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hendra Singh Dhoni is as calm and unruffled a sportsman on the field as he is self-effacing off it. But 'brute strength', 'murderous form' and 'a man possessed' were some of the phrases that came to mind when, on 5 April 2005 in Vishakapatnam, he exploded onto international consciousness by becomin... More

In the twelve years that he has been in the public eye, Sachin Tendulkar has been explosive on the cricket field and just as reticent off it. He was barely fifteen years old when he first wrote his name into the record books with a stupendous 664-run partnership with his childhood friend Vinod Kambl... More

The definitive book of lists, fascinating facts and tantalizing trivia on cricket All of us have at one point or the other made lists. And a cricket enthusiast will have spent hours compiling his own special ones on the greatest batsmen and bowlers. Gulu Ezekiel's The Penguin Book of Cricket Li... More

This unique book traces the life and career of Sachin in alphabetical order, from A for Abdul Qadir to Z for Zimbabwe with over 200 entries, some well known, others obscure. All his batting feats are recorded in meticulous detail with extensive statistics and eye-witness accounts of his greatest mo... More

‘Maharaj’ to his family, ‘Lord Snooty’ to his county mates in Lancashire and ‘Dada’ to his team, 29-year-old Sourav Ganguly has in the past few years rewritten the rules of captaincy for the Indian team. Unlike several of his predecessors, he is seen as an impartial, non-parochial captai... More

Icons from the World of Sports contains the stories of the brightest stars of Indian sports who are still playing today:Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest batsmen in the world Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, the duo who took Indian tennis to new heightsDhanraj Pillay, who gave hockey a new appe... More

One day international cricket matches have everything the spectator wants to see in a game of cricket—great bowling and fielding, explosive batting and best of all, a result guaranteed at the end of the day or night. The author chooses 15 of the most exciting matches ever played and comes out with... More