Fitness lessons for 50+ Indians from one of India’s fittest 56-year-olds

Pankaj UpadhyayaTIMESOFINDIA.COM
Mar 14, 2026 | 07:58 IST

Jonty Rhodes, who terrorized Indian cricket fans with his fielding, is now half-Indian, with a house in a south Goan fishing village. In his prime, he was easily the fittest cricketer around and he still is supremely agile for a 56-year-old. In this exclusive interview with Pankaj Upadhyaya, he reveals his health mantras and also why he is proud of being the ‘best sleeper’ in the family



▸ You have said in one of your interviews: “I can teach a cricketer to catch a ball, but I can’t teach him how to get to the ball to catch it?” You are 56-going-to-57 and looks like you could still get to any ball that is up in the air?
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