Great plan but poor execution
The day before –
Gary K and MSD discussing team strategy against Australia -
“So MS, what do you think should we do if we win the toss?”
“You tell me Gary. YOU are the coach!”
“Look I motivate Gouti, Yuvi, Rohit and Jadeja to perform. That takes some doing and almost all my time. Why do you think has Yuvi gained only 3 kilos eating his mom’s food? I gave him some tips and said that they should act as a food for thought. He is still munching on them. Now he eats Raina’s mom’s food.”
“I think we should bat first. Then we will send Yusuf up the order to scare Dirk and Tait. Wait, I have a better idea. We will bowl first and get Yusuf up the order to bowl at Warner and Watson. All the short pitched stuff will knock the stuffing out of them.”
“MS, this is not your grand plan to win the match, is it?”
“Come on Gary. All we need to do is go out and enjoy. Play with a free mind. Bowl in the right areas, bat with gay abandon, field like tigers. And hey presto! We win!”
“MS all this tripe is fine for the post match conferences and remember I taught you all these words to say. So don’t try and use them back on me.”
“How about this? We get Pup and White into the game early. The longer they stay at the crease the better for us. The viewers will have to bear the sight of Pup's sleazy looks but I will ask my sponsors to put in more of my ads to calm the viewer's nerves.”
“That sounds like the first good idea coming from Ranchi. I actually believe this may work.”
But little did they know about the meeting taking place between Pup and his coach at the same time.
“So Pup what’s the plan?”
“Bowl short!”
“Yes. I agree with the plan. This should work. Anything else?”
“I won’t bat and just be a fielding captain.”
“That’s an even better idea. We have a winner on our hands mate!”
The rest as they say was history