About the Author

Cricket is a passion for Debasish Datta. He has followed India's fortunes diligently over the last 26 years and has rubbed shoulders with the best in the world of sports. To Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly and their likes and fellow-professionals, he is simply known as 'Debu'. Presently he is the Chief Cricket Writer of the daily, Aajkaal, from Kolkata.