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Category: India

August 21, 2007 India / Regulars

Gautam Gamhbir impersonates a cricket ball

< 1 minute readHere we see Gautam Gambhir sidling up to a cricket ball in disguise. [At least we used to, but now the image has been removed…] If Gautam’s deception is successful, perhaps he’ll get to mate with the ball

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