Elephant in the Stadium

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"Superb book... style is effortless and the narrative agile... This is not a sanitised version of history nor one that is made superficially attractive. Sengupta produces a means of seeing history differently." -- Nick Tudball * Journal of the Cricket Society * "Brilliant... a very full read." * Oborne and Heller podcast * "It was a quiet year for cricket books, but arguably the best is Elephant in the Stadium, by Arunabha Sengupta, which is a social history and as much about the legacy of colonialism as it is about India's first Test series win in England in 1971." * The Times' Best Sports Books of 2022 * "Meticulously researched, bravely written. Anyone wanting a definitive history of India alongside her cricket should look no further than this book." -- Andrew Roberts * Cricket Statistics * "Sengupta's prose is so commanding there were times when this reviewer felt he was among the crowd on overcast dimly lit English days watching India's triumph. The book is also a first-class history of post-War India." -- Barry Nicholls * Australian Cricket Digest * "Unputdownable, by the most reliable cricket writer of his generation." -- Vijay Lokapally "A path-breaking book, story brilliantly told" -- Mihir Bose "Wonderful scope and depth, and so nicely written" -- David Frith "A tour de force" -- John Broom "I really enjoyed it both for the cricket and the wider background" -- David Woodhouse "The crucial Test is brilliantly brought to life [in a] book certain to challenge a few views. [It] will make us consider other views through the less comfortable end of the telescope." -- Douglas Miller * The Cricket Statistician * "Should be widely read, in India, throughout the British islands and the rest of the English speaking world." -- Martin Chandler * Cricketweb *