Indian taxi driver in Australia refuses to take money, treated to dinner by Pakistan cricketers

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

 

Pakistan cricketers Shaheen Shah Afridi, Yasir Shah and Naseem Shah treated an Indian taxi driver to dinner after he refused to take money from the players for a ride he gave them in Brisbane.

ABC radio presenter Alison Mitchell narrated a story about the Indian taxi driver to former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson and told him how excited the taxi driver was after he got the chance to have dinner with the 5 Pakistani cricketers.

Alison Mitchell got to know about the story from the same cabbie, who drove her to the Gabba stadium in Brisbane for the first Test between Australia and Pakistan. During the ride she got to know about how the taxi driver got invited to dinner by the Pakistani players.

The cabbie had picked up the 5 players from Pakistan's team hotel in Brisbane and took them to an Indian restaurant for dinner but then he refused to take the cab fare from them out of respect. The players returned the favour by inviting him for dinner with them

The video of Alison telling the story to Johnson went viral on social media and has been viewed by thousands of fans.

Australia defeated Pakistan by an innings and 5 runs in Brisbane on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series at the Gabba.

The Aussies bowled out Pakistan for 335 on day four after taking a 340-run first-innings lead.

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan tried their best to keep Pakistan in the match with their 132-run partnership for the sixth wicket but the deficit proved just too big for the visitors. Babar scored 104 and Rizwan made 95 but were still unable to make Australia bat again in the Test match.

As a result of this win, the hosts maintained their unbeaten record at the Gabba since 1988.

Josh Hazlewood ended up getting 4 wickets while Mitchell Starc bagged 3 and Pat Cummins got two. Nathan Lyon got the prized wicket of Babar in the second session on day 4.

Earlier, Marnus Labuschagne (185) and David Warner (154) helped Australia accumulate a first-innings tally of 580 in reply to Pakistan's 240.

The second Test, a day-night affair, starts at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.

[mancalledsting]

fantastic show from cab driver and Pakistan players. 

[Rightarmfast]

Lekin ye Pakistani players butter chicken aur biryani khane se baaz nahi aayenge!

[putrevus]

Superb from both parties.

[Khota]

Most of the Pakistani players are real down to earth nice people. Except for Miandad and majid I like all of them. Good luck to team Pakistan in the next test.

[velu]

9 minutes ago, Khota said:

Most of the Pakistani players are real down to earth nice people. Except for Miandad and majid I like all of them. Good luck to team Pakistan in the next test.

 

throw them some money and see what happens

[velu]

If it is out team then headline will be like "Pakistani driver refused to Take the money , Kohli and Anushka asked him to join their candlelight dinner"

[Mariyam]

Nice gesture by both the sides. Heart warming to read. 

 

BUT

 

I read it again carefully. Relevant excerpt.

 

The cabbie had picked up the 5 players from Pakistan's team hotel in Brisbane and took them to an Indian restaurant for dinner but then he refused to take the cab fare from them out of respect. The players returned the favour by inviting him for dinner with them

 

Isn't that illegal?  A cab seating 5 adults.

Goes on to show that Indians or Pakistanis, jugaad is what we do world over.

[First class]

Edited November 25, 2019 by First class

[First class]

And none of them ( Pakistanis )  speaks Punjabi

Edited November 25, 2019 by First class

[Vilander]

1 minute ago, First class said:

lol they are such a tribe no wonder its a punjabi and the lads wanted to be all bhai bhai...except they are not bhai behen with sikh girls in pakjab though..there they turn to some other mode.

[First class]

Just now, Vilander said:

lol they are such a tribe no wonder its a punjabi and the lads wanted to be all bhai bhai...except they are not bhai behen with sikh girls in pakjab though..there they turn to some other mode.

Say something nice and positive, for a change. 

[Vilander]

Just now, First class said:

Say something nice and positive, for a change. 

like khartarpur and khalistan episode lol.. pretty positive. 

[FischerTal]

Aren’t these guys supposed to be international cricketers? Yet they are eating oily junk. 

[MechEng]

Inshallah these players get 7th heaven after the judgment day. Heartwarming gesture this.

Edited November 25, 2019 by MechEng

[MechEng]

3 hours ago, Mariyam said:

Nice gesture by both the sides. Heart warming to read. 

 

BUT

 

I read it again carefully. Relevant excerpt.

 

 

 

Isn't that illegal?  A cab seating 5 adults.

Goes on to show that Indians or Pakistanis, jugaad is what we do world over.

Uber has SUVs too.

[maniac]

8 hours ago, Khota said:

Most of the Pakistani players are real down to earth nice people. Except for Miandad and majid I like all of them. Good luck to team Pakistan in the next test.

I think @Harsh Thakor has clouded your judgement on Majid Khan
 

Before this my only familiarity with Majid Khan was I knew him of an ex Pakistan player and imran Khan’s cousin.

 

 neither seen him play nor heard any stories of him being a character or playing any memorable knocks. Probably was an obnoxious guy but don’t think I have ever seen or heard any such stories. May he Harsh can enlighten us

[gattaca]

10 hours ago, Khota said:

Most of the Pakistani players are real down to earth nice people. Except for Miandad and majid I like all of them. Good luck to team Pakistan in the next test.

Lol. what is worse them being bad or you ignoring multiple incidents ? Afridturd went to Pakistan and said we lost because we want to save Indian Muslims. kukri aka tanveer  commented something Hindookhi Zeyiniyat.  That other Pakistani opener tried to convert a Sri Lankan player on field. There multiple incidents like these. Only Akram and shoaib are good.

Edited November 25, 2019 by gattaca

[First class]

4 hours ago, Vilander said:

like khartarpur and khalistan episode lol.. pretty positive. 

Not your fault.

[The Realist]

2 hours ago, FischerTal said:

Aren’t these guys supposed to be international cricketers? Yet they are eating oily junk. 

The chap driving taxis probably has better levels of fitness and agility than the so-called internatonal cricketers