indian sport scene is on a roll. though i’ve been in bangalore only for the last 2 months, it’s easy to get sucked into my old favorite sports. hockey has a special place in my heart, mainly because that’s the closest i got in competitive play (i played for a couple of seasons for the Palo Alto Field Hockey Club). anyway, checkout the recent successes:
Asian Hockey Championship : joaquim carvalho (portuguese) brought the coaching that greg chappell couldn’t.
World Twenty20 Championship : dhoni and team won by playing ‘khul ke‘. dhoni is a self-confessed admirer of aussie cricket and adam gilchrist.
World Chess Championship : viswanathan anand was the lone shining star of international success in the dismal indian sport for over 15 years. he reminds us again who the flag-bearer of indian sport is. bravo!
* special mention world snooker champion pankaj advani is riding high – check out his play
the root of the resurgence is clearly the exposure to world-class sports and corporate sponsorship: both of which are growing by leaps and bounds. in a perverse way, expertise in steroids from balco would complete the picture 