Cup of woe

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy is slowly settling down as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh despite the turbulent political atmosphere in the state. He, however, has a grouse: he is unable to watch the World Cup matches owing to his busy schedule. “This is the first time I am not following the World Cup,” the cricketer-turned-politician said in an informal chat with journalists on his 100th day in office on Friday. When a sympathetic journalist offered a card containing the match schedule, the former captain of the South Zone under-22 cricket team readily accepted.