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Gulu Ezekiel

Gulu Ezekiel (A New Delhi-based cricket author and historian, Gulu Ezekiel is the author of a dozen sports books including best-selling biographies of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni. Formerly sports editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com.)

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Indian all-time ethnic XIs part V: Parsees

The first Indian Test team consisted of two Parsees, Sorabji Colah and Pheroze Palia.

17 October 2016 •3:25 PM

Indian all-time ethnic XIs part IV: Christians

Making a Christian XI was not easy. In fact, it made me look up the limited-overs sides as well. Some of the men selected here have represented India in only ODIs and/or T20Is.

15 October 2016 •10:29 AM

Indian all-time ethnic XIs part III: Sikhs

The Sikh representation reached its pinnacle against West Indies at Ahmedabad in 1983-84, one that marked the debut of Navjot Singh Sidhu and the last appearance of Balwinder Sandhu.

12 October 2016 •4:34 PM

Indian all-time ethnic XIs part II: Muslims

Muslims have contributed as much to Indian cricket as any other community. India’s first ever Test saw four Muslims in the side — Jahangir Khan, Mohammad Nissar and the brothers Wazir and Nazir Ali.

07 October 2016 •12:02 PM

Indian all-time ethnic XIs part I: Hindus

Hindus have produced most cricketers for the Indian cricket team. In fact, there have been several all-Hindu sides in India, the first being at Edgbaston, 1979.

06 October 2016 •3:41 PM

How life will be for Sachin Tendulkar without cricket is the most perplexing question of all

My cricket guru David Frith had told me some years back that it was tougher to deal with too much rather than too little material when writing a book. That was the dilemma faced by me when I got down to writing the first major biography of Sachin Tendulkar in September 2001. What loomed in front of me was a mountain of material.

12 October 2013 •4:10 PM