You have heard people calling him Anil, Mr. Kumble or for that matter Jumbo. But now he has a new name for himself given by none other than his close pal and teammate Rahul Dravid aka The Wall aka Jammy. Led by Test captain Kumble himself, the Test specialists of Indian cricket are presently undergoing a conditioning camp at the Chinnaswamy stadium. The camp has been conceived by Kumble himself who wanted players who didn't make it to the One-day side and at the same time, are Test specialists, get back into shape for the Sri Lanka Test series which begins in July. A very noble idea and on the first day of the camp, all except Sourav Ganguly (becuase of his father's ill-health) were present at the camp. At the end of the first day's session, as the players walked back to the pavillion…with all the mediapersons, their cameras and booms mikes stood in attendance at the boundary, hoping to get a sound byte. The first person to walk back was none other than Dravid, a favourite of all the mediapersons in Bangalore and as he came close, one of the reporters called out " Dravid ji". All present there expected a 'no comments' or a silent walk back to the pavillion, but instead Dravid, with his trademark Hindi accent replied "Kumble jee, Kumble jee bolenge" and had a hearty laugh himself as he walked up to the pavillion, leaving all the reporters and camerapersons laughing their heart out on Jumbo's new name " Kumble Jeeeeeeeeeee"
Friday, June 27, 2008
KUMBLE JEE!!!!!!
You have heard people calling him Anil, Mr. Kumble or for that matter Jumbo. But now he has a new name for himself given by none other than his close pal and teammate Rahul Dravid aka The Wall aka Jammy. Led by Test captain Kumble himself, the Test specialists of Indian cricket are presently undergoing a conditioning camp at the Chinnaswamy stadium. The camp has been conceived by Kumble himself who wanted players who didn't make it to the One-day side and at the same time, are Test specialists, get back into shape for the Sri Lanka Test series which begins in July. A very noble idea and on the first day of the camp, all except Sourav Ganguly (becuase of his father's ill-health) were present at the camp. At the end of the first day's session, as the players walked back to the pavillion…with all the mediapersons, their cameras and booms mikes stood in attendance at the boundary, hoping to get a sound byte. The first person to walk back was none other than Dravid, a favourite of all the mediapersons in Bangalore and as he came close, one of the reporters called out " Dravid ji". All present there expected a 'no comments' or a silent walk back to the pavillion, but instead Dravid, with his trademark Hindi accent replied "Kumble jee, Kumble jee bolenge" and had a hearty laugh himself as he walked up to the pavillion, leaving all the reporters and camerapersons laughing their heart out on Jumbo's new name " Kumble Jeeeeeeeeeee"
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