Sport Folio

What are you reading currently ?
Dan Brown8217;s Da Vinci Code. I had heard a lot about it from many people. I read a lot of fiction, and like works of Pu La Deshpande Marathi too.

Your most embarrassing moment8230;
At a felicitation function, I was a little distracted and heard the announcer call out 8216;Anjali8217;. It turned out to be another Anjali, but I had already walked up to the stage, and it was very embarrassing for both me and the announcer. I just stood there laughing.

A sportsperson you would pay to watch ?
Would have to be Steffi Graf or as an afterthought even Carl Lewis.

Your pet superstition?
I make it a point to step into the rains right foot first. I avoid the left. I8217;m not very superstitious, and I consciously avoid letting it bother me.

If you weren8217;t a shooter, you8217;d be8230;
A cost accountant, since I was studying for it. I actually never thought of taking up anything else seriously

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India Vs Sri Lanka
ODI
July 30
Dambulla Live on Ten Sports
2 p.m. onwards
The Indian cricket season starts with
this match against an evenly
matched Sri Lanka

This week8217;s suggested reading:
The best of Ashes literature

In Quest of Ashes
by Douglas Jardine

Cricket Crisis
by Jack Fingleton
Both on 8216;Bodyline8217; 1932-33 from both perspectives. Full marks to anyone spotting common points of view!

How We Recovered the Ashes
by Sir Pelham Warner 1903-04
Plum8217;s fascinating description of the series offers insight into what used to happen a century ago

Phoenix from the Ashes
by Mike Brearley 1981
The most memorable Ashes of the past four decades as seen by the winning captain