'· I can assure you of a big difference aftet the first treatment, says Dan ~ ·: Pak physician offers to help Srinath I . AJAY S SHANKAR boundaries arc no barriers for a viable alternatives which should names in this is.we. · ' •· CHANDIGARH, MAY 8 physician. Probably, it is this spirit grab the attention of the bigwig.'! But then, how docs he categorise that prompts him to extend an offer who rule world cricket. himself? "First of all, I hate It when khadi kurtaandpy­ that would gladden the hearts of wrhc idea is to adopt a tailored pcoplecall mca physio. 1amaquab­ oukl not look too everyaicket fan-help bring Java. training schedule and oond1tion the fied physiotherapist, a medical doc­ ous on a man who gal Srinath back on the cricket pitch. behaviour or the players to adapt tor, achyrolherapist and l\.estudicd ~calls himself an admirer of Ma­ "I woukl love tosccSrinath, that themselves to this schedule. Of sports medicine too. You can't ex­ hatma Gandhi. But. if the pmon in is, if he wants to, and, if the Pakistan course, there is a limit to the number pect from a physiotherapJSt the kind q11C$1ion happens to be a Gcrman­ team management agrees to the of games whtch one can play unin­ ofservices I prcMde," he says. Jew and, nlore imporantly, the suggestion. I can examine him, terrupted, hut it's 1m~ihle ror me Kic.~I is prcsenrly working ror phys~ian of the Palostan aickct. make the diagnosis and treat him llC· togivethatlim11." the Pakistan team without i spcafic tum, heads are bound to tum Dan oordingly. I can BMure you of• big Another innovative solution contract. But, the manner in which Kiesel, however, is quite oblivious of difference before and after the very . planned out by l<JCSCI is to increase .coach Mushtaq Mohammed the imp~ion he conveys, for he is fim treatment on the same day," he the number of players in lhe squad. J1raiscd his lrammg programmesug­ busy explaining how he keeps his said "lfthesitua11on allows 1t, 1he players gc.,ted that the Pakistanis wouldn't z tum ticking. Kiesel should know what he is canberotatcd. Th1swillgivctimcfor want to let him go in a hurry. ...,., :u And significantly, the man who talking about, for it's been 18 overworked players lo rerovcr," he According to Kiesel, "For any :z yearns to visit the Ganges, feels that months now since he has been with suggests. programme to be developed, you ~ the Pakistan team - after assisting If Kicsel's benign smile from must convince the players that it is C5 VOL LXIH No. 909 the Sn Lankans fgrwhilc- helping above a trimmed goatee hints al an nccw.ary. Then.you have to be tact· ....~ Reglatretlon No. PB/CH 02 the likes of Waqar Younis and element of paMiveness in his make: ful. Individual players have individ­ Wasim Akram keep going like well­ up, the 59-ycar-0ld did get a bit ual requiremcnts. ln01cket.youcan I Pnnted Ind published lor Ille pre> oiled machines. Yet, he admits that worked when asked about the balance a certain deficit with bal­ prletor1 lndu1n Expre19 Newape· Waqar had been having a few fit~ physio of today. "I gel sick when ance and better co-ordination of per4 (Bombay) Lid by SUSHIL problems. "\Y.iqar played uninter· people, calling themselves physios, movements. GO ENKA et the Jarvnan Press, 186·8, lnduslrial Area, Chanel· rupted and intensive aicket for oomc ro the boys. have a curi;ory A talented and experience seven months, and it is a game in look at the various muscles and then player like Salim Mahk can bat for garh-160 002. ' l which mjurics cannot be avoided." suggest a treatment. What the play· hours wirhout fatigue, but a much .,,"' Managing Editor: Intcrtstingly, Kiesel refrains crs need is a combination of pror~ quicker younger player may sllll get ,.,0 Vlvek Goenka. from harping on the 'too-much­ sional opinion from professional tired So, the focus of trairung ... Chief Editor: cricket theme.' He realises that, "to people. • changes with every individual Shekhar Gupta. amvc at an optimum number of The player is like a genrle flower player" · . Realdent Editor: . aicketing days is difficult, because who hlS lo be nurtured carefully. So, l,obviously,isaoomm11tcd Kanwar Sandhu there are other £actors, like theoom­ . ii is the responsibility or tho.le who pro ional, llnd Paki,tanis realised Phone: 651960-64 mercial angle which may prevent give advice to know what he JS talk- , it e to their lldvanlage? But, Fax Edl:651965, 656085 such a step." He doesn't stop at that ingabout," fumes Kiesel . However, don~ see a lesson here for I he ~spells out certain concrete and he refrains from talang any specific nei11.hbo\.rs next dOOr? I! \ •::: .