Apart from other countries, cricket has a huge fan following in India. The sport is celebrated like a festival and is nothing less than a religion. The fans in India can go through any geographical barriers to know about their favorite cricketers. Moreover, social media helps the fans to get time to time updates about their idols that what they are going to do next. According to that, fans would now know some facts about their favorite players which might surprise them. In this article, we are going to know the five interesting facts that fans might not know about the Indian cricketers. 5. Mandeep Singh had represented South Africa A team as a substitute Most of the fans know Mandeep Singh who has represented Rahul-led Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. The 29-year-old has scored 1659 runs in 104 games that he played at a decent average of 23 while maintaining his strike rate close to 125 including 6 fifties to his name. Besides, only a plethora of fans now the fact that he right-handed batsman had played for the Proteas in 2015. In a game between India A and South Africa A, four players from the Proteas squad were not comfortable with their stomachs during the game. So, the opposition decided to call Mandeep Singh as a substitute fielder for them. In the end, India A won the game quite comfortably with the help of Unmukt Chand's 90 and Agarwal's 130. 4. Virat Kohli plucked a wicket despite bowling a single delivery in T20I The "King of Cricket" is one of the best batsmen of the modern era. He has the ability to lead his side single-handedly towards the victory line. However, we won't see Virat Kohli bowling these days. But during the start of his career, the then skipper of the Indian team MS Dhoni used him as a part-time bowler in both limited-overs editions. The instance took place on one of those occasions where he was once again asked to bowl in a game against England on 31st August 2011. Kevin Pietersen was the batsman on strike when Virat Kohli came to bowl. He bowled a wide ball to Pietersen who missed his balance when trying to flick the ball. MS Dhoni was the man behind the stumps and was quick to remove the bails as Pietersen had to return back to the dressing room. The umpire called it a wide ball which is not a legal one. So, Virat Kohli might get wickets in the future but this one will remain special to him. 3. In 2017, Virat Kohli was ranked in the Top 10 T20I all-rounders The story of the Indian skipper is not completed yet. This time Kohli caught the spotlight when he featured in the Top 10 all-rounders in T20Is. Yes, it might be a surprise of many of us that the right-handed batsman got a spot in the T20Is' all-rounders rankings released by ICC in 2017. The moment came in November 2017 when the 32-year-old was positioned at the 10th place on the table. Surprisingly, he didn't bowl a single delivery in the year which raised questions among the fans. Besides, the Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan was in form of his life and ruled the top spot on the Top 10 table. 2. Rahul Dravid represented Scotland in 2003 Regarded as "The Wall" of the Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid is one the best batsmen that India has ever produced. The legendary cricketer has aggregated over 10,000 runs in both the One-day and Test format of the gentlemen's game. In addition to that, he played a vital role for India for more than a decade and was one of few players with fewer haters. Looking at his records, Dravid was the second-highest run-getter for India who has plundered 13,288 runs that he played at an average of well above 52. He has done the same in One-day format as well and amassed 10889 runs to his name. In 2003, Rahul Dravid played for Scotland as he featured in 11 ODIs and scored 600 runs for the side. 1. An opening partnership of 408 runs put up by four Indian batsmen Everyone will be surprised that how is it possible to post 408 runs for the 1st-wicket partnership without losing any wicket. Yes, it was done by the Indian batsmen in May 2007. The instance took place during the 2nd Test match between India and Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. India batted first in the game and posted a Himalayan total of 610 runs on the board with the loss of only three wickets. Having a deep look in the game, Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik opened the innings for India. However, Karthik was not able to handle the heat and decided to "retired". After that, Rahul Dravid joined the party and continued to dominate the opposition bowling alley. This time, it was Wasim Jaffer who decided to take off the field due to exhaustion after scoring 138 runs. Then Sachin Tendulkar joined with Rahul Dravid when India had posted 281 runs on the board. Both the iconic batsmen didn't show any mercy to the opposition bowlers till Rahul Dravid departs when the Indian scored 408 runs. In the end, India won the game by an innings and 239 runs.