The Commonwealth of Cricket : (Record no. 7950)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9789390327287
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 796.358
Item number GuhC
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Guha, Ramachandra
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Commonwealth of Cricket :
Remainder of title A Long Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind /
Statement of responsibility, etc Ramachandra Guha
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Noida :
Name of publisher Harper Collins ,
Year of publication ©2020.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 347p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc When Ramachandra Guha began following the game in the early 1960s, India was utterly marginal to the world of cricket: the country still hadn't won a Test match overseas; by the time he joined the Board of Control for Cricket in India, fifty years later, India had become world cricket's sole superpower. The Commonwealth of Cricket is a first-person account of this astonishing transformation. The book traces the entire arc of cricket in India, across all levels at which the game is played: school, college, club, state, country. It presents vivid portraits of local heroes, provincial icons, and international stars. Cast as a work of literature, The Commonwealth of Cricket is keenly informed by the author's scholarly training, the stories and sketches narrated against a wider canvas of social and historical change. The book blends memoir, anecdote, reportage and political critique, providing a rich, insightful and rivetingly readable account of this greatest of games as played in the country that has most energetically made this sport its own.
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Topical Term Sports and Leisure
General subdivision Nonfiction
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Koha item type Books
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      Gifted Books Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati General Stacks 17/01/2026 Gifted 796.358 GuhC (GB0033) GB0033 Copy 01 17/01/2026 Reference