The Nine Waves is a tour de force. The most entertaining and up-to-date history of Indian cricket ever published, it tells the story of the nine great waves of the game from 1932 to the present day. Each wave in Indian cricket was chock-full of mesmerising stars, thrilling moments, great victories, heartbreaking losses and significant turning points. The first wave of Indian cricket rolled in against the backdrop of momentous changes in the country and the world: Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign, World War Two and Indian independence. Through each of the waves, India strengthened its position in the cricketing firmament. By the end of the 20th century, it was the most powerful nation in world cricket. Award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author Mihir Bose brings together his first-hand experience of some of the most seminal moments in Indian cricket, his encyclopaedic knowledge of the game and his unrivalled ability as a chronicler of the sport to create a magisterial history of Indian cricket.
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"The definitive history of Indian Cricket... Mihir Bose once again deserves considerable acclaim for this superb book... he has shown once again that he stands out as a fine researcher and chronicler. It is a difficult book to put down." -- Andrew Roberts * Cricket Statistics * "The joy of this book, which goes back to the first Test side of 1932, is how beautifully it traces that history and how we go to where we are today. If you know nothing of Indian Cricket history it makes a wonderful starting point... It will add to your knowledge and provide hours of rich entertainment... A wonderful engaging read." -- Steve Dolman * Derbyshire Cricket Blog * "Bose has been writing about cricket for nearly 50 years [and] has set himself a challenging task... Any discussion of India's dominance of modern cricket must include the IPl... [and] Bose neatly explains its beneficial effect." * Widen Almanack * "The definitive book on the transformation of Indian cricket." * The New York Times *
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978-1-80150-267-2 (9781801502672)
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Mihir Bose is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author of more than 30 books. His book The History of Indian Cricket won the English Cricket Society Silver Jubilee Literary Award, and his book Sporting Colours was a runner-up for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Mihir worked for the Sunday Times for 20 years, was the chief sports news correspondent for the Daily Telegraph for 12 years and the BBC's first sports editor.
