Myth-Busting: Indian Cricket Behind the Headlines by Gulu Ezekiel. Published in 2021 by Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd, 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi, 110002; website:www.rupapublications.com Pp: 207. Price: Rs 295.
This is Gulu Ezekiel’s (pictured) 14th sports book, having published bestselling biographies of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Mahindra Singh Dhoni. This reviewer found his Myth-Busting the most revealing. The history of cricket is shrouded in myths from apocryphal stories on England’s Dr W. G. Grace in the 19th century to Farokh Engineer and Salim Durani of recent vintage. Ezekiel has concentrated on myths surrounding Indian cricket.
The famous Indian Test......