Praveen Kumar makes huge claim after negative allegations. “When I was in the Indian team, seniors said ‘drink nahi karna, yeh nahi karna, woh nahi karna’ (Don’t drink, don’t do this, don’t do that),” Praveen Kumar remarked.
Former Indian bowler Praveen Kumar recently rocked the cricket world to its core with alarming revelations from his playing days. It is well known that the early 2000s were a fascinating and contentious period for Indian cricket. Cricketers from small villages and cities made up the majority of the international team.
Regardless of their origins, minority players have made it big, and Praveen Kumar is one of the most notable instances. Praveen Kumar, who is from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, has built a name for himself in international cricket as well as the Indian Premier League.
Praveen Kumar’s career took a negative turn as many opined that he had off-field troubles while playing for India in six Tests, 68 One-Day Internationals, and ten Twenty20 Internationals. There were multiple claims that Kumar had drinking problems; however, the former pacer lately come forth to address the same image that was created.
He said that prominent Indian players told him that everyone drank alcohol
They kept it a secret since it could harm their reputation.
“When I was on the Indian team, seniors told me ‘drink nahi karna. yeh nahi karna, woh nahi karna’ (don’t drink, don’t do this, don’t do that). The senior players explained. Karte hai. Lekin wahi baat hai na ki badnaam kar deta hai ‘PK toh drink karta hai’. “Sab peete hai (Everyone does it, but they tarnished me by claiming I drink),” Praveen Kumar stated in a video on The Lallantop YouTube channel.
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Those who know me personally, they know how I am: Kumar
The former bowler was also asked if Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid. Sourav Ganguly gave him that guidance, but the 37-year-old declined to give any names on camera.
“Nahi. Naam nahi lena chahti camera pe. Pata sabko hi kisne PK badnaam hai. (I do not wish to steal the person’s name. Everyone knows him. Those who know me intimately understand who I am. “A negative image of me has been created,” he stated.
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