“22 Yards” is one of its kind thriller set around nation's biggest obsession – cricket; The plot probes the roles of cricketers, spectators, match-fixers, authorities, those actively involved with the game and even those whose involvement is not so strong…but has a participation in its success or failure!

The book was launched on 12th September 2008 at Oxford Book Store, Connaught Place, Delhi by Actor and Cricket Encyclopedia, Tom Alter and the author himself.

The book went on to be published in Hindi and Bengali as well by Diamond Pocket Books, Delhi.

Blurb

Its exactly twenty-five years after India’s spectacular World Cup victory at Lords, and Indian Cricket Captain Mayank Pradhan is preparing for the match of his life : the twenty20 World Cup Final.

While an entire nation waits for the finals with bated breath, Mayank learns that some of his team mates have been bought by bookies. As Mayank grapples with myriad emotions, he relives some of the darkest moments of his life after India’s abysmal showing at the ODI World Cup a year earlier. He revisits a damning no-holds-barred report that he had prepared, citing the reasons for India’s defeat. Reasons that ranged from ball-tampering to drugs, from philandering to betting. Haunted by these memories, with the Twenty20 World Cup looming before him, Mayank must find out whether the match has been fixed, ease underlying tensions, keep team morale up – and play the best cricket of his life. The chronicle of one man’s journey through the fickleness that is life and cricket, 22 Yards is an unputdownable thriller.

Media Reports

“Setting the cats among the pigeons, 22 Yards steers dangerously close to uncomfortable facts surrounding cricket today”
Financial Express

“The book is the first of its kind- it embarks on a course that is based on some real life incidents in Indian cricket.”
The Hindu

“The plot is extremely interesting and would find favour with all cricket lovers. The writing is swift and lucid.”
The Statesman

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