A Team Man And a Prankster!
Unlike his on-field serious persona, Manpreet is quite a prankster off it. Always up for a mischief, Manpreet is at the heart of all the “naughty and fun activities” within the group. Nicknamed “Korean”, he is in fact the ring leader!
His teammates reveal that the captain often jumbles and mixes up their shoes and clothes, and sometimes even hides them! At the team’s birthday celebration parties, wherein smearing cakes on each other’s faces is a tradition, no one escapes the skipper’s ‘famous smearing’. A few years ago, Manpreet had gathered the team at 5 am on the pretext of an emergency meeting. Only, that it was the morning of All Fool’s Day (1 April).
Manpreet says it is ingrained in his nature. “I love to have fun and have always been like this! I am a people’s person. Moments like these lighten up the mood and I like to keep the team calm and happy,” he says.
One is sure there will be plenty of such moments when the players…