BlackMamba Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 This is why, after I started drinking, I minced no words in letting my parents know about it. Eventually I got a wine bottle to the dining table, opened it, poured one for myself and politely asked -- "Anybody else?" Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - Mumbai—Kiran Pal Singh, the father of Team India’s 25-year-old pace-bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar believes that the Indian winners of the Man of the Match or Man of the Series awards be not given the champagne bottles. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was India’s Man of the Series (nominated by England coach Peter Moores) and all winners were presented with the cheques and bottles of champagne. “I watched the presentation ceremony after the Test match on Sunday. The huge-margin defeats (in the series) hurt more than Bhuvi winning the MoS awardâ€, he said over telephone from Meerut. “My son is a teetotaller and don’t know what he would do with this bottle. Bhuvi does not smoke, or even touches a glass of wine. I don’t think this practice of gifting champagne bottles exist in other countries. It should be stoppedâ€, the dad, who was a former Police Inspector (opted for VRS last year) in UP, added. “Yes, till now, Kumar has not touched the wine bottleâ€, Rekha, Bhuvaneshwar’s elder sister, endorsed. “But my brother is matured enough now and will take his own decision on this champagne bottle. Whether to gift it to the team or keep it as an honour in the cupboard will be his own decisionâ€. However, it is a tradition in England, says ECB’s official. “The champagne bottles are supplied by sponsors. It is traditional in many countries not just England. Champagne is also celebratory in other sports such as motor racingâ€, Colin Gibson, the ECB’s Media Director, said from London. “This has / had been a practice in Australia, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand and at some ICC events. In India there is sometimes something like a motor cycle from the sponsors which is not likely in Englandâ€, Gibson added. “Earlier Australia too used to do it during some of their ODI tournaments. Eng does it often. It is provided by their sponsorsâ€, Mohandas Menon, and Kersi-Meher Homji, the game’s Indian statistician and Australian historian also say in exclusive chats. ........................................:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm: Trust Indian parents to embarrass their adult children over stuff like this.Pity the girl he will marry.:((
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