Some more 'surprises'
There is an old saying - there are three types of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't. Something like Bajji’s teesra. The doosra in cricket is now passé.
Yes, don’t be surprised; Bajji is practicing a teesra. It has been reported digitally on the net through some ad campaign. A little drone tells me that he has also mastered a chautha and a Paanjwa. A teesra is a ball that is a slight variation of the boomerang in performance. A boomerang is supposed to return to the thrower after it does its job for which it was dispatched – fell an enemy or a coconut or whatever. A teesra after leaving Bajji’s hand with a lot of backspin (a la a golf ball hit - by a nix handicapper - with a medium or short iron in his approach shot) will swirl in the air, pitch on a good length drawing the batter forward. Unlike other balls, after pitching instead of hurtling towards the wickets, just before the bat can make contact, the ball will come right back into Bajji’s hand irrespective of the shot or bat angle giving the impression that the batter has played a return catch. Voila! What a surprise. I can see some of you nodding disapproval…you think the URDS will catch it. Come on, there is no way a ball can travel back 12-15 yards unless it has been hit…( other than the secret teesra); the batter, to hide his embarrassment will never refer. Also the teesra can also be gainfully employed after the opposition exhausts its two referrals.
You will see Bajji bowling his teesra against the WI tomorrow. The chautha is for the QF with the Paanjwa as a surprise for the SF. In the finals it will of course be all chakka with Bajji also chipping in with some.
Exciting world cup of cricket this! Full of surprises!!!
There is an old saying - there are three types of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't. Something like Bajji’s teesra. The doosra in cricket is now passé.
Yes, don’t be surprised; Bajji is practicing a teesra. It has been reported digitally on the net through some ad campaign. A little drone tells me that he has also mastered a chautha and a Paanjwa. A teesra is a ball that is a slight variation of the boomerang in performance. A boomerang is supposed to return to the thrower after it does its job for which it was dispatched – fell an enemy or a coconut or whatever. A teesra after leaving Bajji’s hand with a lot of backspin (a la a golf ball hit - by a nix handicapper - with a medium or short iron in his approach shot) will swirl in the air, pitch on a good length drawing the batter forward. Unlike other balls, after pitching instead of hurtling towards the wickets, just before the bat can make contact, the ball will come right back into Bajji’s hand irrespective of the shot or bat angle giving the impression that the batter has played a return catch. Voila! What a surprise. I can see some of you nodding disapproval…you think the URDS will catch it. Come on, there is no way a ball can travel back 12-15 yards unless it has been hit…( other than the secret teesra); the batter, to hide his embarrassment will never refer. Also the teesra can also be gainfully employed after the opposition exhausts its two referrals.
You will see Bajji bowling his teesra against the WI tomorrow. The chautha is for the QF with the Paanjwa as a surprise for the SF. In the finals it will of course be all chakka with Bajji also chipping in with some.
Exciting world cup of cricket this! Full of surprises!!!
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