Drama follows Tiwary's inclusion

February 2007 is a good time to be Manoj Tiwary, Bengal's bright-young-thing this season. Things got even better when he was called up to join the Indian squad as cover for the first ODI at Kolkata thanks to a spate of injuries. The news of his selection wasn't short of drama and utter confusion.

He was asked to report at the team hotel, but on arrival was told that there was no room earmarked in his name. As Manoj waited anxiously in the lobby, the excitement in his eyes was not to be missed. The 21-year-old then spoke to Mukherjee who asked him to come to the Eden. He was told that he would stay at home and report straight to the ground.

Read the amusing story in The Telegraph.