From the publishers of THE HINDU
VOL.36 :: NO.21 :: May. 25, 2013
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Brilliant Yellow In the ongoing IPL, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have shown commendable consistency. Shreedutta Chidananda takes stock.
There’s time for fun tooWith the IPL being what it is — a mixture of cricket, showbiz, and everything razzle-dazzle — nasty spats, sledges, and controversies are, if not anything else, smart eyeball-catching exercises. But then, some cricketers have chosen to spread the fragrance of mirth through simple, heart-warming acts. INTERVIEW 
‘Always bowl to take wickets’“Twenty20 has its own skills and technique factor but Test cricket is supreme,” Mushtaq Ahmed, the leg-spinner of yesteryear, tells Vijay Lokapally. INTERVIEW 
‘Cricket is an industry now’“I admire cricketers of different eras. Tell me how many of the current generation have seen real cricket of the 1970s and 80s? For instance, the formidable West Indies of those times. And where are the fast bowlers now with the exception of say Dale Steyn,” asks Waqar Younis in a chat with V. V. Subrahmanyam.
When sportsmen slap scribes!Ted Corbett recounts the time when he was assaulted by sports personalities, one of whom didn’t like what he said, while the other misunderstood what he wrote.
A struggle all the way“I am sure I can play better and win outside India as well. The key is to stay healthy,” says Saketh Myneni, who won the ITF Futures tournament in Chandigarh recently. By Kamesh Srinivasan.
The one and only Ferguson Alex Ferguson’s talents include a superb sense of timing as he showed when he picked the right moment to quit. By Ted Corbett. Pablo Zabaleta, the unsung hero Pablo Zabaleta’s consistently brilliant form went almost unnoticed outside the Etihad Stadium at first but, as the season has gone on, it has become clear to all he has been the club’s player of the year. By Andy Hampson. 27 Glorious Years Advt Links: • calling card
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