What are some lesser known facts about Indian cricketers?

 

1. Rohit Sharma can fluently converse in four languages- English, Hindi, Marathi and Telugu. His maternal place is Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
2. Shikhar Dhawan is a massive tattoo freak. Dhawan first got himself inked at the age of 15 (without telling his parents ofcourse!) and and has been inked four times. He’s got ‘Carpe Diem’ on his left arm, a tribal sign on his right arm and on his back is a design which even the man himself can’t describe!
3. Gautam Gambhir is running a Foundation which silently helps widows of army men, underprivileged children and environmental and social issues.
4. Virender Sehwag was banned on his debut test match against South Africa in 2001 for over appealing by umpire Mike Denness. Sehwag scored a century on his debut, but was unfortunately banned on debut and couldn’t play the next match.

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Edit: Many people are criticizing my answer because of 1st point i.e, Rohit Sharma can fluently converse in four languages .According to you this is not a great thing in India, I Agree, But My friends , earlier I also thought that he can speak only hindi,english and marathi,but later i came to know that he can speak Telugu also. So I added this point.

What are the strangest or most mind-blowing facts about some famous Bollywood movies?

 ‘Rockstar’ was shot in reverse, with the climax being shot first. Reason: The film makers did not want to mess Ranbir Kapoor’s hairstyle.

Lata Mangeshkar's song ‘Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum’ from ‘Do Aankhen Barah Haath’ (1957) which was an original composition by Vasant Desai, was adapted by a Pakistani school as the school anthem.

Amitabh Bachchan is so punctual that many a times he used to open the gates of Filmistan Studios himself for he used to reach the place before the watchman or gatekeeper.

Sunil Dutt initially used to be an RJ for Radio Ceylon and wanted to interview his favorite actress Nargis, but it had to be cancelled when he could not say a single word to her. Later, when he worked with her in ‘Mother India’ (1957), they fell in love and got married.

Saif Ali Khan was the original choice for Shahrukh Khan’s role in ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’. Even Tom Cruise was considered for the role of Raj Malhotra (SRK’s role in the film).

Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin's great-grandfather Maurice Koechlin, was the Chief engineer for the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and also the iconic Statue of Liberty.

Rajnikanth never said "Enna Rascala! "

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What are some awesome movie facts & details?

 In the 2002 Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker is seen coming to the help of his love interest Mary Jane after she slips inside their school cafeteria. Her lunch goes flying into the air, but Peter (aka Spider-Man) manages to swoop in, stop her fall, and catch all of her lunch items using her tray.

The scene wasn’t made using CGI, nor was it stapled together from different takes. Visual effects supervisor John Dykstra can be heard saying on the movie’s DVD commentary: “This next gag here, where he catches all this stuff, [Maguire] actually did that. Pretty good. Take 156.”

What are some interesting facts about Rohit Sharma?

 

1. Rohit Sharma has never lost an IPL Final. (2009 for Deccan Chargers and 2013,2015,2017 for Mumbai Indians)
2. He is the second Indian to score a century in all three formats.
3. He is the first skipper to lead his team to the IPL title thrice.
4. He started as an off spinner who could bat a bit.
5. He also has an IPL hattrick to his name. He did it for Deccan Chargers.
6. He holds the record for the highest Individual score by a batsman in an ODI match. He scored 264 against Sri Lanka got out at the very last ball.
7. He has the highest number of sixes, 16, in an ODI innings.
8. With 33 fours, Sharma hit the most number of fours in an ODI innings.
9. He also became the only player to hit three double hundreds in ODI .
10. He made a dream debut in test cricket. He scored 177 which is the second best after Shikhar Dhawan. He became the third Indian to score two back to back centuries in first two tests after Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin.
11. Whenever Rohit scores double hundred in ODI ,kohli has a habit of getting run out in that match.
12. Rohit sharma ‘s lucky stadium is eden gardens, Kolkata.
13. He was nicknamed as HIT MAN after the match he scored 209 against Australia in Bangalore.
14. He scored fifty in the first innings he played in T20 match. It was against South Africa which was a must win game for India.
15. He once bunked school to meet sehwag.
16. His friend once challenged him to eat 45 eggs and he effortlessly won the challenge.
17. In the show Comedy Nights with Kapil, Virat Kohli revealed that he is the one in the team who loves to sleep a lot.

What are some lesser known facts about Ricky Ponting?

 

1. Ricky’s uncle, Greg Campbell, played 4 Tests & 12 ODIs for Australia during 1989–90. Unlike Ricky, he was a fast bowler.
2. Ricky is the eldest of 4 children, and his family grew up in working-class housing projects.
3. Ricky received a sponsorship from the world-famous bat-company Kookaburra, when he was just 12-years-old and still in school!
4. Ricky worked as a ground staff for a private college, just after leaving school at the age of 16!
5. Shane Warne gave Ricky his nickname ‘Punter’ as he saw that Ricky liked dog-race-betting, in 1990!
6. Ricky came close to being selected for Australia’s 1993 Test-and-ODI tour of England, but the selectors chose Damien Martyn instead.
7. Ricky missed out on a century-on-debut by just 4 runs, against Sri Lanka in 1995.
8. Ricky was thrown out of a Kolkata nightclub after the 2nd Test against India in 1998. Indian media said he misbehaved with women, & he was fined $1,000 by his team manager. He stated that it was a couples-night, & a common Indian friend had let in Australian cricketers without the company of any females. Later, when security asked them to leave, there was a fight. He denied misbehaving with any women, & witnesses also supported him.
9. Ricky was the Australian captain during 2002–11, and played an important part in getting Shane Warne back into the Test team in 2004, and in Andrew Symonds’ rise as well.
10. Ricky has his own vineyard & range-of-wines since his Test retirement. 🍷🍷

What are some scary psychology facts?

1. People with high social status are more respected than people with low social status.
2. People who suffer from HIV/AIDS and leprosy will be shunned and ostracized.
3. A homeless person on the street will always be judged badly by others.
4. People caught stealing will be looked down upon and killed without mercy.
5. The more you are rejected from something, the more you will pursue it.
6. No matter how good your behavior is, it will always be wrong in the eyes of people who hate you, on the other hand, no matter how bad your behavior is, it will always be good in the eyes of people who like you.
7. Every human being can change over time
8. People who laugh easily are actually people who cry often.
9. The bigger your expectations, the bigger your disappointment will be.
10. The more you trust someone, the easier it is for you to be betrayed.
11. When you expose your achievements on social media, many people will be jealous and suddenly hate you, but when you tell them about your problems, they will laugh at this.
12. The person you love the most is sometimes the person who can destroy your mental state.
13. When you fall in love you lose your mind and logic.
14. When you give people everything they want, that's when they continue to take advantage of you.
15. No one will care about your feelings except yourself.

What are some mind-boggling facts about rich people?

 Here are some of the mind-boggling facts about rich people -

• Bill Gates

• 28 Billion Dollars have been donated by Bill Gates so far.

• Bill Gates aimed to become a millionaire by the age of 30. However, he became abillionaire at 31.

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Evan Spiegel

• Warren Buffet

• In 2004, Forbes named J.K.Rowling the first person to become a billionaire (in US Dollars) by selling books.

• John D Rockefeller, the world’s first billionaire, was worth approx. $1.4 Billion at the time of his death in 1937, which is about $663.4 Billion in 2007 dollars.

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What are some interesting facts about Mata Satyabhama from the Mahabharata?

 Satyabhama was the daughter of Yadava Chief Satrajit and was the 3rd wife of Sri Krishna. She makes several prominent appearances in the Mahabharata.

1. Satyabhama - Krishna couple are compared to Indra and Sachi -

While he was still speaking, Keshava could be seen. That supreme of charioteers was on his chariot, yoked to Sainya and Sugriva. He was with Satyabhama, like Maghavan with Poulami. Devaki’s son had arrived to visit the best of the Kurus.

• 477(180), Markandeya Samasya parva, Mahabharata.

2. Satyabhama, Krishna, Draupadi and Arjuna had a special palace for themselves in which no one else can enter -

After purifying myself, I entered the quarters of those gods among men, looking at my toes and joining my hands in salutation. Abhimanyu and the twins are not allowed entry into the abode where the two Krishnas, and Krishna and the beautiful Satyabhama, reside.

• 721(58), Yana Sandhi Parva, Mahabharata.

3. Satyabhama had a boon of eternal youth from Aditi -

As surely as this universally revered king of the gods is unconquered, you’ll continue to be invincible and unassailable to all beings. And lucky Satyabhama, the best of women, will remain youthful: as long as you’re a human being, Krishna, your wife won’t get old.

• Chapter 92, Harivamsa, Mahabharata, BORI.

4. Satyabhama's palace was called Bhogavat -

Satyabhama lived in a different palace, the white one that they called Bhogavat, the Winding Palace, which had amazing jewelled staircases and was decorated with flags the colour of the bright sun.

• Chapter 93, Harivamsa, Mahabharata, BORI.

5. Satyabhama was with Krishna during the last journey of the Yadavas to Prabhasa and during the final argument between Satyaki and Kritavarma -

Satyaki reminded Madhusudana about the Syamantaka gem that used to be with Satrajit. Hearing this, Satyabhama was enraged. In her rage, she approached Janardana and sat on his lap.

• 1982 (4), Mausala Parva, Mahabharata.

6. After the destruction of Dwaraka, Satyabhama went to the forest to perform austerities -

O king! Satyabhama and the other queens, honoured by Krishna, made up their minds to perform austerities and entered the forest. There were the mentioned who had resided in Dvaravati and had followed Partha.

• 1986 (8), Mausala Parva, Mahabharata.

What are some lesser known facts about Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan?

 Zaheer Khan has scored ‘The Greatest Duck' ever in Indian Cricket History.

Believe me, in my opinion, it is absolutely true.

I always get thrilled about recalling The Kolkata test, 2001. Laxman's once-in-a-generation innings of 281, Harbhajan making a ferocious batting line-up dance on his tune, Dada offering the ball to Sachin and Gilchrist getting perished on duck, 70–80 thousand Indians cheering in madness and making Eden Garden a canvas for Indian team to paint one of the greatest cricketing-picture ever.

A lifetime memory for every Indian Cricket fan.

The entire cricketing world welcomed and appreciated this Indian win over a team that hadn't had a taste of defeat in years.

After being asked to follow-on, Team India broke Aussies' world record winning streak in the most phenomenal way one could imagine.

Series just got evenly poised with 1–1 and no one could wait for the final show.

Chennai Test, 2001.

In matter of a week, the entire environment had been changed. Everyone connected to this sport, every media house was in full praise of this new looking Indian team. At the same time, no one denied the fact that Australian team had every chance to bounce back, seal the series and put the Indian's enthusiasm to rest.

Steve Waugh won the toss and decided to bat first. It looked a pretty good decision till they were on 340–3. Once Steve himself got out, Bhajji finished them in hurry. Last seven wickets fell for only 51. Apart from all individual glories from Indian side, it was a series of Mathew Hayden's exceptional batting display, who was once again at his very best and scored 203 out of Aussies' 391.

Team India looked quite confident in the reply. Five batsmen out of top six scored 50+. Everyone of them were rock solid, especially Sachin Tendulkar, who forgot his Kolkata-batting-debacle and played a gem of an innings of 126. The temperament and technique of the Master was heartening. India made 501.

Pitch was still very much bat-able, but Harbhajan was simply unplayable. Yet again. This time he produced his best performance ever and grabbed 8 wickets. Australians were folded for 264.

155.

That was number for Indians to chase down and make history. They began the series as underdogs against an invincible bunch of travellers and here they were, standing 155 runs away from the glory. They looked cruising to the target when Laxman and Sachin were smashing all around and score reached to 101–2.

Chennai was dancing. The entire India was jubilant. 54 runs was more to deal with 8 wickets in hand.

A straight forward win looked inevitable and there happened something which Australian was so famous for. They turned the tide before anybody could even realize. The moment VVS pulled a half tracker straight to the man patrolling Mid-wicket, Mark Waugh, the entire euphoric environment turned into utter disbelief. Laxman was stunned. So was every Indian fan.

135–6. 20 runs yet to get.

3 deliveries later Sairaj Bahutule fell and it became 135–7. They had totally messed it up.

101–2 to 135–7. Who would have imagined? These Australians were unbelievably well in pulling the game in their favor out of nowhere, and they were right on course here in Chennai as well. 20 runs seemed like 200 with a few inexperienced tailenders left. Not-proven-reliable Samir Dighe was standing on the other end. Indian dressing room looked full of nervousness, anxiety and devastation.

Things were quite gloomy for Indians and In-walked Zaheer Khan. On the other side, Steve Waugh continued with his two of very best, Glen McGrath and Jason Gillespie.

Surrounded by 5–6 closed fielders, against some of the best bowlers in the world, it was a huge task for a speedster, who was only a few months old in international test Cricket standing out there with a piece of wood in his hand.

McGrath and Gillespie treated him in the way they usually do to tailenders, but Zaheer was right into watching each delivery using all of the batting skills he'd got. He left when they expected him to edge. He brought his bat forward inelegantly but effectively against deliveries directed towards his stumps. Indians’ heartbeats skipped for every single time he took strike, and as soon as he defied the each blow he faced, we fans exhaled in relief.

He fought for 13 deliveries. It bought enough time and safety for Samir Dighe to do his job by stealing some runs for him and his team. He was also living on the edge but he happened to manage a few boundaries somehow. By the time Zaheer Khan's resistance denied another wicket fall, Dighe scored 16 runs. 16 runs of pure Gold.

India reached to 151. They were now only four runs away from a win which later changed Indian Cricket forever. Facing his 14th delivery off McGrath, Zaheer couldn't avoid the ball kissing his bat and ending up in the slip cordon, but he had done what was required. India was in a complete danger when he walked in. Those 15–20 minutes of play was breathtaking piece of Cricket and Zaheer Khan did a huge favor to Indian Cricket despite scoring Duck.

Man of the series, Harbhajan Singh, hit the winning run to seal the test and series by 2 wickets and a new Indian Cricketing-era began.

You know, sometimes in real life, you are zero. You do nothing. You just hang there, producing nothing valuable or, you could say, quantifiable. But years later you realize that those-not-doing-productive days were actually significant. Not doing anything was itself productive because it allowed many things around you happen to you, or for you, which mattered in so many ways.

Zaheer Khan's “0” was exactly that kind of innings. He couldn't get a run for himself or his team. But the duration of time he stood there for, under the pressure of such high stake chase, was priceless. His idle-stay for 14 deliveries enabled many things happen around him which proved to be indispensable for India's successful pursuit at the end.

At the very end of an exceptional series, which witnessed some exhilarating Cricket right from the beginning with some astonishing results and produced a few of all time greatest heroes, India were on the verge of screwing it up in the most dreadful way possible, and then Zaheer Khan stood there for a while.

History is not built only on Heroisms. Under the pile of legendary performances, there are some dead hidden small contributions, marked with immense intent, that fade away with the time. Let it be forgotten but they are there. And if you look closely, you realize — without those little fights, History wouldn't have been altered and Heroism would have been merely another-remarkable-effort-in-vain.

What are some of the interesting facts about the character Shakuni from Mahabharata?

 Shakuni is a very interesting character in the Mahabharata. Ved Vyasa’s Mahabharata show him as a cunning and ruthless character and part of the Chandal Chaukadi (the group of four wretches which includes Duryodhana, Dushashasan, Karna and Shakuni). He is also one of the three evil maternal uncle (mama)- other two being Kansa and Shalya.

Shakuni and his son Uluka both were ki**ed by Sahadeva on the 18th day of the war. After him, the throne of Gandhara was acquired by his other son who is not named in the text even though we do find mention of his fight with Arjuna when Arjuna went to conquer different areas for Ashvameda Yagya. Shakuni’s wife was in favour of peace and requested Arjuna to not k**l her son.

In the Jaina Mahabharata we find a story which explains why Shakuni wanted to finish the Kuru clan. This version doesn't fit with Ved Vyasa’s Mahabharata and therefore is treated as a regional retelling rather than the original version. According to this version, Bhishma was responsible for the k***ling of Gandhari’s family because they got her married to a goat and then sacrificed her to ward off evil from her (making her a widow technically) and this event was hidden from the kuru clan at the time of Gandhari's marriage to Dhritrashtra. So Bhishma invited their family and locked them in a room giving them only a morsel of grain to eat. The whole starved to d**th and Shakuni was the only one who survived. He took an oath to destroy the Kuru clan and before his d**th Shakuni’s father hit him with an iron rod making him a limp so that he never forgets his promise. It is also said that the dice he used to play were made of bones of his father's body. In Odia Mahabharata Bhishma is replaced by Duryodhana.

This story is not found in Vyasa’s Mahabharata where the family of Shakuni is mentioned to be alive during the Rajasuya sacrifice. Also his brothers were involved in the Mahabharata war.

What are some fun facts that you know?

 

• Every day, you are breathing in about 1/4 of other people's farts.
• Right-handed people, on average, live 9 years longer than left-handed people.
• In a typical lifetime we spend over 6 years dreaming.
• All animais dream too.
• You forget 90% of dreams within 10 minutes of waking up.
• Giraffes are unable to cough.
• Valentine's day is one of the days with the highest suicide rates.
• Approximately 1 out of 8 couples married currently in the U.S. met online.
• No word in the English language thymes with month.
• Owls are the only birds that can see the colour blue.
• You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
• An average person will laugh 15 times a day.
• A duck's quack doesn't echo and nobody knows why.
• Babies are born without kneecaps
• A cow can climb stairs but they can't come down.
• Having blue eyes is actually a mutation. Before the mutation occured all humans had brown eyes.

Pic: The man in the picture is Arshad Khan, a tea seller in Pakistan who became a sensation overnight after his photo (of natural blue eyes) went viral on internet.

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