{"id":27438,"date":"2017-10-30T11:25:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T11:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=27438"},"modified":"2017-10-30T11:30:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T11:30:01","slug":"cricket-legends-regale-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=27438","title":{"rendered":"Cricket legends regale audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27444\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?attachment_id=27444\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27444\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RajdeepBF30oct2017.jpg\" alt=\"When stars meet: Veteran cricketers B.S. Chandrasekhar, Syed Kirmani, E.A.S. Prasanna, and Rahul Dravid releasing senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai\u2019s book Democracy IX at the Bangalore Literature Festival on Sunday.   | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain\" width=\"660\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RajdeepBF30oct2017.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RajdeepBF30oct2017-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When stars meet: Veteran cricketers B.S. Chandrasekhar, Syed Kirmani, E.A.S. Prasanna, and Rahul Dravid releasing senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai\u2019s book Democracy IX at the Bangalore Literature Festival on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Four Karnataka\u00a0cricket legends shared the stage at the Bangalore Literature Festival on Sunday, leaving the audience spellbound.<\/p>\n<p>B.S. Chandrasekhar, E.A.S. Prasanna, Syed Kirmani, and Rahul Dravid regaled the audience in the company of senior journalist, Rajdeep Sardesai. The former India internationals were present to support Sardesai\u2019s new cricket book\u00a0<em>Democracy\u2019s XI<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dravid, the star attraction, stated that he was fortunate to start his career in a State that has produced several world-class cricketers. \u201cThe great thing about the cricket culture in the city is that you get to interact with international cricketers when you are young. I remember, when I was 18 or 19, we took a 48-hour train journey to Calcutta to play a Ranji Trophy match. I had G.R. Viswanath (then Karnataka chairman of selectors and team manager) and Kirmani sitting in my compartment. They were happy to share their inputs with me, and I was constantly picking their brain. As an 18-year-old, what more can you ask for,\u201d Dravid said.<\/p>\n<p>He alluded to the fact that his seniors were not averse to knocking back a few cold beverages. \u201cForty-eight hours is a long time, you have to find ways to pass time. There were some card sessions, and I won\u2019t say what else happened. All I can say is that the weather was warm, and that in those days, there were no fitness tests and diet rules,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>source: http:\/\/www.thehindu.com \/ The Hindu \/ Home&gt; News&gt; States&gt; Karnataka \/ by Ashwin Achal \/ Bengaluru &#8211; October 29th, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Karnataka\u00a0cricket legends shared the stage at the Bangalore Literature Festival on Sunday, leaving the audience spellbound. B.S. Chandrasekhar, E.A.S. Prasanna, Syed Kirmani, and Rahul Dravid regaled the audience in the company of senior journalist, Rajdeep Sardesai. The former India internationals were present to support Sardesai\u2019s new cricket book\u00a0Democracy\u2019s XI. Dravid, the star attraction, stated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=27438\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cricket legends regale audience<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture-entertainment","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27438"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27445,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438\/revisions\/27445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}