An Indian Cricket Reader: 1780-2003

by Boria Majumdar (Editor)

This is the first anthology of its kind--it takes us through the course of Indian cricketing history from 1780 to 2003, with an introduction that assesses the role of cricket in Indian life. The narrative is enhanced with archival photographs and original printed material from several regional
primary sources.

425 pages, Hardcover

First published September 29, 2005

About the author

Boria Majumdar, a Rhodes scholar, is a Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He has taught at the Universities of Chicago and Toronto and has written extensively on the history and politics of cricket in India and across the world. Deputy Executive Academic Editor of the International Journal of History of Sport and Executive Academic Editor of Sport in Society, he is General Editor of the Routledge Series, 'Sport in the Global Society'. Some of his books include Twenty-Two Yards to Freedom: A Social History of Indian Cricket (2004), Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation (2006) and The Illustrated History of Indian Cricket (2006).