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In this special episode, we chat with veteran sports writer Sharda Ugra. From interviewing star cricketers as a college student... to blazing a trail as a sports journalist in the early '90s... to writing on a variety of sports for The Hindu... to being the chief sports writer at India Today... to presently working as a senior editor at ESPNcricinfo... Sharda has been an inspiration for a number of sports writers around the world. We chat with Sharda about her illustrious career – and are riveted by her range of experiences as well as her inexhaustible bank of anecdotes. Talking Points: The magazines that hooked her on to sports The interviews she and her college buddies did with the stars of the 1980s Memories of Imran Khan Landing her first job Finding Sachin Tendulkar's number Covering sailing  Watching Kenya's biggest cricketing moment The match-fixing shock The fall of Hansie Cronje The Azharuddin she interviewed Authoring a book with John Wright The Ganguly era Player acces