The Commonwealth of Cricket
eBook - ePub

The Commonwealth of Cricket

A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Commonwealth of Cricket

A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind

About this book

From one of India’s finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with cricket.

As a fan, player, writer, scholar, controversialist and administrator, Ram Guha has spent a life with cricket.

In this book, Guha offers both a brilliantly charming memoir and a charter of the life of cricket in India.

He traces the game across every level at which it is played: school, college, club, state and country. He offers vivid portraits of local heroes, provincial icons and international stars.

Following the narrative of his life intertwined and in love with the sport, Guha captures the magic of bat and ball that has ensnared billions.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Frontispiece
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. 1 Cricket in Paradise
  8. 2 An Eleven of One’s Own
  9. 3 Eavesdropping on Greatness
  10. 4 You Only Live Twice
  11. 5 Handshakes with Heroes
  12. 6 Sightings of Sachin
  13. 7 A Hindu’s Pantheon
  14. 8 Some Favourite Pakistanis
  15. 9 Accidental Administrator
  16. 10 Exiting the Establishment
  17. 11 Varieties of Cricketing Chauvinism
  18. About the Publisher