Vikram Chakravarthy, considered to be one of the most technically correct batsmen in MCC, has played most of his cricket with the talented Wildcats. Prior to 2005, he had two championships under his belt and played a monumental innings in the finals to get his third. He stroked a match winning 139(*) while chasing a huge target of 306 in 50 overs, against a spirited, fast, disciplined and talented Pak Gymkhana bowling attack. Vikram spoke with Jaggi Nadig after the game.
Your immediate thoughts after the game. It is an awesome feeling. It was a great game, very exciting and by God’s grace, we were able to defeat Pak Gymkhana, the toughest opponents in the league. I had good support from Nikhil and Satish. We won the game with 5 balls to spare against a tough team and that’s what makes this victory sweet.
About the momentum going in to the game We beat the Challengers in the Semi-Finals and that boosted our confidence. We have a good batting side and played to our potential.
About the dropped catches. Dropped catches are part of the game, but, we were able to take advantage of it.
Last 5 overs and 45+ runs to go, what was the strategy. We treated it as a 20 over game and a couple of big hits and were going to be back in the game. I was lucky to get some hits of Farman, who typically is very consistent.
Where were you born/brought up? I was born in Chennai India and brought up there.
What do you do for a living? I am a project lead in offshore IT related services for a Financial Industry.
How long have you played cricket? For about 28 years, right from the age of 5 yrs.
What is your favorite cricketing memory? Scoring a first century when I was in my 8'th grade for a school game.
What is your worst cricket memory? Actually all have been pleasant ones and I try to take things as positive on anything worse happenning to me in cricket.
Who is your favorite international player? Batting Sachin and Gilchrist and bowling Akram and McGrath
Who is your favorite MCC player? I admire quite a lot of cricketers in many aspects and quite a few from all teams ranging from Meadows, Pak Gymkhana, Challengers, Kutis and ofcourse Wildcats. I cannot name just one but to name a few Shahid Munir, Tushar Mehta, Kiran Kambhambatti, Sohail,Ajit Ramasami and Satish Reddy, Khera brothers, Dr. Akber Khan, Tariq Usmani, Naveed, Krishna Meluvittil & many more. I draw inspiration from senior cricketers like Masroor, Khalid Butt, Tehsin, Yousef Ahmed, Tariq Ahmad, Humayun and the eversmiling Margoob bhai.
What are your hobbies outside cricket? Listening to music, dancing and socializing with my pals.
Favorite Movie? Swades, Munna Bhai MBBS, Sixth sense.
Few words about your family? I get the 100% energy from my wife Anita who encourages me a lot and comes to every game to cheer me and the team. I attribute all the big scores that I have to her ;-) My other half of the family are in India and I miss them quite a bit. I make it up somehow by having close ties with my friends in chicago and socializing there with them.
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