Will Sachin Tendulkar’s hundred be less valuable then? Piyush Chawla recalls argument with selector

Former India batsman Aakash Chopra and spinner Piyush Chawla have revealed some ‘amusing’ responses from the selectors of Team Indian when requested in regards to the the reason why they could not make it to the nationwide squad.

Piyush Chawla, who final represented India in December 2012, mentioned {that a} selector as soon as instructed him that he could not make it to the Indian squad as a result of wickets taken by him in home cricket had been totally on googly. The 31-year-old was fast to reply and used Sachin Tendulkar’s iconic straight-drive for example to show that the purpose made by the selector was weird.

Piyush Chawla requested will Sachin Tendulkar’s hundred be less valuable if he scores majority of his runs by enjoying straight drives?

“I also talked to a selector and he told me that ‘You take a lot of wickets on googly’. You know me since childhood and you know that I speak what I feel and don’t keep anything in my heart. This trait of mine is not like also by everyone. I just asked him ‘If 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’. I think thank he got offended after this reply. At the end of the day wicket is wicket,” Piyush Chawla, who acquired picked by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2020 IPL public sale, mentioned.

Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra additionally recalled an incident when the selector snubbed him and his “quality” of runs weren’t good. Chopra was baffled by the response and requested in regards to the “company” of runs he ought to rating.

“Once I called a selector and told him ‘Sir you haven’t picked me even after I have scored so many runs’. 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,” Aakash Chopra instructed in the course of the dialog.

Aakash Chopra represented India in 10 Test matches from 2003-2004, whereas Piyush Chawla has performed 3 Tests, 25 ODIs and seven T20Is for India. Both, Aakash Chopra and Piyush Chawla have performed over 130 first-class video games of their careers.