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Former India Captain and coach Chandu Borde has a penchant for calling cricketers by different names. Here are few samples: 1) Gaurav Ganguly for Sourav Ganguly 2) Salim Jaffer for Wasim Jaffer 3) Frank Worrell instead of Frank Tyson. And the best of all: Ranadeb Bose as Danadeb Roy!.... |
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The horror stories I had heard about Indian umpires just before our 1969 tour came to a naught after this incident which more than proved how smart they were. During our game against North Zone, Johnny Gleeson’s unorthodox spin had the Indian batsmen groping, pushing and prodding, shuffling and swishing. But not once could they connect bat to ball. When one of them finally did, he had edged one to the wicketkeeper Brian Taber. The loud appeal, however, had no effect on the umpire who would have shamed a rock with his “s .....
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(Photo Credit : PROSports)
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Sports Cricket |
Jun 29, 2006 By Ian Chappell
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After a lunch break one day during the Durban Test against South Africa, I walked on to the field feeling nicely pumped up to do battle against the feisty South Africans. As soon as I reached by fielding position, I could hear Kapil Dev calling out to me from the dressing room. What is he still doing in the dressing room, I thought.
I soon discovered that he was admonishing me for wearing his trousers. In all the excitement of the Test, I put on his pair which was kept for drying in the dressing room. I had never .....
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Sports Cricket |
By Javagal Srinath
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Yashpal Sharma, once ran into the dressing room during a Test match complaining of burning sensation. When I asked him what exactly was wrong with him, he said: “STD ho gaya hai. Yeh mujhe pahle kabhi nahin hua hai.” (I have STD, and this has never happened to me before).
It took some while for me to recover from the shock, but I could only laugh when I realized that Yash was trying to tell us that he had ‘acidity’ and that he never had this problem earlier. The dressing room cracked up in unison.
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Sports Cricket |
Jun 19, 2007 By Anshuman Gaekwad
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Soon after the historic World Cup victory in 1983, President Giani Zail Singh hosted a tea party for the Indian team in the plush lawns of the Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential Palace) in New Delhi. The President asked Kapil Dev, who had captained India to the famous win, as to what the team planned to do. Kapil replied that they would be going to the States (meaning the US).
The President misunderstood and gave a nod of approval: “Of course, of course, you should go to all the states – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pra .....
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(Photo Credit : PROSports)
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Sports Cricket |
Jun 26, 2008 By Sandeep Patil
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