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May be you are a biggest fan of Indian cricket and you are thinking that you know everything about Indian cricketers..... then...You may be wrong..... because in this article we are going to prove it......
In India Cricket is not just a game, It's a religion. And Indian cricket fans are always eager to know more and more about their favourite players. They not only want to know about their performance in the ground as well as their lifestyle, off field behaviour and their personal life. Every cricket fan wants to know what happens in the dressing room after and before a match.
We know only, up to what, we see on the ground, but, it is not so. Because, cricketers do not share their personal life experiences publicly. And whenever these type of questions are raised by the media, they keep their mouth shut.
In the history of Indian cricket there are some Deep secrets about the Indian players that we are sure you don't know and now here we are disclosing some of them for you
- Tendulkar's Underwear Mystery
This incident took place, in the World Cup 2003 which was played on the ground of wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa. When Super six phase was going on and India was playing against Sri Lanka, there was a player who was suffering from bad stomach and dehydration. And this player was the backbone of the team at that time, he was Sachin Tendulkar. In this match, of the world cup Sachin was suffering from diarrhoea and dehydration. He had to use tissue papers inside his underwear during the play.Even after such a worst condition he scored 97 runs in 120 balls and this was the need of the team in that match. Through this wonderful inning of Tendulkar India was able to make an appreciable total and also India defeated Sri Lanka by 183 runs.
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Sachin had also mentioned the above incident in his autobiography "Playing It My Way", and it goes like this:
"I also added a teaspoon of salt to the energy drinks, thinking it would help the recovery, and that caused a tummy upset. In fact, the situation was so bad that I had to bat with tissues inside my underwear. I even had to go back to the dressing room during one of the drinks breaks and was feeling extremely uncomfortable in the middle."
He also added:
I somehow scored 97, but batting with stomach cramps wasn't a pleasant experience. I was pushing myself to the limits of endurance and in the end I was glad that the effort paid off."
- Shahid Afridi used Magic Bat
Almost every cricket fan knows that Shahid Afridi made a world record by hitting the fastest ODI century in just 37 balls in his debut match for Pakistan team agint Sri Lanka at Nairobi in 1996. He hit 11 sixes and 6 fours in that record inning.
But, we are sure that you may not know, he used Sachin's Bat for hitting this knock.
Yes, you read it right, it was Sachin Tendulkar's bat.
Sachin Tendulkar also known as the "God of Cricket", gave his bat to the former Pakistan captain Wakar Younis and asked him to make similar type of bats from Sialkot city of Pakistan. Wakar Younis gave Sachin's Bat to Shahid Afridi for his debut match against Sri Lanka and with this bat he made a world record.
Afridi once proclaimed of this incident in one of his interview, and here is the video of that interview:
Shahid Afirdi says made Fastest 100 Record by SACHIN TENDULKAR Bat
Shahid Afirdi says made Fastest 100 Record by SACHIN TENDULKAR Bat
- Azharuddin's Raised Collar and White Helmet
Mohammed Azharrudin was one of the most successful former test captain of Indian cricket team. He was also stuck in the charge of match fixing and got banned by BCCI, Since,the decision was lifted by Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2012 that there was no clear evidence found against the former test captain.
Due to some neck skin problem on exposure to sun Azharuddin used to raise his collar for protection and afterwards he was habitual of it.
He admitted this fact on 104 FM channel. His actual declaration was:
"While fielding at point, I used to have problems in my neck skin because of the exposure to the sun. Hence, I decided to raise my collar as protection and it became a habit."
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Azharuddin also used to wear a white helmet in his every match because he wore white helmet in test matches and there was no compulsion of wearing blue helmet in other matches, so, he always used to wear white helmet in every match during his play.
"I had a liking for white helmet since we used it a lot during playing Tests. And since there was no compulsion of using a blue helmet, I played with a white one," he said.
- Kapil Dev Cried like a Baby
During an interview in the show 'Hardtalk India' taken by Karan Thapar, the former Indian captain Kapil Dev started crying. Because, he was alligated for the charge of making money through match fixing.
In a match, in Sri Lanka, in 1994, his on field strike partner Manoj Prabhakar revealed that Kapil Dev had offered him to underperform in the match for 25 lacs.
While the interviewer was asking questions regarding this matter, Kapil Dev wasn't able to control his emotions and started crying like a baby. Kapil Dev mentioned that he would rather commit suicide instead of giving bribe.
Now, here is the whole interview of that day:
"Take all my money, I don't want it. I come from a family where pride is the most important thing."he said.
- Underworld Don in The Indian Dressing Room
According to the Dilip Vengsarkar ,former Indian captain, Dawood Ibrahim entered the dressing room of Indian Cricketers and announced to gift each player a car, if they beat Pakistan in the Sharjah Cup in 1987.
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Vengsarkar at a function in Jalgaon stated that, Kapil Dev was not in the dressing room when Dawood came, as he was out for a pres conference. Since, no one recognised Dawood so, actor Mahmood introduce him as a big buisinessman.
So, these are the top 5 secrets of Indian Cricketers that you should know as a cricket fan.
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