The Hindu : Swaps chair for win

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Mar 09, 2003

Sport

Sport - World Cup

Swaps chair for win

Even at 82 years of age, classical music maestro Bhimsen Joshi is not without superstitions when it comes to India's performance at the ongoing cricket World Cup.

Talking to mediapersons on Saturday about the India-Kenya match, the maestro said he had lost all hopes of an Indian victory after three wickets were lost early in the innings. Suddenly, he was prodded by his associates to swap chairs to bring luck to the team and he immediately obliged. The tables turned and India cruised to a victory, he said.

Asked for his favourite cricketers, he said "Nobody bats like Sachin." He said he prays for the team and hoped India would lift the prestigious Cup.

Panditji said music and sports are similar as both are unpredictable. He recalled the time when he sang for three hours for the English team at Nagpur. The team consisted of greats like Ted Dexter, who later asked Panditji how he decided on points for music, to which he had replied "Well the same way that you hit sixes."

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