the professional arena are among the few names continuing to thrive in both the fieldscricketer tiwarys successful dive into politicsso what kind of files was he screening during the hard quarantine the query was followed by laughter from tiwarylook i have a commitment towards my constituency there are loads of issues where you need a local mlas signature there are hospitalisation schemes of the government we are still disbursing covid compensation to people of my constituency for families who lost their kin he elaboratedthere are other public issues and if its in my capacity i dont like to keep any files pending said bengals no 1 batter for over a decade and a halfhe is 35 runs short of 9000 firstclass runsmanoj tiwary toi photonow that he will be playing the ranji trophy for the next one month while staying in a biobubble how are things going to be managed in his absenceall the local leaders councillors of wards under my legislative constituency have been briefed on all situations where they need to step upthe clearances have been given by me to help people if any law and order or health crisis happens which are always at the back of your mind in any case once the stumps are drawn i am ready to coordinate he saidso does he still feel motivated to play cricket while being in active politics and holding a portfolio in the state governmentmy life is secure now i have played enough cricket with distinction india ipl firstclass to have a secure life for my family i dont play cricket for money he emphasisedwhen i see a cricket field and get a bat in hand i am as excited as my toddler son yes i am a politician and peoples representative but this is what i have done all my life since the age of 10 when i started playingits my default setting i still want to win the ranji trophy having played three finals one could gauge his hungerasked how his party trinamool congress looks at his job as a professional cricketer tiwary said my party has been very supportive our cm mamata banerjee and senior leader abhishek banerjee and senior sports minister aroop biswas have all been very supportivein fact didi has told me that as long as i think i am able to play professional cricket i should continue its all about time management and learning the ropes of a different field quicklyi havent missed a single days training for bengals ranji trophy preseason before that i was in goa campaigning for the party for the state assembly elections before that i had done rallies in tripura also for the partyand how does sports minister manoj tiwary look at the curtailed ranji season where most teams get to play three gamessomething is better than nothing at least you are playing red ball would it not have been good if there was no red ball at allat least youngsters can stake an india a