Random Ramblers Timbuktoo#86 *Invites Only* - Page 106

Originally posted by: AreYaar

Heyyy Mitsy! LOL your rambling posts are so cute *pulls your cheeks*

Heehee.. Thank you Anu! 😛

Yes exactly I also remember Virat the most for what he said about Sachin after the WC...it was the most heartfelt set of words for Sachin among all of that post victory euphoria...well spoken guy and deffo a very talented player :-)

I was asking my brother about him after the India-Pak game this sunday. I was under the impression that after he led the way to India's Under 19 WC, he was chosen to the national team squad and it was all uphill from there. BUT my brother informed me that he was chosen and he played well too for sometime but then he didn't take all the attention humbly. He was all up in the air. He was dropped for his attitude on the field and poor form. He was brought back to the side after sometime and only after he proved himself AGAIN by playing good in regional cricket and IPL. He also admitted that his parents and coaches bringing him back to the ground.

Oooh I liked Zaheer too...especially when he first debuted...handsome guy he is :P

YUP!!!! Like Rahul Dravid handsome, you know. These two guys are not cute or hot, they are HANDSOME! Just gentleman's looks. 😳

American Football I don't follow that closely...except for the Superbowl which is obligatory to watch now I guess...haha

American Football is THE shit!!! 😆 I used to follow it somewhat but starting last year, I am OBSESSED. I have started betting on the games this year. Yup, it's starting to get a little crazy.


Just finished watching the India v/s Pakistan T20 match and lol it was really entertaining...especially how worked up the players get after getting each wicket...Yuvi especially and the LOOKS he throws at the guy he got out😆...one of the commentators actually said that there is more drama in an India-Pakistan match than a 9 o'clock soap...hahahahaha...SO true...exemplified very well in that bit where Raina silences the Pakistani fans in the stands behind him by taking one of the catches...lol

I watched it TOOO!! Are you talking about Yuvi's run out? where he threw the ball to the stumps directly? And then HE put his index finger up signaling that the player is out. 😆 He can be a little too confident sometimes but as long as it was against Pak, its okay 😛. It is weird when he is called a senior player. Man! Can you believe he has been around for TWELVE years?! I digress.

Yup saw Raina sushing the crowd. It's just a different josh for the players and spectators.

*Edit: MEGA AWWW@ that Zaheer vid with his fan...aww that is the CUTEST thing seriously...and the girl getting all shy and embarassed when the camera pans to her...haha...and Zaheer getting teased by Yuvi I(I think) in the box...hahaha...man it's refreshing to see fans with SOME tehzeeb and hesitation...otherwise the phangurls of today are so RABID, they're toh SCARY😆

RIGHT??? He is adorable! Yup that was Yuvi 😆. I think Zaheer only reacted because of him. He is too shy otherwise. (I think). And if this happens now, I wont be surprised at today's fan starting to strip to get attention 🤢. I remember watching this on TV while I had a crush on him and I was in a La la land for good few days. His humility his endearing!

Originally posted by: mits002

I was asking my brother about him after the India-Pak game this sunday. I was under the impression that after he led the way to India's Under 19 WC, he was chosen to the national team squad and it was all uphill from there. BUT my brother informed me that he was chosen and he played well too for sometime but then he didn't take all the attention humbly. He was all up in the air. He was dropped for his attitude on the field and poor form. He was brought back to the side after sometime and only after he proved himself AGAIN by playing good in regional cricket and IPL. He also admitted that his parents and coaches bringing him back to the ground. Oh interesting...I didn't know much about this...I did read somewhere that he lost his father at a young age and had to overcome that loss in his life and fight for his dream of cricket.

I watched it TOOO!! Are you talking about Yuvi's run out? where he threw the ball to the stumps directly? And then HE put his index finger up signaling that the player is out. 😆 He can be a little too confident sometimes but as long as it was against Pak, its okay 😛. It is weird when he is called a senior player. Man! Can you believe he has been around for TWELVE years?! LOL you can call it too confident or whatever it is, but I like him with all his brazen ways😆...if he's confident, he's got all that talent to back it up and having been in the game for 12 years and been instrumental in MANY big wins, I guess his record does speak for itself...you can't reach that far if you're all talk and big head😆...

I LOVED that bit where he put up the finger to indicate OUT...hahaha...he toh knew it even before the review thingy...he's always been an awesome fielder.


I digress.

Yup saw Raina sushing the crowd. It's just a different josh for the players and spectators. It totally is...it's the DRAMATICS of it all that's amusing in a sense too even as you get caught up in it as a spectator...and this is a constant thing with India-Pak matches...I can remember such dramatic incidents from way back in the 90s too...forgetting which Pak player it was but there used to be a bowler called Prasad back then...so this Pak player is clobbering him for sixes and fours...and at one point he points the bat towards one end of the field indicating to Prasad that THAT'S where he's gonna hit him...next ball, the guy is CLEAN BOWLED...I still LOVE that moment to this day😆

Originally posted by: AreYaar

OMG Jzeee! You're like from MY generation of cricket watching! Yay! You're bringing back SO many memories now...I also grew up watching cricket mainly cuz of my cousin brothers and all I've understood of the game over the years is thanks to watching it with them only and yes ofcourse if you live IN India, you CAN'T escape getting caught up in the obsession...lol

I loveddd all those SA players...I admired Jhonty Rhodes ki fielding SO much yaar...he was just ELECTRIC and super awesome...and awww you remember Yuvi-Kaif ka combo...yes yes I loved them too! Kaif poor guy fizzled out pretty quick but when he was in form, I thought him and Yuvi were super awesome especially as a fielding pair like you said...remember that epic game they won at Eden Gardens...the one where Ganguly took off his shirt to celebrate? LOL

Australian players I used to like before they all got racist and abusive in the later years...but yeah Ponting and Gilchrist were good players...I actually liked Shane Warne as a bowler too...man the players from those days were pretty iconic.


Speaking of T20 memories...here's the last over that iconic match...Dhoni's first WC win as captain...now THIS is what you call drama, man...so many twists and turns in one over only...that six from Misbah...than a ball later, he gets caught out...LOLL...drama of like EPIC proportions...only in an India-Pakistan match you'll find this...I remember everyone saying back then that Misbah won this match for India...hahaha

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4HmAw3-kkM[/YOUTUBE]

And check out young Dhoni with his long stringy hair from back then😆

Originally posted by: without-fathom

*feels like a happy kid with all the cricket talk around* It's the one BIG thing I miss about being home! My family are like BIG DEAL sports people at large hi - give them any sport - I'm just the football and cricket freak (and tennis just for watching) but yeh... you know, you grow up among too many brothers, you love sports like that! Specially since I wasn't growing up in the PS dominated "game" era!!! Like at least the first decade... Abi toh ghar ka ek room is like dedicated to my brother's "off" field gaming madness, but back when we were kids, it was... more real stuff 😆

With my obsession and instant liking for any sport, I AM pretty much a boy. I have always LOVED and enjoyed watching sports. Most of them. Tennis??? I am a HUGE tennis fan. I used to play varsity but those were the days when I was good. Now I just watch it and brings me so much happiness. I have been to the Wimbledon stadium, Roland Garros in Paris and of course US Open. I am planning to put a check next to Australia by 2014! . I enjoy these real sports SO much more than video games. I know the times have changed but there's nothing like working those bodies and all that sweating.

Mitsy 🤗 While I don't buy you saying you're no longer that keen on IPink - like at all! - you're just funny and cute on being so IPink sold, with all your updates and stuff too! 😆

🤗 Hi Jzee! Haha.. I guess you know me now too. I will watch it..but you have to believe me on this.. I am content. IPink (lol) can shut down tomorrow.

And dude, I TOTALLY crushed on Zaheer during the 2003 WC... it wore off eventually in time, but yeh, back then, he was like the HOT CROSS BUN of Indian team in my opinion! ☺️ Bande ka stance while fast balling, that tremendous run up - *back to the days!*

JZeee! I am all mushing over him now.

And if we're talking about crushes - I still dote on Gilchrist, that's like a never going to change thing, and I used to have a funny crush like thing for Ponting's smile 😆 Then there was Hansie Cronje ... the ending stint of his career, and life, was sad. But back in the day I was a huge fan!

Gilchrist: Now that's someone I would call a cutie. Amongst all the shrewd Australians, he was always the decent one. Such a gentleman! Ponting was cute too. I used to like a lot from Aussie cricket team, JUST their faces. Except Symonds 😛. I always used to wonder how Symonds could be on the same team as all those good looking cricketers?? Hansie Cronje's end was tragic. Sad.

Interestingly, for all my respect of Sachin, I was never a "fan" in definition. Which is also what goes for Dravid at a different level. And I loved watching Kaif and Yuvi on the field at one point, before they both sort of dwindled on the fielding aspect! But for a little while, they were like a pair impersonating THE Jonty Rhodes himself!

Kaif-Yuvi!!! I remember them batting on 5th and 6th. Kaif was another spunky one. Lanky but dependable. I am said we dont see him that much anymore. He still plays IPL I think. Jonty Rhodes was toh class apart.

ps: Erm, who is Isha Sharvani? The girl from Jhalak Dikhlaja. The Kisna girl. People in this CC hate her. Remember??

On a more current note, India's exit yesterday seems more unfortunate than deserved this time...

Originally posted by: without-fathom

Yuvi toh khair is Punjabi-giri personified! SO MUCH LIFE about him! Cancer would have been a pity for anyone else, he's shown such character over that whole matter! *proud fan*

Originally posted by: AreYaar

.I can remember such dramatic incidents from way back in the 90s too...forgetting which Pak player it was but there used to be a bowler called Prasad back then...so this Pak player is clobbering him for sixes and fours...and at one point he points the bat towards one end of the field indicating to Prasad that THAT'S where he's gonna hit him...next ball, the guy is CLEAN BOWLED...I still LOVE that moment to this day😆

Originally posted by: mits002

OMG YES!!!!! 🤣🤣

I remember! Prasad was like the coolest guy ever. No expressions of emotions whatsoever. But he bowled him the next ball and he was like GET LOST!! HAHAHAHHA

Here found the link:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhs6FP7L8H8[/YOUTUBE]