Stuart Binny approaches Sachin Tendulkar for All-Stars contract after daddy Roger gets sacked as selector

The Binnys — father Roger and son Stuart were seen wiping tears when the news broke that the former had been removed from the selection committee by the BCCI.

On a festive Monday while the rest of India are busy buying gold on dhanteras, a family in Karnataka sat glumly in front of their TV sets as if all their gold had been robbed off. Yes, the Binnys — father Roger and son Stuart were seen wiping tears when the news broke that the former had been removed from the selection committee by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Roger Binny was so frustrated that he threw the remote at the TV screen, but the swing bowler in him is still so active that the remote went for an overthrow missing the TV screen by a foot!

That is when the realisation finally dawned upon that son Stuart that he might not be as talented as he is. Gathering his emotions, Stuart quickly called up Sachin Tendulkar. A source from the family who did not wish to be named told the writer, “I heard Stuart baba call up Tendulkar in the US saying ‘I am quitting international cricket. As such daddy has been removed as selector and I might never be able to make a comeback to Indian side again. However, I think I am fit enough to play in cricket all stars! Please get my in any of the teams.’”

We further learned that Tendulkar’s phone was received by Shane Warne, who replied, “Look Stuart, this is all about legends. I am sorry mate, you’re not yet a legend to qualify for Cricket All- Stars! A furious and frustrated Binny replied, “But.. but.. Shane bhai you also have Ajit Agarkar out there. What’s he doing amongst all legends? Please, in the name of Rajasthan Royals, take me in your side, Shane bhai!”

Warne bluntly replied, “Sachin is from India so we allowed reservations. On his insistence we have Ajit and even Sameer Dighe but increasing the reservations is a bit too much of pushing. Anyways they just get us drinks. Are you fine with it?”

Stuart agreed to Warne’s terms and accepted the role he does best. Binny’s wife Mayanti Langer is already covering the cricket tournament from India. But if our sources are to be believed Tendulkar has asked Binny to bring her along to US. We just suspect that this is a trick by Tendulkar to distract Shane Warne who always loves to ‘bowl maidens over’.

Please note this is a humour article — work of pure fiction

[Devashish Palkar, an MBBS student, A sports afficionado, news addict and a patient of OCSD ( Obsessive Compulsive Satirical Disorder)].