Our special guest this week is Prof Surya Prakash Chaturvedi, a veteran cricket writer from Indore.
Prof Chaturvedi, a retired professor of English, chose to write about his passion in Hindi and went on to author 15 books on the game.
The 83-year-old Chaturvedi has had a chance to witness the great breadth of Indian cricket - starting with CK Nayudu and Mushtaq Ali all the way to the current generation.
Talking Points:

The challenges of writing on cricket in Hindi
The great Holkar team of the '40s and '50s
The frightening presence of CK Nayudu
Vijay Hazare - a study in courage
Mushtaq Ali - a cricketer nonpareil
Meeting a young Sunil Gavaskar
The genius of Salim Durrani
The decision to write in Hindi
Coining new cricketing terms in Hindi
Memories of a young Narendra Hirwani
And much more...

Books by Prof Surya Prakash Chaturvedi:
Prof Chaturvedi's Wikipedia page -  all available in National Book Trust
Prof Chaturvedi's Amazon page
Related:
Bengal v Holkar - Ranji Trophy final 1952-53
Hiralal Gaekwad: the southpaw who lost out to Vinoo Mankad - CricketCountry.com
Books discussed in the podcast:
The Sunil Gavaskar Omnibus 
EAS Prasanna - One More Over
Sandeep Patil - Sandy Storm