Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians - The On and Off the Field Story of Cricket in India and Beyond

Zusatztext 'A big story told with swaggering confidence from an Indian viewpoint! pitted with new detail...as well as demonstrating how MS Dhoni! the IPL and lately Virat Kohli embody a nation shrugging off the last of a deferential! colonial past and taking its place at the head of a new order.' Informationen zum Autor Boria Majumdar, a Rhodes scholar, is recognized as one of India’s most influential commentators. Having covered international sport between 2000 and 2017, he is currently Consulting Editor, Sport, India Today Group and Senior Research Fellow, University of Central Lancashire. He was formerly Sports Expert at Times Now and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Chicago and Toronto. Majumdar has written more than 1,000 columns on sports over the last fifteen years, and has authored or co-authored multiple books, among them Olympics: The India Story (with Nalin Mehta) and Playing It My Way —Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography. Klappentext Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians goes deep into every Indian cricket tour since 1886-taking the reader backstage to when India played its first test in 1932, and bringing the story forward to the more contemporary IPL-to provide a complex and nuanced understanding of the evolution and maturity of the game. Equally, it comes with material that has have never entered the public domain so far-going behind the scenes of cases like Monkeygate, the suspension of Lalit Modi, spot-fixing, and the phase of judicial intervention. It carries not just reportage and analysis, but also player reminiscences, personal interviews, photographs and letters never known or discussed so far in Indian sporting discourse. Weaving together such material, Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians unflinchingly confronts questions that demand answering, among them: Has internal bickering impacted the on field performance of the Indian cricket team? Did some of our icons fail the country and the sport by trying to conceal important facts during the spot-fixing investigation? And does it matter to the ordinary fan who heads the BCCI as long as there is transparency and accountability in the system? In the end, in telling the story of the role of cricket in colonial and post-colonial Indian life, and the inter-relationship between those who patronize, promote, play and view the sport. Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians unravels the story of a nation now considered the financial nerve centre of world cricket. * A book on India's most popular sport, cricket, packed with dramatic anecdotes and photographs entering the public domain for the very first time. * Authored by bestselling author and one of India's best-known sports journalists Boria Majumdar. * Receiving early praise from such stalwarts as Sourav Ganguly, Michael Clarke, Nasser Hussain, Vinod Rai and Abhinav Bindra. Zusammenfassung From one of India’s best-known sports journalists! a fascinating exploration of cricket—India’s most popular sport—packed with lively anecdotes and never-before-seen photographs. Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians takes you behind the scenes of India’s most popular sport—going from early tours in 1886 to the more contemporary IPL! offering a complete understanding of the evolution of the game both on and off the field. Featuring material that has never-been-released! this book sheds new light on cases like Monkeygate! the suspension of Lalit Modi! match-fixing scandals! and more. Weaving together personal interviews! photographs! and letters! Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians unflinchingly asks the questions that need answering! among them: Has internal conflict impacted the on- field performance of the Indian cricket team? Did some icons fail the country and the sport by trying to conceal important facts during the spot-fixing investigation? And does it matter to the ordinary fan who heads the BCCI as long as there is tran...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Boria Majumdar
• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9789386797186
• ISBN: 978-93-86797-18-6
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Sport