Mitchell Santner: 'I watched a lot of Vettori. I thought I'd give it a crack'
How one New Zealand left-arm spinner passed on the baton to another
- Sign in
The First Sportsperson I Wanted to Be
Suresh Raina: 'You have to believe you can do miracles, Sachin paaji told me'
He met Tendulkar as a fan, and found a mentor
Hemant Brar
January 2021
Chamari Athapaththu: 'Sanath aiya inspired me. I hope he reads this'
The Sri Lanka batter on her idol, Sanath Jayasuriya
Andrew Fidel Fernando
December 2020
What Kuldeep Yadav's coach told him: 'Stop wanting to be Wasim Akram, become Shane Warne'
The left-arm wristspinner on what he learnt from his idols
Shashank Kishore
November 2020
Angelo Mathews: 'All these years later, Vaas is still the benchmark'
Chaminda Vaas was Mathews' hero at school. He has been one ever since
Lockie Ferguson: 'All I wanted to do was just be Christian Cullen'
The New Zealand fast bowler on a childhood hero who was a cut above the rest on the field and very low-key off it
Matt Roller
October 2020
Shikha Pandey: 'I remember reading that Sachin aspired to be a fast bowler'
It wasn't just batters Tendulkar inspired. An India Women opening bowler is proof
Annesha Ghosh
September 2020
Sheldon Cottrell: 'Playing in the streets all I could think was: I'm Walsh'
The West Indies left-armer talks about growing up with his eye on a legend from Jamaica
Irfan Pathan: 'There was no bigger hero than Kapil Dev when I was growing up'
The former India allrounder on imitating, and befriending, his idol
Hemant Brar
August 2020
Shabnim Ismail: 'I dreamt of roughing up batsmen like Steyn did'
South Africa's fastest female bowler on the pace ace who inspired her
Shashank Kishore
July 2020