Dance like a cricketer

Sushmita Sen finds out cricketers can dance and they are talented enough to land roles in Bollywood. Over to Mathures Paul Wasim Akram came through as a thorough gentleman on Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina, the popular dance reality show on Colors. The show brings together two of India’s biggest passions ~ cricket and glamour, besides showcasing another side to Wasim Akram and Sushmita Sen, the judges. The show features Sreesanth (with Surveen Chawla), Harbhajan (with Mona Singh), Irfan Pathan (with Ashima Bhalla), Dinesh Karthik (with Nigar Khan), Nikhil Chopra (with Barkha Bisht) and Vinod Kambli (with Shama Sikander). Sushmita Sen speaks to The Statesman. Dance and cricket don’t go hand in hand. Having been in the industry for long, how difficult is it for individuals with two left feet to pick up dance steps? It’s hardly ever about getting the steps right. It’s more about the pressure one puts on his/her eyes watching somebody dance; it makes one petrified about dancing. The instant one lear...