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Provocative, unflinching and refreshingly honest, not hesitating to call a spade a spade, and supported with facts and figures... Sanjay Jha gives an outsider`s insight into the crazy conundrum that is Indian cricket.
Eleven explores the happenings of the recent past and examines the future of cricket. The author gives a no-holds-barred take on the poignant and dramatic fall of the Last Price, the damage inflicted by the Ganguly-Chappell fracas to the emergence of Dhoni, the flawed vision of IPL, and how the colour of cash is driving the sport that was once called a `gentleman`s game`.
Some highlights...
* Tides of Turbulence: Every sport has controversies. But Indian cricket has perfected it into an art of the possible.
* Chronicles of an Australian coach: How Indian cricket was incalculably damaged by the "guru".
* Masters of the Turf: Importance of being Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman and Kumble.
* Deconstructing Dravid: Will the real Rahul please stand up?
* Amazing wins and heart-breaking losses.
* Teri maa ki.... and the "Obnoxious weed" effect: The ironical legacies of the two great.
* Art of Sledging and the TRPs: How cricket will pay the cost of greed.
* IPL: How cricket is like an obtrusive commercial.
* Cricket`s new Avatar: Goodbye connoisseur, welcome cricket consumer.
A remarkably riveting cricket book, entertaining, thought-provoking... and compelling.
ISBN - 9788122204971
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Pages : 275
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