I've Been Mistaken for Rohit Sharma Many Times, Says RP Singh

Speaking on ‘Cheeky Singles’, RP Singh shared a light-hearted anecdote about being mistaken for other celebrities:

"I’ve been mistaken for Rohit Sharma on several occasions, not just once, but many times. And it doesn’t stop there. Someone even called me ‘George Clooney’ once on social media. I told them, ‘Now that's too much!’"

Anil Kumble related an account of being mistaken for several cricketing greats:

"Many things have happened to me too. People have called me Javagal Srinath, that’s fine. Some said Ravi Shastri, that's also fine. Kapil Dev, fine as well. Some even thought I was Azharuddin — that’s okay. But in the US, people came up to me and said, ‘You are Sunil Gavaskar.’ That one was a bit much."

On his humorous encounter with an overenthusiastic partygoer offering him bowling tips:

"There was a party somewhere while I was active in international cricket as a player. A man walked up to me with a glass in his hand, clearly in high spirits and said, ‘You should bowl leg spin like this.’ I asked him, ‘What are you doing tomorrow morning?’ His enthusiasm dropped immediately. He asked, ‘Why?’ I replied, ‘Our practice is at 9:30. Come in your whites and please show me how to improve my leg-spin bowling.’ And just like that, he disappeared."

Suresh Raina reminisced about an unforgettable fan encounter linked to one of his biggest sixes during the inaugural 2008 IPL season:

"In 2008, when the IPL started, I remember the Wankhede Stadium wasn’t like it is now, it was still the old stadium. We had a qualifier match against Punjab, and I hit a six off James Hopes that went outside the stadium. A few years later, about three or four years on, I went to get my hair cut. A girl approached me with a ball for me to sign. I didn’t realise it was 'that' ball. She asked, ‘Sir, do you know which ball this is?’ I replied, ‘It must be some normal cricket ball.’ She said, ‘Sir, you hit a six outside the Wankhede Stadium, it’s that ball.’ She told me she was outside the stadium when it happened, saw the ball come out, and kept it. I never imagined such fandom, and honestly, James Hopes should have been the one asking me for that ball’s signature!"

On his hilarious in-flight moment with Sachin Tendulkar during his early days with the Indian team:

"We were once going to play a Test match when I was about 18 years old, and I was sitting in business class next to Sachin paaji. The air hostess came over and said, ‘Good morning, Sachin sir. How are you?' and assuming I was Arjun Tendulkar, she said something to him about me in passing; Sachin paaji saw a chance to have some fun. He replied, ‘Yes, he’s not studying at all, what to do? I've even told Anjali (Tendulkar)' Later, we went to the section where the other players were sitting, and I blurted, ‘Why are you making me sit in business class? You’ve made me Arjun Tendulkar!’ (Sachin) paaji eventually clarified it for air hostess saying, ‘He’s a part of the Indian cricket team, he’s Suresh Raina, not my son.’ Paaji loved playing such big pranks sometimes."

RP Singh reminisced about the unforgettable celebrations after India’s 2007 ICC T20 World Cup triumph:

"We won the T20 World Cup in South Africa, celebrated there, and then landed in Dubai, where a few people congratulated us for lifting the trophy. When we finally landed in Mumbai, we thought we had achieved something special, but the celebration parade was beyond anything I had imagined. The roads were closed, and people were throwing things, chocolates, and even a small cake that someone tossed towards me saying, ‘Please hold it and cut it.’ I told them, ‘Don’t do this, it might fall.’ It was raining, yet the crowds’ energy was electric, with people celebrating wildly alongside us."

On a memorable moment from a Ranji Trophy match between Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh in Meerut:

"There was a Ranji Trophy match going on in Meerut, Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh. Rahul Dravid bhai had come to play and scored 199 runs. That night, we went to dinner at someone’s house. India’s match was going on that day, and Sachin paaji was batting. He was playing a run-a-ball innings. We were both sitting on the side, and people were saying, ‘Sachin should play a little faster.’ But he was playing according to the situation of the match. Rahul bhai whispered in my ear, ‘If they are saying so much to him, then how much would they have said to me?’"