'Hard to be No.1 for a long time' - Murali
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
25-Feb-2013
AFP
Muttiah Muralitharan says he never wanted captaincy because he felt he didn't have the qualities to be a good leader. R Kaushik interviews him in the Deccan Herald.
It’s essential for the captain to stay cool and not put pressure on the players in the team, even if he is upset. If the captain shows he is upset, the bowlers get upset and commit more mistakes. But if the captain is relaxed, the bowlers will draw confidence from that. Mahela is a lot like that, he doesn’t take pressure and he doesn’t put pressure. But Dhoni is cooler than any other captain because he takes it so easy.
Read the Sportstar for a piece on another spin wizard. More than a year after he retired from international cricket, Shane Warne continues to show he has few equals in making things happen, writes S Ram Mahesh.
However, foreign cricketers have found few takers in terms of brand associations, writes Ratna Bhushan in the Economic Times. Sports management agencies attribute this to most Indian advertisers still preferring local players, there not being enough time in the itinerary of the foreign players and the season not being long enough.
With that in mind read GS Vivek's story in the Indian Express where he speaks to Chennai's two unheralded stars in the IPL.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo