Out of the Box: Watching the Game We Love

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India’s Richie Benaud equivalent, the guru of cricket from India.’—Adam Gilchrist Aptly described as ‘India’s first non-playing cricket celebrity’, Harsha Bhogle has captured the entire gamut of Indian cricket in his weekly column in the Indian Express: from the advent of Dhoni to the decline of the Fab Four; from the art of coaching the Indian team to the BCCI’s money-mindedness; from cricketers shooting commercials just before a match to the nail-biting finish of many an IPL clash. Out of the Box brings together the very best of Harsha’s writing, in a book that will be a veritable delight to any cricket fan.Knowledgeable, frank and witty, and with a sense of drama comparable to that of cricket itself, Harsha is a master at evoking the many moods of the game. And he is at his best when paying tribute to cricketing greats: Lara, Jayasuriya, Ganguly, Laxman, Dravid, Sehwag and the incomparable Tendulkar. As he follows India’s fortunes on the cricket field at home and overseas, Harsha asks the question that is on everyone’s lips today: can India really be no.1 in all three forms of the game? The answer lies in our history— and in the pages of Out of the Box.

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Harsha Bhogle is a chemical engineer who graduated from IIM Ahmedabad, an advertising executive, an iconic television presenter, and a writer. A recipient of numerous awards, he was voted the ‘most favourite cricket commentator’ in a worldwide poll of readers of Cricinfo in 2008. Harsha has been the face of ESPN in India since the day they went on air in 1995, and presents cricket—and, in an interesting diversion, the football World Cup in 2006—for ESPN Star Sports.