India has a basketball team? It’s hard to believe but a firm indicator of this is a Reuters report quoting the team’s South African coach on what the team needs to do to ‘bulk up’. In a tip that must appear straight out of Russi Mody’s book, Normal Laker has said the team needs to have at least 15 eggs a day. “I have told them they must eat at least 15 eggs a day, six for breakfast and the remaining nine any time, any how, during the day,” Laker is quoted as saying. “The players have three meals a day and that’s not enough. In South Africa, elite rugby players have seven meals a day … Indian players weigh 72-77 kg on an average whereas the international players weigh between 88 and 100 kg. That is the weight difference you have to make up.” Apart from, of course, knowing how to play.
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