Samit Patel tries to win the fat war
Termed 'unfit, fat and lazy' by Kevin Pietersen, Samit Patel is working his way back to fitness with much rigor at the gym in the hope of making an early international comeback
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Termed 'unfit, fat and lazy' by Kevin Pietersen, Samit Patel is working his way back to fitness with much rigor at the gym in the hope of making an early international comeback. He talks to David Hopps about the last few months, with an update on his current diet. Read on in the Guardian.
Mum is drastically cutting the amount of oil used in a traditional Indian diet. Ron, lithe and hyperactive, is a useful role model. Patel observed: "I know all about 7am gym sessions these days, but Dad gets up at half past four so I suppose I am still getting a lie-in. I realise it is an attitude thing with me and I have to put in the work, but it's going to take some time."
Also read Chris Foy's interview with Patel in the Daily Mail.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo