Juan 'Rusty' Theron is cooling his heels since pace ace Brett Lee has joined the Kings XI Punjab squad.
Juan 'Rusty' Theron is cooling his heels since pace ace Brett Lee has joined the Kings XI Punjab squad. But the South African fast bowler doesn't seem to be complaining. On the eve of the match against Mumbai Indians, Rusty was the envy of everyone at the team hotel lobby where he was seen in the company of five cheer girls.
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Kings XI Punjab's South African fast bowler Juan Theron. pic courtesy: Cricinfo |
Rusty may be out of favour now, but was the star of Kings XI team's only victory in the first six games, against Chennai Super Kings. After the game ended in a tie, Punjab had won the one-over eliminator. Interestingly, the match at Chinnaswamy Stadium was Theron's IPL debut game and he conceded just nine runs in the super over against Matthew Hayden, Albie Morkel and Suresh Raina. Theron was named the man of the match and that could be the reason why he is the ladies' favourite.
Meanwhile, Kings XI sure know how to have fun at work. That they are a music-loving team was evident in their warm-up drills before yesterday's IPL game at the Brabourne Stadium. In between going through their paces, quite a few of the players were seen shaking their legs to the popular Hindi and English numbers. Their West Indian import Adrian Barath and Yuvraj Singh were the most enthusiastic. Even Brett Lee performed a little jig prompted by Barath, who showed glimpses of natural Trinidadian flair in his dance moves.
Taking cue from his players, coach Tom Moody also let loose with a rhythmic movement when they played 'Uff teri ada'.
