Cricket is my passion: Piyush
Kanpur: Cricket is my passion, and I enjoyed it in the ground and now in the bowl behind the mike," said
Piyush Chawla
, an international cricketer and a UP lad. In a brief meeting with TOI, Chawla, who had retired from cricket on June 6 last, clearly said cricket is his passion but coaching was not in his mind as he had no interest in it.
Piyush made his debut in international test cricket on March 9, 2006. Though he had played just three tests, he was the member of two World Cup winning teams. In the IPL, he is one of the most successful bowlers with 192 wickets.
Asked why, despite coaching being popular among former cricketers, he prefers not to coach, Chawla explained that coaching requires a lot of time, or you may say it is a full-time job and it also requires complete dedication and analysis of each player.
When he cannot give full time then it would be injustice and he was not interested in just making money. However, if any player has a problem in his game and style then he would be available for him for correction.
He would spend two three days with him to correct him.
When questioned about his sudden retirement, Chawla said, "Nothing. I had played enough cricket and thought to say goodbye to active cricket for the last five months.
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On the night of June 5, my mind and heart said "announce retirement and on June 6 morning I sent a mail to BCCI GCA about my decision and that was all."
Regarding his future plans, Chawla said, "At present I am enjoying the delivery of Aankho Dekha hall from the ground (cricket commentary) with full devotion and passion and listeners are liking that, and their comments encourage me. Besides, I will continue playing cricket in the veteran league.
I will play only in BCCI cleared leagues because they are official and run for a long period."
Reflecting on his international career, where he played his first test in 2006 and last in 2012, Chawla noted that during this period he was the member of four World Cup teams, and two out of them were World Cup champions. They were special achievements.
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