Last month saw an interesting T20 cricket tournament being played wherein some of the top doctors and surgeons in the city tried their skills on the cricket pitch. Organised by Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, the Kirtilal M Mehta Memorial Cricket Tournament saw participation from 16 city hospitals. In the finals, Tata Memorial Hospital clinched the game from KEM, winning the match by five wickets. So, how did these otherwise busy doctors take time from a demanding schedule and commit themselves to a tournament? Hear it from the horse's mouth.

'It's not hard for doctors to get along'
Opening batsman, off-spin bowler
Dr Brijesh Tople, 41
Consultant radiologist, Fortis Hospital
Since childhood Dr Tople has been a "sports freak". The opening batsman and off-spin bowler has been playing leather ball tournament for seven years now. He was also a regular in his college days at Nair Hospital. The Thane resident has been a part of TMCC (Thane Medicos Cricket Club) as well. "It is not hard for doctors to get along; you like the sport, you come together," he tells us.