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In the true story, they weren't Cricket players.


Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel were Javelin throwers rather than fast bowlers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinku_Singh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinesh_Patel

PS: They choose India to search for fast bowlers. Ohhh Hollywood. I can never fanthom thy ignorance.

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they said in the movie they threw javelin, he came up with the idea when he watched cricket

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Before commenting on a movie, it's a good idea to actually WATCH IT. But you go ahead and waste everyone else's time. No problem.

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It may be true that they expected the possibility, that fast bowlers might be good at pitching as well. But they went searching for fast pitches and the events were open to all. It is included within the film that they were not too enamoured towards Cricket.

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