Former India batsman Aakash Chopra and spinner Piyush Chawla have revealed some \u2018amusing\u2019 responses from the selectors of Team Indian when asked about the reasons why they couldn\u2019t make it to the national squad.<\/p>\n
Piyush Chawla, who last represented India in December 2012, said that a selector once told him that he couldn\u2019t make it to the Indian squad because wickets taken by him in domestic cricket were mostly on googly. The 31-year-old was quick to respond and used Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s iconic straight-drive as an example to prove that the point made by the selector was bizarre.<\/p>\n
Piyush Chawla asked will Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s hundred be less valuable if he scores majority of his runs by playing straight drives?<\/p>\n
\u201cI also talked to a selector and he told me that \u2018You take a lot of wickets on googly\u2019. You know me since childhood and you know that I speak what I feel and don\u2019t keep anything in my heart. This trait of mine is not like also by everyone. I just asked him \u2018If Sachin Tendulkar plays the straight-drive perfectly and if he scored 60 out of his 100 runs using straight drives, then will his 100 have no value\u2019. I think thank he got offended after this reply. At the end of the day wicket is wicket,\u201d Piyush Chawla, who got picked by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2020 IPL auction, said.<\/p>\n
Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra also recalled an incident when the selector snubbed him and his \u201cquality\u201d of runs were not good. Chopra was baffled by the response and asked about the \u201ccompany\u201d of runs he should score.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce I called a selector and told him \u2018Sir you haven\u2019t picked me even after I have scored so many runs\u2019. He said the quality of your runs are not good. I asked him runs of which come should I score then? Runs in first-class cricket are runs anyways. I said next time I would runs of Chinese and Japanese companies,\u201d Aakash Chopra told during the conversation.<\/p>\n
Aakash Chopra represented India in 10 Test matches from 2003-2004, while Piyush Chawla has played 3 Tests, 25 ODIs and 7 T20Is for India. Both, Aakash Chopra and Piyush Chawla have played over 130 first-class games in their careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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