WHAT IF…? Indian Cricket’s Counter-Factual History by Gulu Ezekiel, edited by Sachin Bajaj. Published in 2025 by Global Cricket School, 508, Neelkanth, 98, Marine Drive, Bombay 400002; email: info@globalcricketschool.in. Pp: 212. Price: Rs 490.
WHAT IF….? Indian Cricket’s Counter-Factual History is Gulu Ezekiel’s 16th book on cricket, but it is unlike any of the others that he has penned. In a fascinating survey of Indian cricket from its earliest years (starting with the two visits by the All Parsis team to England in 1886 and 1888), this book presents the story of Indian cricket by posing a series of "counter-factual” scenarios:......