World Cup Warriors: The Boys in Blue

By Vijay Lokapally and Austin Coutinho

The stage is set! The ICC Cricket World Cup-the tournament and trophy which every international player hopes to win and which cricket fans dream their country to hold one day-is here. With all the ten nations having named their squads, this book bursts with information about everything you need to know about our
Boys in Blue, who are most likely to light up the tournament with their skill and talent.
As the teams prepare to join the hosts, England and Wales, for cricket's biggest bash and to loosen the grip of the defending champion, Australia, on the coveted trophy, veteran sports journalist Vijay Lokapally gives us a peek into India's squad with a twist.
In a first of its kind, celebrated former cricketers Kapil Dev, Madan Lal, Sandeep Patil, K Srikkanth, Yashpal Sharma, Kirti Azad, Balvinder Sandhu, among the players who beat the then invincible West Indies in 1983 to win the Prudential World Cup at Lord's, speak about their counterparts in the current Indian line-up.
Views and commentaries from L Sivaramakrishnan, Venkatapathy Raju, Kiran More, Robin Singh, Venkatesh
Prasad, Manoj Prabhakar, Nayan Mongia and Piyush Chawla, all former World Cup stars, make this a unique and valuable narrative.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Jun 24, 2019
• ISBN: 9789389165401

Vijay Lokapally

Vijay Lokapally has written on cricket for more than three decades. He is a widely travelled cricket scribe with the distinction of having reported extensively on the game from practically every international venue. Working since 1986 with The Hindu, a respected National newspaper, Lokapally is acknowledged for his insightful views on the game. He covered his first Test in 1981 as a freelancer and has the distinction of covering six limited-over World Cups for The Hindu and Sportstar. His enviable access to cricketers, past and present, gives Lokapally a ring-side view of the game in India. It reflects in his incisive writing on all formats of the game. Lokapally is acknowledged for his contribution in Olympic sports, too. He has written extensively on Indian hockey and football. He is also a prolific film and food critic. His articles on the subjects in The Hindu's 'Metro Plus' are widely read and cherished. Driven is the third book by Lokapally. He has previously written the Virender Sehwag Story and co-authored 'The Houseful', an assemble of Indian films. His later books were the World Cup Worriors, The Hitman: The Rohit Sharma Story and Speed Merchants: The Story of Indian Pace Bowling. He lives in Delhi with wife Sunanda and son Akshay.

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