India’s former chief chef has criticised the dropping of Yuvraj Singh. The chef told Oprah. “had they just said, ‘Sit on the reinforced bench. You’ll be in the reserves, we are playing somebody else but be part of the team, get your roundness right, get your act right, buy a pedometer and get disciplined also.’ That would give him more encouragement.”
While many larger men play world cricket, not everyone has the innate athleticism of a Jesse Ryder to pull around the extra pounds around so gracefully. There is no doubt that Yuvraj is a talent, he has been telling everyone for years, the problem is he has many talents. One of them is clearly eating. With a poor recent run in one-day internationals, shocking results in the IPL and being knocked out early on India’s biggest loser, form is not on his side. “Yuvraj has always been larger than life, now it is a literal meaning. Fat dudes can still be good batsmen, but Yuvraj might have learnt the Mark Cosgrove lesson, you’re only in the team if your average is larger than your waist size”.
The former chief chef also pointed out that it may not have been Yuvraj’s form alone that meant he was dropped. “The selectors have to weigh up all the aspects of Yuvraj’s cricket. His ad to run conversion had always been the envy of most cricketers, but that has now dropped, and you can’t ignore things like that”.
There was also talk about an authorised hot dog eating contest in a St Lucia bar after India’s exit from the World T20. “I’m not saying that is ideal, but the boys need to blow of some steam after a loss like that. You’d hope that they could steer clear of seedy eating contests and high carb foods, but you can’t be their father.”
Several experts have stated that this sort of thing would never have happened in their day. “Times have changed. We are in a professional age, and the high definition thousand frame cameras pick up every wobble. While I think the decision was a mistake, Yuvraj will have to work hard at making sure his ego is the only thing that is inflated”.
The chef does have high hopes. “I think Yuvraj will bounce back. He is a well-rounded individual. He can still have a large impact on Indian cricket. It is hard to replace a man of his stature.”
his talent is still bigger than his ego which is still bigger than most people’s writing skills, you included.
Namya, His ego is bigger than my writing skills, that is something I agree with you on.
his problem is clearly the lack of grooming. growth of body hair needs to be controlled.
You can’t call him princely now – he’s King Size.
We can now replace the kettle and pot saying with “Jarrod calling Yuvraj fat”.
PS: Congratulations on making the rap cover. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out what the hell was so “rappy” about that picture. No jewels, no braces, no Corvettes – you are one lucky white man.
May it’s about to add his cunty name in “THE LIST”
I hope this does him good. When on song, his batting is awe-inspiring.
That has the beginnings of a decent middle/upper class parlor (sp?) game. Cricketers’ as writers. Gower as Fitzgerald, Botham as Hemmingway and Bradman as one of those vapid self help books written by an American pederest. Which makes millions.
Jay, Bradman as the bible. Which is sort of what you said.
Ah well, hope he wakes up, pulls up his socks and stays away from too much home cooked Punjabi dishes reinforced with bucketfuls of butter.
he is in good shape,
’round’ is a good shape
Seems I’ll have to extend my Cosgrove campaign by Yuvraj now? *yikes*
I agree that his talent is way way way way bigger than his waist,and i hope he will be back with a big big bang…
cheers
I hope he isn’t back with a big bang. With his eating habits, think of the stink that’d raise.