Rahul Dravid and PAANCH kahaaniyaan
Rahul Dravid made a strange record today. He broke the record of Mark Waugh's 181 catches in test cricket by catching Tim McIntosh in the slips, of a Zaheer Khan'ner, to dismiss him and to complete his 182nd. What a glorious day!!!
To add more dope to the story, here are five little known facts about Rahul Dravid:
1. Hot looks
He once looked like Romesh Powar. But girls did not like it much. (I wonder why??). So he worked on his looks, used a lot of Fair and Handsome, worked out in the gym to become a lean-mean-sex-machine (LMSM), and even went to Baba Bangali, to increase his height. And boom…he converted into Rahul Dravid. Chicks dig him now.
I wonder, what is wrong with these girls. Is Romesh Powar not obviously better looking than Rahul Dravid?
2. Love-hate Bhajji
Rahul Dravid’s accepts that his only failure was not being able to tame Harbhajan Singh. He recalls telling Bhajji several times to appeal like normal bowlers, i.e. by jumping on the pitch, raising hands, and keeping the mouth open. However, Bhajji continues to appeal by running on the pitch backwards, towards the batsman, taking little baby steps. Only Rahul knows that Bhajji will fall one day.
3. Aam ka Aachaar
Contrary to common conception, Rahul Dravid does not like bread and ‘Sil’ jam. He does not like any jam (traffic included), for that matter. He likes mango pickle instead. He loves mango pickle so much that he once tried to steal it from Veerendra Sehwag’s plate, who was having it with Aloo Parathe te extra makhhan. Rahul Dravid got beaten up real bad that day.
Since that day, Dravid dreads Sehwag. He does not open with Sehwag, and when Sehwag falls(he's the first one to fall always), Dravid goes in to bat one down. That way, he does not get to spend any time with Sehwag, on the field, or in the pavilion.
4. The Cushion
When he was new to the team, and the team management met to debate whether he should be nick named ‘The Wall’, for his ability to stay at the crease, or ‘The Cushion’, for his ability to irritate and embarrass the team by dropping the ball at his feet everytime it made contact with the bat, all votes went in favor of ‘The Cushion’. He later took Dada, the then skipper, out and treated him to Fish Tikka Masla.
Yes, you guessed it right. It was a bribe for changing the name to ‘The Wall’.
5. Main hoon DON
When Dravid was not born, his parents went to a pundit. The pundit was a huge fan of Amitabh Bachhan starrer ‘Don’, and was watching cricket that time.
Legend goes that the pundit blessed the unborn boy by saying – ‘Gyaarah desh ke bowlers iske peeche honge, par isko out karma mushkil bhi nahin, naamoomkin hoga’.
Note: I apologize to Sethji, who is the biggest fan of Rahul Dravid, if I have hurt his sentiments. Sethji, ofcourse he is a great player, and may he live 182 years. But still, Sachin bhai is better.
ps. For photo gallery of Romesh Powar, please visit http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/ramesh-powar/41773
To add more dope to the story, here are five little known facts about Rahul Dravid:
1. Hot looks
He once looked like Romesh Powar. But girls did not like it much. (I wonder why??). So he worked on his looks, used a lot of Fair and Handsome, worked out in the gym to become a lean-mean-sex-machine (LMSM), and even went to Baba Bangali, to increase his height. And boom…he converted into Rahul Dravid. Chicks dig him now.
I wonder, what is wrong with these girls. Is Romesh Powar not obviously better looking than Rahul Dravid?
2. Love-hate Bhajji
Rahul Dravid’s accepts that his only failure was not being able to tame Harbhajan Singh. He recalls telling Bhajji several times to appeal like normal bowlers, i.e. by jumping on the pitch, raising hands, and keeping the mouth open. However, Bhajji continues to appeal by running on the pitch backwards, towards the batsman, taking little baby steps. Only Rahul knows that Bhajji will fall one day.
3. Aam ka Aachaar
Contrary to common conception, Rahul Dravid does not like bread and ‘Sil’ jam. He does not like any jam (traffic included), for that matter. He likes mango pickle instead. He loves mango pickle so much that he once tried to steal it from Veerendra Sehwag’s plate, who was having it with Aloo Parathe te extra makhhan. Rahul Dravid got beaten up real bad that day.
Since that day, Dravid dreads Sehwag. He does not open with Sehwag, and when Sehwag falls(he's the first one to fall always), Dravid goes in to bat one down. That way, he does not get to spend any time with Sehwag, on the field, or in the pavilion.
4. The Cushion
When he was new to the team, and the team management met to debate whether he should be nick named ‘The Wall’, for his ability to stay at the crease, or ‘The Cushion’, for his ability to irritate and embarrass the team by dropping the ball at his feet everytime it made contact with the bat, all votes went in favor of ‘The Cushion’. He later took Dada, the then skipper, out and treated him to Fish Tikka Masla.
Yes, you guessed it right. It was a bribe for changing the name to ‘The Wall’.
5. Main hoon DON
When Dravid was not born, his parents went to a pundit. The pundit was a huge fan of Amitabh Bachhan starrer ‘Don’, and was watching cricket that time.
Legend goes that the pundit blessed the unborn boy by saying – ‘Gyaarah desh ke bowlers iske peeche honge, par isko out karma mushkil bhi nahin, naamoomkin hoga’.
Note: I apologize to Sethji, who is the biggest fan of Rahul Dravid, if I have hurt his sentiments. Sethji, ofcourse he is a great player, and may he live 182 years. But still, Sachin bhai is better.
ps. For photo gallery of Romesh Powar, please visit http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/ramesh-powar/41773
posted by Piyush Peshwani at 7:01 PM
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