Eleven: Triumphs, Trials and Turbulence
"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"
