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SPORT IN THE GLOBAL SOCIETY General Editors: J.A.Mangan and Boria Majumdar LOST HISTORIES OF INDIAN CRICKET SPORT IN THE GLOBAL SOCIETY General Editors: J.A.Mangan and Boria Majumdar The interest in sports studies around the world is growing and will continue to do so. This unique series combines aspects of the expanding study of sport in the global society, providing comprehensiveness and comparison under one editorial umbrella. It is particularly timely, with studies in the cultural, economic, ethnographic, geographical, political, social, anthropological, sociological and aesthetic elements of sport proliferating in institutions of higher education. Eric Hobsbawm once called sport one of the most significant practices of the late nineteenth century. Its significance was even more marked in the late twentieth century and will continue to grow in importance into the new millennium as the world develops into a ‘global village’ sharing the English language, technology and sport. Other Titles in the Series BRITISH FOOTBALL AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION Edited by Stephen Wagg FOOTBALL, EUROPE AND THE PRESS Liz Crolley and David Hand THE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL Challenges for the Twenty-First Century Edited by Jon Garland, Dominic Malcolm and Michael Rowe FOOTBALL CULTURE Local Contests, Global Visions Edited by Gerry P.T.Finn and Richard Giulianotti FRANCE AND THE 1998 WORLD CUP The National Impact of a World Sporting Event Edited by Hugh Dauncey and Geoff Hare THE FIRST BLACK FOOTBALLER Arthur Wharton 1865–1930: An Absence of Memory Phil Vasili SCORING FOR BRITAIN International Football and International Politics, 1900–39 Peter J.Beck WOMEN, SPORT AND SOCIETY IN MODERN CHINA Holding Up More than Half the Sky Dong Jinxia SPORT IN LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETY Past and Present Edited by J.A.Mangan and Lamartine P.DaCosta SPORT IN AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY Past and Present Edited by J.A.Mangan and John Nauright SPORTING NATIONALISMS Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration and Assimilation Edited by Mike Cronin and David Mayall THE COMMERCIALISATION OF SPORT Edited by Trevor Slack SHAPING THE SUPERMAN Fascist Body as Political Icon—Aryan Fascism Edited by J.A.Mangan SUPERMAN SUPREME Fascist Body as Political Icon—Global Fascism Edited by J.A.Mangan MAKING THE RUGBY WORLD Race, Gender, Commerce Edited by Timothy J.L.Chandler and John Nauright RUGBY’S GREAT SPLIT Class, Culture and the Origins of Rugby League Football Tony Collins THE RACE GAME Sport and Politics in South Africa Douglas Booth CRICKET AND ENGLAND A Cultural and Social History of the Inter-war Years Jack Williams THE GAMES ETHIC AND IMPERIALISM Aspects of the Diffusion of an Ideal J.A.Mangan LOST HISTORIES OF INDIAN CRICKET Battles off the Pitch by Boria Majumdar LONDON AND NEW YORK This edition first published 2006 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Taylor & Francis Inc 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/.” © 2006 Boria Majumdar South Asian edition published by YODA PRESS, G 93, Connaught Circus, New Delhi 110001, India (http://www.yodapress.com/), 2004. This edition is not for sale in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka). All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Every effort has been made to ensure that the advice and information in this book is true and accurate at the time of going to press. However, neither the publisher nor the authors can accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. In the case of drug administration, any medical procedure or the use of technical equipment mentioned within this book, you are strongly advised to consult the manufacturer’s guidelines. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record has been requested ISBN 0-203-00685-2 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-415-35885-X (hbk) ISBN 0-415-35886-8 (pbk) For Sharmistha—who is often forced to live and breathe cricket with me. Contents Acknowledgements x Series Editor’s Foreword xii Prologue xiv 1 Empire vs. Parsee XI 1 2 The Cricketing Jam: Ranji’s Leg Glance to the Throne 8 3 Birthpangs: Naming the Ranji Trophy 16 4 The Amarnath Affair 24 5 Nayudu Scorned 33 6 Tour de Farce 39 7 The Pentangular Panned 45 8 The Pretender and the Prima Donna 55 9 Mankad’s Folly 68 10 Men in Black and White 76 11 Match Fixing: An Enemy of Yore 83 12 All the Skipper’s Men: The Ban of 1989 87 Epilogue 91 Notes 97 Index 121
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