Skipper Dhoni puts his climbing skills to good use as he goesup a tree to avoid cake been thrown at him by teammates
Skipper Dhoni puts his climbing skills to good use as he goesup a tree to avoid cake been thrown at him by teammates
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Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh (right) at the CCI. picS/atul kamble |
More than two and-a-half hours after Mahendra Singh Dhoni caught Muttiah Muralitharan off Harbhajan Singh to stamp India as the No 1 Test team in the world, a staffer at the Brabourne Stadium left India's dressing room with a tray full of unopened beer bottles.
The Indian team, it seemed, were content with the frantic celebrations which included eating a huge cake and sipping champagne after the historic victory at the hallowed Cricket Club of India turf. The huge cake was placed in the dressing room before skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni returned from the post-match media conference. Strangely, there were no volunteers when it came to cutting the cake to kick off the wild celebrations. It was then decided that Zaheer Khan, being the performer of the day, would do the honours.
As soon as Zaheer cut the cake, Dhoni made a backdoor exit to evade his teammates who were running to smear the cake over his face. And guess where the India captain decided to hide? On a tree in the CCI parking area!
As they waited for the skipper to come down, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Ishant Sharma were unstoppable when it came to playing Holi with the cake. Dravid came from behind and painted Yuvraj's face with the cream.
Once everyone was back to the dressing room, more champagne was uncorked and for the next 15 minutes, the dressing room was wild.
