Former editor of Wisden, Matthew Engel, sets the scene for an important new book that looks at the links between cricket and baseball
India was expected to do well in the Wills World cup ’96. Never before was there such euphoria for any event. Not that I knew of. I remember that advertisement in which Mongia, Kambli and two other Indian cricketers used their four-square bats to win the boating race against boats loaded with the pro-Mallus.