The Hindu makes lists, and we were on a few about the best sports books going around.
Another century, another list – the intelligent fan’s guide (“The history of Pakistan cricket, The Unquiet Ones by Osman Samiuddin is an account by an insider who had the advantage of distance, while The Fire Burns Blue, the story of women’s cricket in India is a lovingly constructed history by Karunya Keshav and the late Sidhanta Patnaik.”)
This is a review that I hold particularly dear. To have a legendary sports narrator take the time to read your book is one thing, to know that he’s read it cover to cover and his favourite bits are your favourite bits is the greatest validation of this whole exercise.
“What was till date mostly oral history has been developed through meticulous research and probing interviews into a connoisseur’s delight. The free-flowing narrative makes for easy reading … Creditably, the book is not just documentation of matches, statistics and players but also provides many sociological insights.”
The Telegraph, March 10, 2019
