when it comes to squash chennai is the best place to be in the city has produced some of the best players in the country and has the best training facilities begins actress parvatii nair who has along with actor ashok selvan been chosen as the brand ambassador for the world junior squash championships to be held in chennai later this month she has also come out with a promo video of the championship with ashok and indian squash player joshna chinappa parvatii a selfconfessed sports enthusiast says that she has even undergone a weeks training before she came on board to promote the championship in the city when they asked me if i was interested in being associated with the championship i told them that i wanted to get a hang of it first so they offered me training i went to the indian squash academy in egmore and practised for a couple of days the coach felt that i was pretty good he was surprised that i picked up the sport so fast an actor whos also a sportsperson is exactly what they were looking for ashok i think is a cricket player too so thats how both of us were roped in for this we both did a promo video with joshna she shares she adds that squash is a great sport that is best suited for hot and humid chennai within a few minutes into the first practice game i realised that it will help burn calories fast and make one agile its an indoor sport great for a hot place like chennai and when you practise you dont need a companion i feel more youngsters should take it up and thats why i decided to come on board ask her about her interest in sports and she replies my whole family has been into sports i still play badminton but football and cricket are my favourites back in my school days id end up playing both these games with boys because there would hardly be any girls to play with me its only in the last few years ever since i got into films that i dont play she says and adds after i got into films its only with the celebrity cricket league that i could associate myself with i wanted to play celebrity badminton league but there was clash between industries each claiming that i should play for their teams laughs finally i decided not to play though parvatii confesses that she isnt following the football world cup closely she says that she has a liking for the english team i have always been a fan of england since the time of david beckham i had a big crush on him laughs this time the world cup is quite unpredictable but its fun i watched only one match completely england vs panama which england won 61 so i may not be a fair judge when i say that england might lift