Description

Meet the stars and stalwarts of cricket in the most
fascinating partnerships of the game’s history.

Guts & Glory is a unique book on cricket that chronicles the professional lives of 26 rising players and legends. Dynamic partnerships that have created history and individual tales of determination and talent unfold with humour and charm, as veteran journalist Makarand Waingankar reminisces with luminaries of the cricketing world.

Each tale weaves in inspiration and motivation by narrating great cricket moments and anecdotes.

The book features the country’s most successful Indian cricketers from the likes of Tiger Pataudi and ML Jaisimha to dashing new stars such as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Accompanying them are the inimitably witty caricatures of cricket fan and artist, Austin Coutinho.

MAKARAND WAINGANKAR, one of India’s most widely read cricket columnists, is a journalist, researcher, talentspotter and administrator. He launched the Talent Resource Development Wing (TRDW) on behalf of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2002. Makarand has also been CEO of Baroda Cricket Association and consultant to Karnataka State Cricket Association’s academy.