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Interview with Rajat Bhatia


   There are very few allrounders in domestic cricket these days. How is it that you became an allrounder? [Audio | Video]

   You are classified as a right arm medium fast bowler. Would you want to be a tearaway fast bowler like Shoaib Akhtar? [Audio | Video]

   It must have been very helpful to have worked with Denniss Lillee at the Pace Foundation at Chennai? [Audio | Video]

   Bowling fast in the Sub-Continent is sometimes a thankless job. The ball often does not do much off the wicket or the pitch. Is that discouraging? [Audio | Video]

   Since you don't want to be a tearaway fast bowler it becomes all the more important that you be very accurate. Does this mean that you spend a lot of time practicing ? [Audio | Video]

   You have also built up quite a reputation as a batsman. In the first match you played for Tamil Nadu, in the first innings, you batted at number nine and topscored. In the second innings you were sent right at the top of the order and again topscored! What was that like? [Audio | Video]

   To approach the game as a batsman is one thing, as a bowler another and as an allrounder decidely different. What is your mindset when you are batting and how is it different when your bowling? [Audio | Video]

   Nowadays there is so much one day cricket and runs are at such a premium that bowlers have to often resort to bowling a negative restrictive line.What do you feel? [Audio | Video]

   How much of a premium to you place on fitness and fielding? [Audio | Video]

   You are originally from Delhi but you made the shift from there to Chennai to play your cricket. Can you explain that a little further? [Audio | Video]

   When the Sri Lankan Under 19 team came here you made a century in the 2nd one day international. How did that feel? [Audio | Video]

   The Indian senior team seems to lack all rounders. Do you have any idea why this is so? [Audio | Video]

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