Be it any sport, attaching nicknames to a player is a common occurrence. In the game of cricket, “Jammy” is one popular nickname. The name is used to address Rahul Dravid, who is the current Head Coach of Team India. In this article, we take a look at the reason why Rahul Dravid is called as Jammy.
Rahul Dravid is called as Jammy
Rahul Dravid is one of the greatest players to have played the game. Dravid played 164 Tests and 344 ODIs in his career. While he made 13288 runs in the five-day format, in ODIs, Dravid accumulated a total of 10889 runs. After retirement, Dravid took to coaching. He was initially involved in the coaching of the India A and the U19 squads. Dravid won a U19 World Cup as the coach. At the moment, he is the Head Coach of Team India.
Dravid has many nicknames such as the “Wall”. However, “Jammy” is one name that is unique. This is because it is not related to the game. We take a look at the reason for the emergence of this nickname in the below section.
The reason behind the nickname
In one of the old interviews, Dravid himself revealed the reason behind the nickname. He revealed that it was former India pacer Javagal Srinath who started to call him “Jam”, which eventually became “Jammy”. This happened when Dravid started playing Ranji Trophy for Karnataka. The reason for calling him “Jam” was because Dravid’s father used to work for Kissan Products, which used to make jams.
VIDEO: Rahul Dravid in the Kissan Jam advertisement.
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Dravid got the nickname ‘Jammy’ as his father worked for Kissan products for 30-odd years. Later he was known as ‘The Wall’pic.twitter.com/EXXf9Z2Y20
Explaining the reason, Dravid said, “Perhaps the hardest to do was the ‘Jam Jam Jammy’ ad. My father worked for Kissan Products for 30-odd years. That’s how I got my nickname ‘Jam’ when I started playing the Ranji Trophy. Javagal Srinath started to call me ‘Jam’ because Kissan was making juices and jam. The shoot for the ad was in Madras in May, and I had to wear all those costumes. I remember throwing up halfway through the ad, probably because of the heat. But in the end, it meant a lot to my father. So that’s my favourite ad film.”
