Vinay Pathak

My Dear Twitter friends! I’ve decided to move on from twitter. My twitter handle would be deleted. Thank you for all the love 💝n support all these years. I’d be active on IG (pathakvinay) Ye could connect with me there. let’s spread joy n kindness,always! Thank you🙏🏼 Cheers🥂

If there was a term that could be coined for "living under the shadows", it should be called Rahul Dravid. He is the epitome of it. You go ask someone who is your most favorite Indian cricketer, answer is almost never going to be Rahul Dravid. Dravid once himself said "If my grandchildren don't remember the fact that I scored 10,000 runs in test and ODI cricket, I am confident they will remember that Sachin Tendulkar used to be my team mate" But isn't that expected? Who in sane mind pays attention to a wall which guards gods, princes and kings of Indian cricket? Some may call it sheer coincidences but I prefer to name it Dravid's tryst with fate. He is not fate's favorite child but he keeps smiling on. Isn't he the sincere one, the innocent one? Next time you think someone else stole your thunder or rub of the green isn't with you, remember this: - Dravid scored a gritty 95 on debut against England at Lords, batting at no 7 only to be eclipsed by other debutant Ganguly who scored equally brilliant 131 - Scored a 145, a personal best for him in ODI against Sri Lanka only to be overshadowed by Ganguly's 183, coincidentally his career best too - Scored a 153 few months later, hoping fate will be smiling upon him this time, bettered his personal best ODI score against NZ in world record partnership with Sachin at that time, but only remembered by Sachin's personal best 186* - Scored a 270 which is 2nd highest score by an Indian in away test match but it faded away, only remembered for Sehwag's 309 and declaration controversy when Sachin was at 194* in that series - Scored 180 in 2nd innings following on in that famous 2001 come from behind Australia test, but better remembered by Laxman's 281 and Harbhajan's hattrick - Dravid as captain is always labelled a transitional captain between Ganguly and Dhoni but he won test series in WI and ENG when winning a single test away for India was a dream. He also got first test win for India in SA. Captained India to WR most consecutive ODI victories chasing and joint most consecutive victories in ODIs at that time. But his captaincy got associated to only the 2007 WC failure and Greg Chappel - Ganguly controversy. That's all his captaincy is remembered for - Every single one of his last game that he played for India across formats before his retirement India lost. Never got a grand farewell Even his last ever game in IPL in 2013 got overshadowed because it was also Sachin's last ever IPL game. Yes he lost that one too! - 2023 Ahmedabad WC final was going to be his last coaching stint for India and redemption of sorts to be a world cup winning Indian coach, something none of his peers under whose shadows he lived had achieved, but even that ended in heartbreaking defeat. Only to be lamented as failing to win a rigged world cup 28 years since his debut, and he had never won a WC, IPL or a champions trophy as a player or coach and it could very well remain that way. But everything changed after that fateful phone call from Rohit. One stormy afternoon in 2024, Rahul finally won. He didn't just lift the world cup in Barbados, he lifted his caged bottled up years of frustration, disappointment and infuriating tryst with fate. This WC win for Dravid meant he could finally beat fate in its own game and raw emotions were true testament to it. His curse was finally broken. My hope is, this WC triumph does not get overshadowed by that fact that this was also Virat's and Rohit's retirement to T20Is, otherwise fate will have the most wicked way of getting back at him

I was at the Kensington Oval for the WC finals & this is my version of what I saw at the stadium: I was seated at long on, it was 14.4 when Klaasen hit Axar for another 6, & single handedly deflated India. By the end of the over India will have conceded 34 runs in 8 balls. Scoreboard read 30 off 30 with 6 wickets in hand. Players shoulders had dropped. Intensity was gone. South African pavillion which was right besides me, was clapping and cheering, loudest of the day. Fans mostly Indians had gone quiet. Onslaught from Miller & Klaasen was so brutal, you could feel the eerie uneasiness in the atmosphere. Fans had succumbed to lost cause, shocked at what had just happened, already talking about losing 3 finals in 12 months. Some promising never to go to another game ever. Resigning to weeks of depression and sadness that was going to ensue. Ball was now given to by no means a lanky pacer. In land of Joel Garner, the big bird, this was a small bird at best. He ran in to complete the formalities, but he had other ideas. He still had 12 legal deliveries or 40% of game to make any sort of impact. South African support staff just sat a little more upright now. Their plan to score runs off spinners had worked brilliantly, hard part of the job was already done. Each ball was an event in that over, every delivery he bowled, it felt like electricity would run through entire stadium. All the deflated, undercharged fans and players were getting turbo charged by this genius, one ball at a time. That over did not bring any wicket, but it charged everyone in that ground, he instilled belief it's not fucking over yet. Dropping shoulders were more upright now, nervous energy was rushing through SA camp. I will do injustice to describe how it felt, but best I can describe is he was the pied piper of Kensington oval, a true genius, a magician was at work that afternoon. It felt like SRK was giving his 70 minute Chak De speech or was listening Nawazuddin Siddique's Bajrangi bhaijaan news report or Vicky Kaushal's URI rally. That over was nothing but a rally cry for the stadium. Some 70 year old's in first row were banging the barricade, not worrying about their weak bodies, younger ones shouting so loud, their vocal cords would fall off, clapping so hard their hands were on the verge of bleeding. Entire stadium was now turbo charged pro max. Miller and Klaasen knew they will need to work around this magician. Their skills too pale today in front of his brilliance. In comes Hardik, India's only choice at the moment. They knew this is a golden chance to score runs off this over and game will be sealed shut. Klaasen goes after it and Hardik reaps rewards. Belief even stronger now. Hardik bowls a clutch over, manages to keep the momentum in India's favor. The pied piper comes back for his last 6 balls. Stadium was already rallying behind him, it was the time to hit the hammer. Jansen who had a poor game until now was visibly under confident. First up to Miller and it was a peach. Jansen on non striker end dreading to face the magician. His turn came on ball 4. Ball flew one bounce to boundary past Rishab Pant, but only after taking one of the bails with it. Grandstand which was built only for this world cup and was a temporary fixture could collapse any minute by the sheer thumping it was taking by the fans jubilant. Dark clouds forming over with lightning in the distance. You could not tell if it was the weather system or our very own Thor's doing who was welding his hammer. Maharaj coming in next had one job now, shield Miller from this Thor. He manages to do that but only to read 20 off 2 overs. India's best ever had 6 runs, 1 wicket coming off in his 2 overs, but more importantly he had rallied his teammates, electrified an entire stadium and made SA dressing room running firmly on nervous energy now I witnessed magic, a leader, and a spell of pace bowling in the lands of Marshall and Garner which even they would be mighty proud of.

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@ShiladityaBora Thank you 🙏🏼 Shila ! And May we all break legs ! Cheers 🥂 💐

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A film that I am mighty proud of ! A film that my friend @ShiladityaBora directs for the very first time. A film that we all should watch, together,with friends n family. Thank you Shila for including me in yer dreams Don’t forget friends 13th October,2023 In a theatre near you!

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