Kumble the Batsman!!!
I've always been a fan/avid watcher of Kumble's batting!!! The moment he enters the field as a batsmen, makes me smile... I really look forward to his batting... I believe he is the most funniest to watch...
Kumbles is tech"unique".. The back leg knee touches the ground before bat touches the ball, and out of the blue, wud come the flowing cover drive.. his finest shot..The funny part of his batting comes when he is dismissed.. Kumble "really" tries hard to find new ways to get out, and most times they are funny. In the Faislabad match, he was beaten by the turn lunging forward, and had his foot out of the crease. He was well and truly stumped.. He moved his foot back into the line, almost as soon as he realized.. He looked behind, and found his feet well inside.. His reaction was the best "It said, come on guys, what the hell is going on? My foot is inside!!!!!!" The umpire did not even refer to the third umpire, and Kumble was utterly dissapointed.. He started one more of his slow amble toward the pavilion shakin his head!! What a sight! I wudnt even pay to watch Tendulkar, but wud definitely pay money to watch Kumble the Batsman!
But this was far from his most funniest dismissal... This happened in New Zealand 2003, during India's disastrous tour (we lost the Test series 2-0 and the ODI 5-2)..
Andre Adams was bowling on a seaming green top, most of the balls zipping past by.. Here was Kumble, playing yet another lost cause... Andre Adams bowled a short ball, and Kumble instantaneously ducked under.. But the bowler pitched it too short so close his own feet, that the ball dint bounce over the batsmen.. infact, it hadnt even reached the batsmen.. Kumble feeling comfortable that the ball would have reached the keeper, raised up.. To his astonishment, he saw the ball still coming right into his face... He was so bewildered that he tried to shy away from the ball, and eventually fell all over the stumps!!!!!! Ha ha !! The ball did not even touch him or the stumps, and here was Kumble, hitting himself out!!! On the ground, ontop the stumps shattered by his fall!!! That was so hilarious, I laughed my ass out!!
Long live Kumble the batsman!!!!!!!!!!
Kumbles is tech"unique".. The back leg knee touches the ground before bat touches the ball, and out of the blue, wud come the flowing cover drive.. his finest shot..The funny part of his batting comes when he is dismissed.. Kumble "really" tries hard to find new ways to get out, and most times they are funny. In the Faislabad match, he was beaten by the turn lunging forward, and had his foot out of the crease. He was well and truly stumped.. He moved his foot back into the line, almost as soon as he realized.. He looked behind, and found his feet well inside.. His reaction was the best "It said, come on guys, what the hell is going on? My foot is inside!!!!!!" The umpire did not even refer to the third umpire, and Kumble was utterly dissapointed.. He started one more of his slow amble toward the pavilion shakin his head!! What a sight! I wudnt even pay to watch Tendulkar, but wud definitely pay money to watch Kumble the Batsman!
But this was far from his most funniest dismissal... This happened in New Zealand 2003, during India's disastrous tour (we lost the Test series 2-0 and the ODI 5-2)..
Andre Adams was bowling on a seaming green top, most of the balls zipping past by.. Here was Kumble, playing yet another lost cause... Andre Adams bowled a short ball, and Kumble instantaneously ducked under.. But the bowler pitched it too short so close his own feet, that the ball dint bounce over the batsmen.. infact, it hadnt even reached the batsmen.. Kumble feeling comfortable that the ball would have reached the keeper, raised up.. To his astonishment, he saw the ball still coming right into his face... He was so bewildered that he tried to shy away from the ball, and eventually fell all over the stumps!!!!!! Ha ha !! The ball did not even touch him or the stumps, and here was Kumble, hitting himself out!!! On the ground, ontop the stumps shattered by his fall!!! That was so hilarious, I laughed my ass out!!
Long live Kumble the batsman!!!!!!!!!!
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