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Team India bus driver reveals how Suresh Raina helped him

Indian cricket team’s bus driver Jeff Goodwin in England revealed on Monday how all-rounder Suresh Raina had helped him a few years ago in his hour of crisis.

Team India bus driver reveals how Suresh Raina helped him

Jeff Goodwin (M), Suresh Raina (R) (Photo: BCCI)

Indian cricket team’s bus driver Jeff Goodwin in England revealed on Monday how all-rounder Suresh Raina had helped him a few years ago in his hour of crisis. Goodwin’s wife was unwell and Raina did something that helped him raise money for her treatment.

“Raina, (a) few years ago in Leeds, he gave me his shirt to auction off. I’ve never forgotten that,” Goodwin said.

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Goodwin, who has been a driver to various team buses since the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1999, spoke about the professionalism of Men-in-Blue in an interview to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

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“I like the lads, there are all friendly. They are great to get on with but they are very disciplined. There is a changing way in cricket. In my times, it has changed so much. Australia will be drinking all the time after the game and staying inside the changing room till 2AM in the morning but now, not as much,” Goodwin said, adding, “This team, particularly India, have never known a cricket team as professional, come out after the game so fast. This team is the best one.”

Goodwin also revealed that Sachin Tendulkar used to sit next to his son when he used to drive the bus for the team. “My son was driving the teams. He drove India and Tendulkar used to sit there (beside the driver) and he used to say your daddy is a big star. By the end of the tour, my son became a big star as well. He is only 21. Got a nice letter from the Indian government thanking me and him,” he said.

Jeff Goodwin also revealed the story behind his nickname saying, “In 2004, when I was driving Australia, Darren Lehmann was then making drinks and he was a player then and he says ‘You…we like you. We will give you a nickname and he was telling me all the players’ nicknames and after a few days, he went, you are Popeye and everybody calls me Popeye and I’ve even got a tattoo of Popeye now.”

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