, he gets 2 cell phone calls and he answers both of them simultaneously with one phone on each ear)
Ravi: But why did we pick four fast bowlers when we have always used only 2?
Cheeka: Did you forget what Nagpur board did to our team when Australia was here? Though it was not the first time, they even made Ganguly fall sick right before the start of the test match.
MS: Alright, I will pick team for next test. Dump Saha and bring back Karthik, Kohli and Raina in the line up. Hopefully Yuvi will not be close to 50% fit, otherwise he will play. I promised my bowlers that they will play regardless of winning, losing. Anyways there is not much we can do with the reserves.
Cheeka: Do you also want to talk to the curator @ Eden, just checking.
Ravi: I can take care of PR from the comm box. Just make sure you guys show some fight and spring in the stride.
Pres: I asked for bataata vada, meeting is almost over, still did not get it. What's going on?
MS: We are in to the 7th minute of the call and why is everyone quiet. OK, let me start. I can go to public and say this is one off bad test and we will be back for the next test and ask them to be Pepsi cool. But we need help from selectors.
Cheeka: What can I do man, pehale hi bolna chaahiye, if everyone is injured how do I know unless you guys tell us. Yuvi was always injured, but he was always in the team-na?
MS: I never thought I would say this in my life, but why did you guys not pick Dinesh Karthik?
Cheeka: Don't ask me, ask other selectors. Since we already picked Vijay and Badri, I was forced to maintain balance on city, state, region and zonal policies, hence the exclusion.
Ravi: Why not pick 16 or 17 players and send them home after we start the first days play?
Cheeka: Machaan, this is not comm box. If Rohit gets injured five minutes before the start of the test and if team physio could not send actual assessment report on Laxman soon enough, what can we do? I told everyone that we don't need a full strength team for Bangladesh tour, look what happened now.
Modi: Excuse me please. I just wanted to know if Australia is cleared to play IPL in Mumbai next month. (before someone could answer, he gets 2 cell phone calls and he answers both of them simultaneously with one phone on each ear)
Ravi: But why did we pick four fast bowlers when we have always used only 2?
Cheeka: Did you forget what Nagpur board did to our team when Australia was here? Though it was not the first time, they even made Ganguly fall sick right before the start of the test match.
MS: Alright, I will pick team for next test. Dump Saha and bring back Karthik, Kohli and Raina in the line up. Hopefully Yuvi will not be close to 50% fit, otherwise he will play. I promised my bowlers that they will play regardless of winning, losing. Anyways there is not much we can do with the reserves.
Cheeka: Do you also want to talk to the curator @ Eden, just checking.
Ravi: I can take care of PR from the comm box. Just make sure you guys show some fight and spring in the stride.
Pres: I asked for bataata vada, meeting is almost over, still did not get it. What's going on?
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