My dad had the time of his life in Centurion. Sat RIGHT next to the pavillion and met everyone, and helped Murali Vijay score with a few chicks too, supposedly. Got everyone's autograph, except for Gambhir, Sehwag, Raina, and Ishant Sharma. He said those guys were quite stuck up, especially Raina and Ishant - probably the too crappiest guys on the team.
He said the nicest was Sreesanth (talked to him through the innings), Laxman (my dad's fav player and he talked with him for a good 40mins) all the Saffers, and Sachin obv although he didn't talk to him much. He said he hasn't seen anyone with the aura of focus, concentration, and pure genius like Dravid. Wasn't distracted at all, and always analyzing bowling actions and ways he got out on the little computer things. I was surprised that my dad actually said Bhajji was more down to earth than a lot of guys.
Said it was one of the best days of his life even though we got thrashed because it was just beautiful cricket. And man, he praised the organizers so much. supposedly it was torrential rains in the morning, the ground was practically flooded and my dad was the only guy in the stadium like 45 mins before play. But the way it just turned around was unbelievable.
Lucky son of a gun!
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