Cricket In India

Author : Mihir Bose
Publisher : Andre Deutsch
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 023305040X

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A History of Indian Cricket by Mihir Bose Pdf

In this book, Mihir Bose examines the rollercoaster nature of India's cricket history, from its early days in the time of the British Raj to the present day period that has been characterised by both the sublime (the batting mastery of Sachin Tendulkar) and the ridiculous (the match-fixing scandals associated with the nefarious activities of certain Indian bookmakers). Mihir Bose's lively, informed, and always entertaining text is supported by a full statistical appendix.

Author : Boria Majumdar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317970125

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Cricket in Colonial India 1780 – 1947 by Boria Majumdar Pdf

This is an exacting social history of Indian cricket between 1780 and 1947. It considers cricket as a derivative sport, creatively adapted to suit modern Indian socio-cultural needs, fulfil political imperatives and satisfy economic aspirations. Majumdar argues that cricket was a means to cross class barriers and had a healthy following even outside the aristocracy and upper middle classes well over a century ago. Indeed, in some ways, the democratization of the sport anticipated the democratization of the Indian polity itself. Boria Majumdar reveals the appropriation, assimilation and subversion of cricketing ideals in colonial and post-colonial India for nationalist ends. He exposes a sport rooted in the contingencies of the colonial and post-colonial context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century India. Cricket, to put it simply, is much more than a ‘game’ for Indians. This study describes how the genealogy of their intense engagement with cricket stretches back over a century. It is concerned not only with the game but also with the end of cricket as a mere sport, with Indian cricket’s commercial revolution in the 1930s, with ideals and idealism and their relative unimportance, with the decline of morality for reasons of realpolitik, and with the denunciation, once and for all, of the view that sport and politics do not mix. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport

Author : Mihir Bose
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134249237

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The Magic of Indian Cricket by Mihir Bose Pdf

In the last twenty years, Indian cricket has been transformed. With the arrival of global television networks, mass-media coverage and multinational sponsors, cricket has become big business and India has become the economic driving force in the world game. For the first time a developing country has become a major player in the international sports arena. This fully updated and revised edition of Mihir Bose's classic history is a unique account of the Indian cricket phenomenon. Drawing on a combination of extensive research and personal experience, Bose traces the development of the Indian game from its beginnings as a colonial pastime to its coming of age as a national passion and now a global commercial powerhouse. This illuminating study reveals Indian cricket's central place in modern India’s identity, culture and society. Insightful, honest and challenging, Bose tackles the myths and controversies of Indian cricket. He considers the game in terms of race, caste, politics, national consciousness and ambition, money, celebrity and the media, evoking all the unpredictability, frustration and glory that is the magic of Indian cricket.

Author : James Astill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620401231

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The Great Tamasha by James Astill Pdf

To understand modern India, one must look at the business of cricket within the country. When Lalit Modi--an Indian businessman with a criminal record, a history of failed business ventures, and a reputation for audacious deal making--created a Twenty20 cricket league in India in 2008, the odds were stacked against him. International cricket was still controlled from London, where they played the long, slow game of Test cricket by the old rules. Indians had traditionally underperformed in the sport but the game remained a national passion. Adopting the highly commercial American model of sporting tournaments, and throwing scantily clad western cheerleaders into the mix, Modi gave himself three months to succeed. And succeed he did--dazzlingly--before he and his league crashed to earth amid astonishing scandal and corruption. The emergence of the IPL is a remarkable tale. Cricket is at the heart of the miracle that is modern India. As a business, it represents everything that is most dynamic and entrepreneurial about the country's economic boom, including the industrious and aspiring middle-class consumers who are driving it. The IPL also reveals, perhaps to an unprecedented degree, the corrupt, back-scratching, and nepotistic way in which India is run. A truly original work by a brilliant journalist, The Great Tamasha* makes the complexity of modern India--its aspiration and optimism straining against tradition and corruption--accessible like no other book has. *Tamasha: a Hindi world meaning "a spectacle."

Author : Boria Majumdar
Publisher : Tempus Publishing, Limited
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : PSU:000060537720

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The Illustrated History of Indian Cricket by Boria Majumdar Pdf

History of Indian cricket

Author : Prashant Kidambi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198843139

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Cricket Country by Prashant Kidambi Pdf

The extraordinary story of the first 'All India' national cricket tour of Great Britain and Ireland - and how the idea of India as a nation took shape on the cricket pitch.

Author : Boria Majumdar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9789386797193

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Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians by Boria Majumdar Pdf

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.

Author : Suprita Das
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789353024567

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Free Hit by Suprita Das Pdf

-- The 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup saw the Indian team make it to the finals, and although it lost the game, the tournament marked an unprecedented high for viewership for women's cricket in India. The ensuing euphoria that followed, including the announcement of two film-deals with the team's leading stars, ensured that the only direction where Indian women's cricket could go from there was up.Free Hit is the untold story of how women's cricket in India got here, and casts light on the gender-based pay gaps, sponsorship challenges, and the sheer indifference of cricketing officials it faced along the way. Focusing on Mithali Raj, the world's greatest female batsman, and Jhulan Goswami, the leading wicket taker in women's cricket, author Suprita Das takes us into the lives of the spirited bunch of women who, across the years, just like their male counterparts, also brought home laurels that are worth celebrating.

Author : Raju Mukherji
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781636337869

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Cricket India: Tales Untold by Raju Mukherji Pdf

With cricket at its soul, Cricket India: Tales Untold is a masterpiece of history–replete with accounts of rousing patriotism on one hand and petty self-centricity and malice on the other–the two opposing sentiments that make for the most intriguing study of human nature. It is a tale of a young nation’s grit to master the master’s game and the legendary people who gave their all to lift not only the game but the country from subordination to equality.

Author : Mihir Bose
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1801501041

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The Nine Waves by Mihir Bose Pdf

Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789351186939

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A Corner of a Foreign Field by Ramachandra Guha Pdf

A Corner of a Foreign Field seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of famous or forgotten cricketers with wider processes of social change. C. K. Nayudu and Sachin Tendulkar naturally figure in this book but so, too, in unexpected ways, do B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, and M. A. Jinnah. The Indian careers of those great British cricketers, Lord Harris and D. R. Jardine, provide a window into the operations of Empire. The remarkable life of India’s first great slow bowler, Palwankar Baloo, provides an arresting new perspective on the struggle against caste discrimination. Later chapters explore the competition between Hindu and Muslim cricketers in colonial India and the destructive passions now provoked when India plays Pakistan. For this new edition, Ramachandra Guha has added a fresh introduction as well as a long new chapter, bringing the story up to date to cover, among other things, the advent of the Indian Premier League and the Indian team’s victory in the World Cup of 2011, these linked to social and economic transformations in contemporary India. A pioneering work, essential for anyone interested in either of those vast themes, cricket and India, A Corner of a Foreign Field is also a beautifully written meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large.

Author : Rajdeep Sardesai
Publisher : Juggernaut Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 9789386228482

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Democracy's XI by Rajdeep Sardesai Pdf

Bestselling author and journalist Rajdeep Sardesai narrates the story of post-Independence cricket through the lives of 11 extraordinary Indian cricketers who portray different dimensions of this change; from Dilip Sardesai and Tiger Pataudi in the 1950s to Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli today

Author : Ashis Ray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9789356406377

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Cricket World Cup by Ashis Ray Pdf

Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge is a complete match by- match catalogue of India in the Cricket World Cup with scorecards. It details the little-known story of India's turning point-a victory in March 1983 over the then invincible West Indies in Guyana, before Kapil Dev's team sensationally lifted the World Cup three months later. It relives India's forgotten triumph in the 1985 World Championship in Australia. It depicts how Sachin Tendulkar inspired Yuvraj Singh to perform at his best in India's successful campaign in the 2011 World Cup. And why the Indians disappointed in 2015 and 2019, but have home advantage in 2023.

Author : Raju Mukherji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Cricket
ISBN : UCAL:B4946374

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Cricket in India by Raju Mukherji Pdf

In This Book The Author Gives Convincing Proof Of The Existence Of Cricket In India In The Vedic Age By Citing Examples From The The Mahabharata. Since No Earlier Evidence Of The Presence Of Cricket Is Available Yet, Could It Be That The Sport Of Cricket Actually Originated In The Indian Subcontinent? The Author Also Writes About Legendary Cricketers Of India Who, According To Him, Have Contributed The Most To The Ethos Of Modern Indian Cricket.

Author : Venkat Sundaram
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9789356994164

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Indian Cricket by Venkat Sundaram Pdf

With a Foreword by Rahul Dravid A tribute to the beautiful game of cricket, played the India way. Starting with the very first Test match that India played in 1932, Indian Cricket chronicles a remarkable journey, highlighting key moments in the country's cricketing history over the last century or so: from the incredible Test wins in the 1970s and the thrilling World Cup wins of 1983 and 2011 to the emergence of the Indian Premier League, the evolution of women's cricket, the development of world-class ground facilities and the appearance of the 'superfit' Indian cricketer. Alongside, it celebrates some true cricketing legends: from C.K. Nayudu, Vijay Hazare, Vijay Merchant, Nari Contractor, Tiger Pataudi, Ajit Wadekar, Salim Durrani and the Spin Quartet to Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Vishwanath, Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar, Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. A collection of fifty informative and anecdotal articles by cricketers as well as leading writers on cricket, Indian Cricket: Then and Now is a book that cricket aficionados of all ages will enjoy.