This ‘accountant’ of Team India was very stingy, the team was struggling in WC, Dhoni’s partner started calculating each and every four.

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New Delhi. About 13 years ago, when Team India won the World Cup under the captaincy of Dhoni, everyone in the country lit up with joy. It was inevitable that this would happen because the 50-over World Cup was coming to the country after almost three decades. On one hand, the Indian fans were holding their breath during the final match against Sri Lanka, while on the other hand, there were some players whose focus was only on counting the notes. This player was busy calculating the amount of each six and four. This is because this cricketer is from commerce background and along with doing B.Com, he had also done MBA. We are talking about Piyush Chawla.

Virender Sehwag and Ravichandran Ashwin told about this incident in Apara Shakti Khurana’s YouTube show Cricket Diaries. India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the winning shot and also became the player of the match. There was a time in the middle of the match when the game seemed to be slipping out of our hands. The Lankan team, captained by Kumar Sangakkara, batting first scored 274/6 runs in 50 overs. In reply, Dhoni and Company lost two wickets for 31 runs.

Everything froze under Tendulkar’s rule!
Sachin Tendulkar could score only 18 runs while Virender Sehwag was out on zero. India’s score was 114/3. The defeat was clearly visible. Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir played an inning of 97 runs. Dhoni scored unbeaten 91 runs even at difficult times with his bat. At one time the atmosphere in the team’s dressing room was very serious. Sachin and Sehwag were sitting in a corner of the dressing room. Master Blaster was not even allowing any other player to come near him. Sachin had made Sehwag sit with him. They were not even allowing him to move.

Piyush calculated every penny
Ravichandran Ashwin and Piyush Chawla were part of Team India but they were not included in the playing eleven. As the game progressed, the match seemed to be going in favor of India. In such a situation, Piyush-Ashwin’s eyes were on the money that they were going to get after winning the World Cup. While narrating this incident during the interview, Ashwin said that according to the prize money received for winning the World Cup, Piyush was telling the team members how many lakhs each four is worth. He was explaining that this four was worth Rs 15 lakh. Everyone was enjoying his action amidst the tension filled atmosphere.