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Swann dedicates India series win to London Zoo!

September 12, 2011 13:18 IST

Athletes dedicating wins to their families, friends and even pets is quite common but flamboyant England [ Images ] off-spinner Graeme Swann [ Images ] has dedicated the ODI series triumph over India [ Images ] to the London [ Images ] Zoo because he happened to have a good time there.

Graeme SwannSwann has a reputation of being resident funnyman of the English cricket team and he lived upto it with his latest tweet. 

After the rain-hit tied match against India gave England a winning 2-0 lead in the five-match series, Swann went out with his family to the London Zoo. 

"I dedicate the series win to London zoo. Had a great time there with Wilf and Mrs Swann yesterday," Swann tweeted. 

England have had a superb run against India, whitewashing the visitors 4-0 in the Test series before the ODIs. 

The English had also beaten Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [ Images ] men in the only Twenty20 [ Images ] match that was played before the one-dayers, the first of which was rained out.

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