The Literature of Cricket - Our Favorite Books and their Complex Heroes

On this episode of the podcast host Saqib Ali is joined by podcast regular Aftab Khanna as the duo reminisce on favorite cricket books. The conversation paves a very candid path and terms like The Sportstar, Doordarshan and newspapers eventually lead the listener to the main topic of books. Both men share their evolutionary stories as young readers and how certain books help them evolve as cricket fans.  The list is a combination of history of the game, its flawed superstars and some misunderstood figures. It is a fun and fast paced episode with lot of notes exchanging on the books and its heroes - Baloo, Imran, Larwood and Manjrekar! Aftab Khanna on twitter -https://twitter.com/aftabkhanna Saqib Ali on twitter -https://twitter.com/saqiba https://www.amazon.com/Corner-Foreign-Field-History-British/dp/0330491172/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?crid=EAL4PHHUD0SE&keywords=ram+guha+corner+of+a+foreign&qid=1677304528&sprefix=ram+guha+corner+of+a+foreign%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-1-fkmr1 https://www.amazon.com/Imran-Khan-Cricketer-Celebrity-Politician/dp/000731888X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10V6MPI907YPS&keywords=Imran+khan+christopher+sandford&qid=1677304587&sprefix=imran+khan+christopher+sandford%2Caps%2C78&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Harold-Larwood/dp/B004GK1K1S/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SOPC0AIXZO1F&keywords=Harold+Larwood+duncan+hamilton&qid=1677304615&sprefix=harold+larwood+duncan+hamilton%2Caps%2C64&sr=8- 1https://www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Sanjay-Manjrekar/dp/9352774515/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7Y9R72RTHB8D&keywords=imperfect+sanjay+manjrekar&qid=1677304656&sprefix=imperfect+sanjay+manjrekar%2Caps%2C63&sr=8-1