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 • 'My ambition is to play for India in Tests' Hrishikesh Kanitkar on the various ups and downs of cricket. • Nowhere man! Vinod Kambli talks about his injury, his techniques and what it means to him to wear the India cap. • 'I never set goals for myself' Javagal Srinath on his strengths, weaknesses and the upcoming tour of New Zealand. • 'We ain't god, we don't have control!' Ian Bishop, the West Indian fast bowler, speaks about his career and the decline of cricket in the West Indies. • ''I guess matchfixers would be scared to approach me, given the way I am known to react,'' Mohammad Azharuddin, captain courageous, speaks about the stress of being a captain and how it brings out the best in him. • 'Cricket is a big boys' game!' Nayan Mongia, on the comfort and security that he feels at present. • 'I never worry about others' expectations from me. I try to live up to my own' Sachin Tendulkar talks to Pritish Nandy about what he is all about and what makes him tick? • 'Why snarl, glare?' 'Big Bird' Joel Garner on the present state of West Indies cricket and his own playing days. • "I don't think India depend too much on Sachin" Geoff Marsh, the Australian coach, speaks about the recent tour of pakistan and other cricketing matters • Man on the make Wasim Jaffer, the young Mumbai lad, speaks about his steady rise. • The sheik of tweak Anil Kumble on his bating talent and how it is needed by the Indian team in the absence of a true all-rounder. • 'The media only wants juicy stories...' Jagmohan Dalmiya talks of the changes he wants to introduce in the game. • 'I kept myself free for the camp...' Sunil Gavaskar speaks about various issues revolving around cricket. • 'I am not entirely happy with this pitch' Mike Corley, of Bradford in England, speaks on the state of the pitch in Toronto. • 'Tell me, where is it match-fixing does not happen?' Col Rafi Nasim, media adviser to the Pakistan Cricket Board, speaks about Pakistani cricket and the need to improve cricketing relations with India. • 'Azhar is a very relaxed guy today...' Anshuman Gaekwad, the Indian coach, speaks on various issues regarding cricket and coaching. • 'You can't teach the Indians to play strokes...' Bobby Simpson, in Chennai for his first stint as India's consultant coach, speaks about his latest assignment. • Change is in the air! Ratnakar Shetty, joint honorary secretary, Mumbai Cricket Association, on the Indian cricket team's selection for Kuala Lumpur Games • 'When you think of the best answer to the Aussies, you think of Tendulkar, don't you? For us, it was as simple as that' Kishen Rungta talks about the Indian team and the selection process. • 'What is required is self-belief... You should be ready to listen, to be strong to acknowledge what your weakness is, and learn, improve...' Kapil Dev speaks about the shortcomings of the Indian team and the business of cricket camps. • "Bombay is the best team in the world!" Ashok Mankad, Mumbai's new coach, on what he desires to do in his tenure. • 'On the field we are like tigers...' Javed Miandad, the Pakistan coach, speaks about his career and his role as coach. • 'You will see me being very aggressive...' Ajit Agarkar, the Indian fast bowler, on his short cricketing journey so far. • On the outside, looking in... Pravin Amre, the former Mumbai, Railways, India and Rajasthan players, in a freewheeling chat on cricketing matters. • Ask Rungta! Ajit Laxman Wadekar talks about the past, present, future and the selection process. • 'We have the talent, our problem is attitude!' Ramakant Achrekar, super coach, speaks about his journey thus far and the quality of coaching in the country. • "Tendulkar, Warne should not become captains" Chris Cairns, the New Zealand all-rounder, speaks about New Zealand cricket and other cricketing matters of importance. • 'One-day cricket is where the big money is' Allan Border talks about his role in Australian cricket and his favourite players. • 'Players are slowly, but surely, losing the ability to stay longer at the crease' Richie Benaud speaks about the changes in international cricket, Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar. • 'The idea of two captains is disruptive and creates total confusion' Greg Chappell speaks about the ACB plans and the overdose of cricket these days. • 'I don't know how long I'll continue' Shane Warne on his distinguished career and the the indian batting line-up, which he rates the best in the world. • 'It's a pity Dravid is not in the ODI team' Tony Greig speaks in the manner he is known to, about the Indian and Australian sides and how he would have loved to see a five-Test series. • 'The Tests don't bother me. I was not in charge!' Steve Waugh, the Australian captain, talks about the recent tour of India and others cricketing matters. • 'India, Australia are at the head of a new world order' Mike Coward, who has held pole position as the most respected of Australian scribes, speaks about the rise of the Aussies and the Indians, not necessarily in that order. • 'It is the selectors who need a psychiatrist!' Ajit Wadekar on the selection process in India and how it should be done. • 'I told Dalmiya either Azhar's wife leaves or I leave' Sunil Dev, in a very broad-based discussion of various matters ricketing. • 'No army can have two generals' Sunil Dev on the issues raised at the Board of Control for Cricket in India meeting and on various other matters of cricketing importance • 'As long as I am captain, I won't bother too much about my individual achievements' Hansie Cronje, the South African skipper, speaks at length about his captaincy and his team • 'Sachin is not doing anything particularly wrong' Mike Brearley, rated one of the greatest captains ever, on the state of Indian cricket and the way the game has changed across the globe. • 'Cricket is a funny game. One day you are raised to the country, the next you are dumped flat on your face' Saeed Anwar talks about Sharjah, the overdose of cricket, the ups and the downs in the game of cricket. • 'But for my father, I would have been nowhere' Brian Lara speaks about his cricket career so far and the people who have influenced it. • 'Playing cricket is easier than organising it' Asif Iqbal, the former Kent and Pakistan player, provides some insight into what it takes to organise an event like the ongoing Champions Trophy. • 'It's disheartening to be called a cheat' Waqar Younis discusses his achievements and the state of the game. • 'The future of Windies cricket is in good hands' Courtney Walsh talks about West Indian cricket and its future. • 'There is more to cricket now than just winning matches' Adam Hollioake, the England captain, speaks about the England team and the Champions Trophy. • Ladies day out The Indian women's team, preparing for the upcoming Hero Honda women’s World Cup, seemed, and sounded, gung-ho and ready to go. • "I am not in favour of pampering players' Bruce Yardley speaks about his coaching assignment and the forthcoming tour of India • "If the players play masala matches, why blame the Board?" J Y Lele, the newly elected secretary of the BCCI, talks about various cricketing matters. • Right arm, over! Venkatesh Prasad, the ace Indian quickie, on his being awarded the Ceat internationals cricketer of the year award and other matters. • 'The Indian team lacks results, not talent...' Anshuman Gaekwad, the new coach of the Indian team speaks on the feeling of being in the hot seat of Indian cricket. • 'I play the game my way...' Rahul Dravid on various matters cricketing and his memories. • "If I bowled today, I would still take wickets..." E A S Prasanna on his first love, off-spin bowling and the state of Indian cricket. • 'Talent alone doesn't cut it these days' Dennis Lillee talks about the MRF pace academy, and his wards, Srinath and Prasad. • 'Srinath and Prasad came on their own' T A Sekhar , the coach at the MRF pace foundation, speaks about the role of the foundation in nurturing fast bowlers in India. • 'Malik overdid things and gave cricket a bad name' R Mohan chats on some of the events tha have rocked Indian cricket in recent times • 'Toronto gave us confidence, made us realise that if every player plays his role properly, we can win' Syed Saba Karim talks about how his career developed right from day one. • Big Mac Brian McMillan, one the top all-rounders of contemporary cricket speaks about the talent in the South African team. • 'It has not been easy for Sachin...' Robin Singh talks about the wasted years, the irony of making it big just when he is approaching what, for a cricketer, is retirement time. • 'Captaincy has not changed... only the pressures have...' Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi discusses the intricacies of captaincy. • Spin & Other Turns Anil Kumble on his comeback trail talks about his bowling and how it has not deteriorated. • Skipper Under Siege Anant Gaundalkar on how the pressures of captaincy have affected Sachin Tendulkar • A Triumph Over Regionalism Ashok Mitra tracks down Ganguly's career and also emphasises the need to keep his head after his exploits in Toronto. • 'The bowlers should turn the ball, not the wicket' Bishen Bedi, the greatest leftarm spinner of them all, reveals why Indian spinners aren't good enough anymore. • 'Right now, I am batting, bowling and fielding well -- so why not?' Laxman Sivaramakrishnan speaks about his cricketing career and how he lost the attacking edge to his bowling. • 'Indians are brilliant players, but lousy athletes!' Wayne Phillips on the cricketing structure and what the Indians lack. • 'If you are good enough, you do not have to indulge sledging' Fanie de Villiers talks about his bowling, and the goals he is striving to acheive. • 'My goal is to come back to the side' Sunil Joshi on how he got into the Indian team in the first place and the desire to get back in. • 'Sachin has to learn a lot as a skipper' Dilip Sardesai tells The Rediff Independence Day Chat • 'No current player is involved in betting' Sunil Dev on how betting and match-fixing have increasingly become endemic to Indian cricket. • The Lone Stranger Navjot Singh Sidhu and how he is a very different man in the Indian team. • 'Cricket deteriorated in the Seventies and Eighties' John Reid, who is on ICC panel of match referees, discusses various matters cricketing. • 'I feel at ease again!' Rajesh Chauhan reacts to the news that the BCCI had formally instructed the national selectors to consider him eligible for selection. • The Judge takes strike! Justice Y V Chandrachud on the need for an enquiry into the match-fixing allegations. • 'Prabhakar is a nice fellow, but he talks too much' Kiran More on the match-fixing allegations and his colleague Prabhakar. • 'It is all part of a conspiracy to malign Asian cricket' Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Manoj Prabhakar's former opening partnet, suggests that the BCCI should make ''discreet enquiries''. • 'Indian cricketers can never be bribed' Bishen Singh Bedi, reacting to former Indian cricketer Manoj Prabhakar's claim that he was offered a bribe by another player. • 'I am one of the top three 'keepers in the world' Nayan Mongia, the Indian wicketkeeper, talks about the Caribbean tour, and other key moments of his career. • 'Sharjah is the mecca of bookies' Manoj Prabhakar, the former India all-rounder, elaborated on his allegation that he had been offered Rs 2.5 million to play badly against Pakistan during the 1994 Singer Cup in Sri Lanka. • 'Sri Lanka is the best in the world!' Bruce Yardley, the Sri Lankan coach, speaks about the abundance of talent in Sri Lanka. • Move over, King Viv! Saeed Anwar is the man who holds the record for the most runs in a ODI, here is his profile. • 'I have no plans to retire!' Arjuna Ranatunga on the future goals he has set himself. • Up close and personal Rahul Dravid, the Mr Cool of Indian cricket, speaks about the year that has gone by. • Goodbye, Denis, thanks for the memories Denis Compton, cricketer extraordinary and entertainer. • Au revoir, Denis • 'Majid Khan is not a good CEO for Pak cricket' Hanif Mohammad on how the PCB seldom bothers about the welfare and other issues concerning players. • `They thought I lacked seriousness' Venkatapathy Raju, the Hyderabad slow left-arm spinner currently out of the Indian team, discusses Indian cricket and his career. • Age has not withered these great men... Leo O' Brien was one of the few great old cricketers still around. • Stump vision Srinivas Venkatraraghvan, rated as one of the best umpires around, is profiled by K N Prabhu. • 'Azhar gives 150 per cent to the team. I shall do the same' Noel David, celebrating his call to the national side, speaks about his plans. • The ticklish issue of team selection Jagmohan Dalmiya chats about the Srinath burnout... his aborted ICC campaign... his plans for Indian cricket... whether a quota system exists in Indian cricket and so on... |
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