Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians
Boria Majumdar
From one of India's best-known sports journalists, a fascinatingexploration 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...
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...
سب زمرہ:
سال:
2018
ناشر کتب:
S&S India
زبان:
english
ISBN 10:
9386797194
ISBN 13:
9789386797193
فائل:
EPUB, 14.39 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2018