Summary of the Book
What is it about cricket that motivates many children to take up the bat and play? Is it the money? Or is it the fame? The IPL has changed many things about the game, and the cricketing world itself. Is the world of cricket so different from any other corporate world? Are the lives of cricketers all that we assume them to be? In this collection of anecdotes, interviews and memoirs, several players reveal what it means to be selected into the IPL teams, and what it means to be rejected. It also reveals how foreign cricketers have made an impact on Indian soil, and how the game has changed. Better or worse, the game will change, the book states and shows what the players feel about this change.
About the Authors
Shamya Dasgupta is an Indian sports journalist and writer. Currently a senior editor with Wisden India, he has also written Bhiwani Junction: The Untold Story of Boxing in India.
Javagal Srinath is a former Indian cricketer, and current ICC Match Referee. The only Indian fast bowler to have taken more than 300 wickets in ODIs, some of his best games were the second innings Kolkata 1999–2000 test match India vs Pakistan and the India vs. South Africa tests in 1996-97. He retired from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.
