Gauti the ballerina?

Nov 28, 2012 - Age Correspondent

He’s the angry young man of the Indian cricket team. Fans have ever so often seen him flare his nostrils, widen his eyes, crease his eyebrows and focus after being bowled a bouncer.

Southpaw Gautam Gambhir never took a bowling marvel well; always looking to seek revenge, always ready for a fight and always equipped with the choicest of words for a sledge match.
So when the opener walked into the Taj Mahal and Palace’s coffee shop Shamiana in Mumbai, eager fans understandably noticed his every move. The first day of the second Test hadn’t played out too well (of course at that time no one had an inkling of the disaster that lay ahead) and Gauti was visibly not in the mood to smile. The aggression being par for the course, what shocked most of his fans was how effeminately he swaggered in and out of the café.
Clad in a V-neck black tee and beige shorts he was every bit the hot-headed Dilliwala, until he walked with his arms swaying from side to side, tossing his negligible crop and pouting occasionally. A loud gasp waved through the café as some society women were heard discussing, “When did Gambhir become like this? We thought he was all macho. Then why is he walking like a ballerina?”
Maybe the BCCI should strictly look into just how much the team indulges in its mani-pedi.

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