Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella loves cricket like most Indians. But ask him to choose between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, he is stumped. (More Cricket News)
During a ♌fireside chat, Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari asked Nadella to choose between Kohli and Tendulkar.
"ꦑ;This is like picking religions. I would say Sachin yesterday, Virat tod✱ay," quipped Nadella.
The India-born ex🍬ecutive's love for the gentleman's game is pretty well known. In his book 'Hit Refres♋h', he has outlined how the game had influenced his professional and personal life.
"No matter where I am, this beautiful game is always ꦏin the back of my mind. The joy, the memories, the d🌳rama, the complexities, and the ups and downs - the infinite possibilities," Nadella has written in his book.
He had highlighted how c𝄹ricket had inculcated various attributes in him, right from teamwork to competing with passion.
During 🌸his chat with Maheshwari, Nadella spoke of his meeting with Anil Kumble, who has a startup, Spektacom Techn🔴ologies.
With sensors fitted into bats, data in terms of quality, swing and power are collected real-time. These data points can then be analysed by players, coaches etc to work🧸 on enhancing performance.
"...he was kind enough to let me take a ball and hit it for a six, which is the only time I got to do it in lifﷺe, live my dr♏eam," Nadella said.
Asked about his favo🌌urite subject in school, Nadella surprised many in the audience when𓄧 he said, "history". He also compared coding to poetry.
"I always think of coding is like poetry, it's just comp𓆉act expression. So I think coding can inspire you, in both liberal arts as well as in t♛he sciences, to really make a difference," he said.
For a superpower, 52-year old Nadella said he would want to r🥃ead all the books he had bought.
"...🀅if I could read all the books I bought. I'd be so much better off. That's why I am so excited about natural language progress because that's what I 🎀need," he said.
