Kanpuriya Charms

During my four year stay in Kanpur, I never saw many girls on the street. Not even in the cinema halls, barring Heer Palace, the best cine theatre in Kanpur at that time.

That always disappointed us bachelors because our college campus was even worse off in this regard. People now tell me that post Rave(Kanpur's first Multiplex-cum-Mall) scene is much better.

But when you realize that five ex-cricketers' soulmates are Kanpur girls, you wonder where are the girls hiding ? Even Kanpurites don't seem to know. Sunil Gavaskar, Lala Amarnath, Bishen Singh Bedi of India, Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan, and Alan Turner of Australia have a Kanpuriya wives.

Sunil has a Christian wife; Lala, Bishen and Zaheer have Punjabi wives while Alan's wife is a Sikh. Not only that, Bob Woolmer was born here, and in the same hospital Sunny's Rohan was also born.

Well done Kanpur! You have contributed to Cricket, if not directly, then in the family way.

Corrigendum: As it turned out, I messed up with the names. It was Glen Turner of NewZealand instead of Alan Turner of Australia. Thanks to Master Mind winner Ramanand for correcting me there.