A Quote by Garfield Sobers

Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders. — © Garfield Sobers
Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders.

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Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.
I would love to work with Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Abishek Bachchan and a lot more... even Imran Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Ranbir Kapoor are damn good with their acting.
I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.
I would like to be as successful as Ian Botham was, but if I'm doing anything, I'm doing it as myself.
When you compare the icons of the game, you have Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Dhoni in the same bracket.
Imran Khan is an exceptional father.
I married Imran Khan when he was not winning elections.
I looked up to cricket players such as Imran Khan.
Growing up, my education about Test cricket came from dad's video of the 1981 Ashes series - and Ian Botham's incredible match at Headingley.
I heard a lot about Ian Botham's Ashes, in 1981. Everybody still talks about his performance.
I played cricket for the Delhi under-15 and 19 team. I was inspired by Imran Khan.
I don't live by "The Rules" you know, and if there's one person who has influenced me in that way of thinking, someone who is a maverick, someone who does 'that' to the system then it's Ian Botham.
When I asked Imran Khan for an autograph he picked up his bat to hit me.
Opening for the first time in Test cricket, I scored 128 against the likes of Sarfraz Nawaz and Imran Khan.
There's so much information out there. There are written biographies of Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, there are interviews, and we have had the benefit of meeting these players. There's a physical and psychological aspect, and combining these two is what will help '83' connect with the millenials and cricket lovers.
I'm very talkative and I'm very chatty but, you know, you can't exactly with Imran Khan. You can't discuss the colour of the curtains; you can only talk politics. You cannot exactly discuss Bollywood films with him. God knows I tried.
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