Chandigarh, May 3: They can wreck opponents with the ball or set a stadium alight with batting pyrotechnics but the Kings XI Punjab cricketers learnt that walking down the ramp and making a fashion statement is a different ball game altogether.
The boyish shyness and reluctance was more than evident when some of the players took to the ramp, organised by a leading fashion brand in the lawns of a city hotel in Chandigarh on Friday night.
Apart from captain Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shaun Marsh, Mahela Jayawardene and VRV Singh were among those who participated in the event.
The fashion show did not have a great beginning when a model fell down not realising the ramp had ended. After that other models walked the ramp showcasing the brand's spring summer collection 2008.
Later, with popular Punjabi numbers playing in the background, it was the turn of the cricketers to take the centrestage.
However, nervousness and reluctance was writ large on the faces of many and they even tried to seek shelter behind their captain.
Wearing a brown printed T-shirt and white trousers, Sarwan had to be pushed twice on to the ramp by Yuvraj and though VRV was himself terribly shy when his turn came, he also joined his skipper to push the West Indian batsman.
Sarwan had barely walked two steps when he came back and hid behind Yuvraj. Dressed in green shirt and a jeans, medium pacer VRV had barely walked half the ramp, which was already about half the size of a normal ramp, when he smiled at the audience down below and swiftly turned back to be in the comforting company of his teammates.
Wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene also did not look comfortable in walking down the ramp and was quick to beat a hasty retreat. Left-handed medium pacer Irfan Pathan may have participated in fashion shows earlier but he too did not look that confident and was eager to return to his the company of his teammates.
The saving grace for the Punjab team was their captain Yuvraj, dressed in light cargo pants and dark shirt, walked the ramp with grace and ease.
Unlike others, he did not find himself out of place. Shaun Marsh, Australian import in the team, also looked confident in his striped light-green shirt and walked the ramp with perfection.
Later, the cricketers greeted the audience in Punjabi and invited them to witness Saturday night's match at Mohali against Kolkata Knight Riders.
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