The Magic of Indian Cricket: Cricket and Society in India

by Mihir Bose

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415356916
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/08/2006
Series:	Sport in the Global Society
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mihir Bose is an award-winning cricket and sports news correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. He is also the author of a number of books, including A History of Indian Cricket and Raj, Secrets, Revolution: A Life of Subhas Chandra Bose. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

1. India: Whose India? 2. Khel-Khood as Cricket 3. Middle India and the Cricket Raj 4. The Gully, the Maidan and the Mali 5. An English Sporting Eden in India 6. Ranji’s Burden 7. The Besieged Hero 8. The Nawabi Legend 9. Vegetarians, Fast Bowlers and Violence 10. Gods and Boys 11. Shining India or Poverty of Ambition? 12. My India, My England