The Cricket Fanatic's Essential Guide
Published on 30. January 2015
208 pages
978-93-5009-984-1 (ISBN)
Description
The one-stop guide to the 2015 World Cup Cricket is not just a game, it's a religion. And every four years, new gods are created on the field. Each World Cup kicks off pitched battles and fan frenzy, with every match, every player and every run being analysed with fervour and recorded with vigour.
This essential guide is a companion volume for every cricket-crazy follower who wants the facts, statistics and details about the World Cup right on hand. The Cricket Fanatic's Essential Guide is jam-packed with important and fascinating, often overlooked and sometimes long-forgotten information on the 40 thrilling years of the World Cup, its matches, its players and its results.
Put together by reputed sports journalist Vimal Kumar, this reader-friendly compendium is invaluable for every passionate enthusiast of the game and a perfect primer for the 2015 World Cup.
PLUS Madan Lal, K. Srikkanth, M.S. Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh on India's World Cup triumphs Top teams, coaches and players in all categories across the World Cups Tracking charts for the 2015 matches with all timings in IST.
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Person
Vimal Kumar started his career as a sports journalist
with the International Management Group's Trans
World International (IMG-TWI). Over the last 15
years, he has worked for the TV Today Network
(Aaj Tak and Headlines Today) and Network18
(IBN7 and CNN-IBN). Besides his regular work on
television, he also writes a weekly feature for Mint,
and contributes to Sports Illustrated, Outlook,
Mid-Day and The Tribune. Vimal Kumar made his
debut as an author with Sachin: Cricketer of the
Century (Penguin, 2013), which has been widely
appreciated in cricket-playing nations. Vimal has
covered two cricket World Cups, in 2007 and 2011,
and has reported on cricket in most of the Testplaying
nations. His Twitter handle is @Vimalwa.'
