Different strokes

When it comes to squash, he's done India proud. He's India's highest ranked squash player, and arguably even the best we've had

When it comes to squash, he's done India proud. He's India's highest ranked squash player, and arguably even the best we've had. Well, we guess you already know all this about him. CS gets Ritwik Bhattacharya talking at the India International Sports Summit, 2010 about what he likes doing apart from playing squash:



>>u00a0Jack of all: Squash is not the only sport I play. I'm also good at football, hockey, snooker, cricket, lawn tennis, you name it. If I wasn't a squash player, I probably would have been playing some other sport. I am a Jack of all sports, so I can't really say what I'm best at. But I can assure that I can hold my own in every sport.
>>u00a0Just another boy: I'm like any regular guy-next-door. I love hanging out with friends, reading and listening to music. I can spend hours doing all the above. They're great mood lifters.
>>u00a0Tracking water: I also enjoy surfing. By that, I don't mean Internet surfing. That certainly isn't a passion area. But I do love to get into the water and ride on the waves.
>>u00a0Roads a rage: Road trips almost always give me a high. Be it my car or on my bike, when I hit the road, I'm transported into another world all together.

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>>u00a0Ritwik remains India's highest ranked squash player with a ranking of 75 and also its most successful with 8 PSA tour titles till date
>>u00a0His highest world ranking was 38 in Nov 06. He was the first Indian to break into the top 50 of the PSA World Rankings
>>u00a0He has won the Indian National Squash Championship 5 times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005)
>>u00a0He was the finalist at the World Doubles 200>> with partner Saurav Ghosal
>>u00a0He won the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Award (2003-200>>) for Best Sportsperson
>>u00a0Ritwik was the first Indian squash player to participate in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002

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