The Conversation - Decrypting the enigma!!

Part introvert, part street smart, part impassive, part in your face but mostly unknown to most of us . Susmit is a man of many talents both on and off the cricketing field and in this chat I try to unravel a little more about the drama, the energy the force that Susmit is. 

1. What do you prefer? A full ground game with a cricket ball or our skirmishes at the maidaan?

 
I love the games at maiden as the intensity is incomparable. The camaraderie, the challenge of the series and the imperfect decisions (they are a feature, not a bug :) ) makes it the most enjoyable. The only reason I sometimes prefer full ground game is because I can play for longer. If we could play 4-5 hour games in maidaan, I would never go anywhere else :)

2. ⁠You are a talker, no doubt there. Who gives it back the best ? 

The best war of words have always been with Sundar, brief though, but most enjoyable. He left too early. I thought I got to him :). He left because he was my first wicket at maidaan

3. ⁠One of your captains once said, Susmit is a team man. He plays whatever role asked of him. Is that how you see it ? 

I love the game to splits. I will do anything to be in the game. Bat, Bowl, Keep, Field, Umpire, Bye-Runner. Anything. That’s the real truth. I wish I had the complete ability to deliver at all times. I have a near 50% damaged right shoulder and hence I can’t really hit that hard nor can throw much :(

4. ⁠You come, you play and you leave right after the game. Don’t you like being a part of all the post game shenanigans? 


Most of my weekend time is reserved for reading and spending time with my son. I rush back for that. I try to be quite regimented in my life (A post 35 behaviour), owing to which I sometimes come across a little asocial :(. I love banter and I do miss it. 


5. ⁠Susmit the person . I feel most folks here don’t know you well. How will you describe yourself ? 


Die-Hard Optimist, Fiercely Competitive, Voracious Reader, Love the challenge of compounding knowledge and money (1.01^365 is 38x and 0.99^365 is 0.03), Almost turned professional Poker player. Love chennai, visit once a month. Lost 20 Kgs in a year in 2021. Primary reason to move to blr was to be around innovations and young people who are audacious, Mumbai was becoming too boring. My mantra o

6. ⁠Dhruv, Satya and Susmit. Rate each of them with a ranking .

Dhruv - Most improved player ever. T Natarajan type trajectory. Don’t think anyone would have won the MVP award in the first full season of playing

Satya - His skills on some days baffles me. Who can hit Arjun for 2 6s of consecutive balls, bowl maiden wicket overs and manage a team which has Arjun and HK in it and still get 4 overs bowling and top order batting!

Susmit - Limited range player and no one knows it better than Arjun. Assured bunny :(.