Former India pacer Praveen Kumar in an explosive dialog has spilled beans on his picture as an alcoholic and why he might by no means get a job in cricket once more. Kumar, who was some of the gifted Indian bowlers on the scene within the early 2010s, final performed for India in 2012 and within the IPL in 2017. Kumar opened up on his dangerous picture and that folks know that solely he drinks however claimed that everybody did however solely his title grew to become well-known, somewhat notorious.
Speaking on the Lallantop Youtube channel, Kumar mentioned, “When I was in the Indian team, seniors said ‘drink nahi karna, yeh nahi karna, woh nahi karna‘ (Don’t drink, don’t do this, don’t do that). The senior players said. Karte sab hai. Lekin wahi baat hai na ki badnaam kar dete hai ‘PK toh drink karta hai’. Sab peete hai (Everybody does it but they tarnished me saying only I drink).”
Kumar then elaborated saying that his title was deliberately tarnished and a foul picture was created with out taking any names. When requested who did it, Kumar mentioned, “Nahi. Naam nahi lena chahta digicam pe. Pata sabko hai kisne PK ko badnaam kiya hai (I do not need to take the individual’s title. Everybody is aware of who has tarnished my picture).
“Those who know me personally, they know how I am. A bad image of me has been created,” he added.
Kumar, who has a hat-trick to his title whereas taking part in for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2010, went on to play for the likes of Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Lions, which was his ultimate task within the league in 2017. Kumar prompt {that a} franchise had supplied him the bowling coach function in 2018 however that did not work out and even his house workforce UP did not embrace him within the help workers due to that picture.
“Ranji Trophy mein mujhe nahi bulaya ki PK bacchon ko kuch bata de. Ki haan ‘yeh to drink karta hai’. Bhai, ground pe drink thodi na karta hun main ya dressing room mein botal khol li maine (Uttar Pradesh didn’t call me to guide the youngsters in the Ranji Trophy because ‘PK drinks’. Brother, do I drink on the ground or did I open a bottle in the dressing room?)”
Kumar was one of many largest names among the many gamers whose profession might have been very totally different if not for accidents and off-field points. Kumar ended up taking 112 wickets throughout three codecs for India having performed 68 ODIs, six Tests and 10 T20Is.
