Exclusive ICF Interview with Aakash Chopra (Questions)

[coffee_rules]

Do you consider yourself unlucky because you were in the same domestic team as Sehwag and Gambhir as you had to compete with them for a place in the national team? BCCI having a quota system don't want 3 openers from the same team.

[King]

What do you teach a budding cricketer/batsman? Rock solid defence and then the shots around the ground or the other way around? How important is it to have a pre-ball routine and how to best pick the line/length of the ball early particularly against the bowlers of calibre of Brett Lee that hurl the ball at tremendous pace? How to best pick the ball out of the hand, did you remind yourself by using key words just when the bowler delivered the ball or it just happened? I was told by one of the Indian stalwart if a bowler has the ability to bowl at 150k so is the batsman blessed with natural reflexes to counter it. Is it that simple and coaches/psychologists have complicated a simple sport or you have to sort the mental side of things no matter what? How do you force consistency? Is it something that happens by sheer luck or the methods or the pre game routines that set a player up for consistency in your opinion? That will do for me.

[Sachinism]

Virender Sehwag seems to be able to play freely because he doesn't seem to keep in mind what happened the ball before. This is something I've found to be a problem while batting, it stays in the back of your mind, how do you counter this? Guys get your questions in, this is going to be sent off soon.

[Chandan]

Q. Is Delhi's cricket administration really as bad as it is portrayed in the media? Q. Can the standard of Ranji trophy be improved in your view? If yes, then how? Q. Who are the best pace bowlers at domestic arena who you think might represnt India one day? Their plus points?

[Lord]

Q1.Looking back,wat do u think was the reason u didnt do that well in international cricket?do u think u should have got more chances? Q2.Do u think IPL has helped Indian cricket? Q.3.Wat r things u think India needs to do be in best shape of winning 2011 WC Q.4.Why do u think India struggles to produce a genuine fast bowler? Q.5.Sachin has completed 20 years in international cricket.wat u have say about this.Wat role has he played in ur life n career?any incidents n memories u wanna share?

[Zelig]

1. A funny dressing room incident (that you can share in public). 2. Do you visit ICF that often? Do you know any past or present cricketers visiting our website? :hmmm: 3. Why couldn't we produce a genuine all rounder after Kapil Dev?

[Sooda]

Is there anyway we can cure our aversion to short bowling? Maybe create a artificial hard and bouncy surface at the NCA so young batters can go up against pacemen pitching it short and learn how to hook/pull/evade. Can this be done?