Eleven:Triumphs, Trials & Turbulence 1st Edition
A billion heart-beat… It best defines cricket in India. Butter Chicken is not so great Indian equalizer, a cover drive hit with kingly disdain from the magnificent willow of Sachin Tendulkar is. Our secular credentials may come frequently under microscopic scrutiny, but the ability of cricket to bring all Indians together remains unparalleled. From the taxi-driver in Mumbai men in Kumarakom’s backwaters to the CEO of a multinational software in Bengaluru, cricket binds them in an inextricable grip of togetherness. This book traces the fast-paced epochal events in Indian cricket since 2003 ranging from the contentious years of Ganguly's captaincy to the extraordinary rise of an instinctive genius called Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Amazing wins, heart-breaking losses, new heroes, endless controversies, big-ticket cash, dark politics, a T20 World Cup with IPL. Like India, cricket itself is work-in-progress.
