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'Indian Summers' is more than one man's story. It is an account of the dramas and disappointments of a coach and his team who worked and played in an enviroment where keeping your head is as vital as keeping your wicket. Where all that lies between rousing acclaim and utter disgrace is a single cricket match. It also lifts the covers on modern Indian cricket, as phenomenon and passion, and explains why coaching India is like no other job in the game.

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Review:
"A readable book about a fascinating period in Indian cricket." -- 'Wisden Cricketer'

"The world of Indian cricket... has been a closed book until now... Wright
lifts a veil". -- Scyld Berry, 'Sunday Telegraph'

"A breezy reminder of what the Indians achieved under their New
Zealand mentor, alongside an insider's guide." -- 'Daily Telegraph'

"A memoir of his time as Indian coach that is enlightening without
being controversial."
-- Christopher Martin-Jenkins, 'The Times'

"A witty, almost racy, occasional light-hearted romp through
Indian cricket, as seen by an outsider looking in."
-- 'All Out Cricket'

"Wright combines fondness and frustration in his warm and
sagacious tales."
-- 'Guardian'

"A crisp entertaining read that puts most of the rest of the
flabby genre to shame." -- 'Spin'
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In October 2000, former New Zealand captain John Wright was named coach of the Indian cricket team. It was an appointment that was not expected to last and an experiment that was not expected to work. Indian cricket had never had a foreign coach, and Wright had not been to India in over a decade. Bucking all doomsday prophecies, an unusual partnership between a high-profile team and a low-profile coach survived five years. In this time, Indian cricket was rebuilt after the match-fixing scandal and enjoyed its best results in decades, changing forever the way the world looked at it. Throughout the years that he coached India, Wright kept a detailed diary that formed the basis of his account. With honesty and humour, he provides a unique insight into the extraordinary world of Indian cricket - the vast scale and enormous riches, the passionate fans, the Byzantine politics - and outlines the tough road to the top in a cricket-mad country of a billion hopefuls.

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  • PublisherViking (India)
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 067099927X
  • ISBN 13 9780670999279
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages243
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