S Giridhar and V J Raghunath's book makes you want to watch Test cricket again, says Dhruv Munjal
They say the endearing charm of Test cricket is dying; it is being ousted by a rollicking three-hour circus that is punctuated by cheerleader dancing and cameras parachuted from the sky right on to the middle of the pitch. If there were ever a time for W G Grace, Victor Trumper and Herbert Sutcliffe to turn in their graves, it would be now — they did not nurture this elegant sport with their grind and gentility for it be overthrown by a bunch of maniacs trying to slog every ball into orbit. Others argue that there has been a minor departure from this widely circulated, ...
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