•You may know many people who are truly multi-talented, but is there anybody to rival my guest for this week. Mr Charlesworth, It will take me half of the show to introduce you. A champion hockey player, the best hockey player in the world for almost a decade, a champion cricket player, a champion hockey coach, a champion cricket coach, a wonderful sportsman, a doctor and a member of parliament for a decade. Welcome to Walk the Talk. How wonderful to have you on Walk the Talk.

It's a pleasure. Thank you.

•I have been a fan of yours since my childhood. And we all know you played from '72 until the late 80s.Who can forget the marauder in that headband. I think teams around the world had come to fear you?

I'm not so sure about that. Perhaps the longevity surprised them. I think that was more than anything.

•Yes because the people who played with you then became coaches in abroad teams to play against you. Ajit Pal Singh, for example, a great centre half, he played against you. In t he 86 World Cup he was the coach of the team. So you have seen three generations of Indian hockey players.

Yes, I started in 1972, I remember playing one Harmik who was the captain of the team. I was a young boy playing right wing for Australia. Then few years later in 1975, then , of course, saw I India win in Kualalampur. In 1976, we toppled you in Montreal.

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