The Great Indian Cricket Circus

Did you know that …

Chandu Sarwate, Indian Test cricketer, was also a fingerprint expert?

Sania Mirza is related to four Test captains, two of them Indian.

In addition to roads and neighbourhoods, Sachin Tendulkar also has a racehorse, a variety of mango and a species of spider named after him?

The Great Indian Cricket Circus takes a rollicking journey through more than a century of Indian cricketing history. It tells the stories of not just the matches and the players, but also of crazy fans, mind-boggling endorsements, memorable scores, eccentric commentators, iconic stadiums and much more.

Supremely entertaining, and full of bewildering events, surprising anecdotes and cool facts compiled together in wacky, interesting ways, this is the perfect book for fans of the sport, trivia lovers or anyone looking for entertainment!

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FOREWORD by R. Ashwin

‘A quirky fact here, an interesting tale there, an anecdote to relate … I have always loved the world of stories and few tell them better than Joy and Abhishek. The Great Indian Cricket Circus will be so much fun.’ HARSHA BHOGLE