Speed Merchants: The Story of Indian Pace Bowling 1886 to 2019

by Vijay Lokapally, Gulu Ezekiel

Overview

Indian cricket was traditionally known for its spin bowling. All that changed with the advent of the magnificent Kapil Dev in 1978. The floodgates really opened in the new millennium with Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan leading a revolution that today sees India's pace attack as among the best in the world.
But how many know that from the late 19th century right till the 1940s it was fast bowlers that shaped the early years of Indian cricket? From Pavri and Bulsara to Nissar and Amar Singh, batsmen from around the world found Indian pace bowling too hot to handle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789388271363
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/20/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	857 KB

About the Author

Vijay Lokapally has written on cricket for over three decades. He is a widely travelled cricket scribe with the distinction of having reported extensively on the game from practically every international venue.
Employed with The Hindu, a respected National newspaper since 1986, Lokapally is acknowledged for his insightful views on the game. He covered his first Test in 1981 as a freelancer apart from 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. He lives in Delhi with Sunanda, his wife and son Akshay.

Gulu Ezekiel (born 1959) is a prolific journalist who has written on a number of sports since 1980 in over 150 publications worldwide including Inside Cricket (Australia), The Times and The Cricketer (UK), Sportstar (India) and numerous dailies and websites apart from appearing on many TV channels and radio stations in India and abroad. Since his first on the World Cup in 1996, Gulu has written best-selling biographies of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Having been sports editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com, Gulu branched out on his own and has been freelancing since 2001. This is his first 12th sports book, his 9th on cricket and first for Bloomsbury.
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.
Gulu Ezekiel (born 1959) is a prolific journalist who has written on a number of sports since 1980 in over 150 publications worldwide including Inside Cricket (Australia), The Times and The Cricketer (UK), Sportstar (India) and numerous dailies and websites apart from appearing on many TV channels and radio stations in India and abroad. Since his first on the World Cup in 1996, Gulu has written best-selling biographies of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Having been sports editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com, Gulu branched out on his own and has been freelancing since 2001. This is his first 12th sports book, his 9th on cricket and first for Bloomsbury.