A little over 20 plus years of age and a best selling author to boot, meet Unmukt Chand the victorious captain of the 2012 under 19 World Cup winning team and a very special player as his illustrious senior Virat Kohli describes him........
In this near miracle of a book Unmukt in his own inimitable style goes on to narrate the eventful journey of his selection to the under 19 Indian team, his elevation as captain of the very same team and last but not the least the epochal moment when the then Indian under 19 team annexed it's first ever World Cup (outside Asia) in the heady climes of Australia on that fateful day in August 2012.........
I for one without gushing would describe this magnum opus "The Sky Is The Limit" as the story or then fairy tale of one young man's determination and indomitable courage or then should I say steely determination to win against all odds and I say this with all the humility at my command as every Indian cricket fan would vouch for team India's less than laudatory record on Australian soil.........
Inspirational, revelatory, illuminating, intensely engaging and surprisingly self effacing, "The Sky Is The Limit" goes beyond mere matters cricketing and chronicles the back breaking efforts and hours of penance that Unmukt and his band of heady or then should I say doughty warriors put in to bring the 2012 trophy back home...........
As the present day cricketing legend Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards says during the course of his foreword to Unmukt's tour de force, "Unmukt is the living embodiment of the age old dictum about learning something new everyday and never adopting the attitude about knowing it all" and these 220 odd pages of cricketing magic are a vivid testimony to this dictum............
"The Sky Is The Limit" starts or then begins at the very beginning tracing Unmukt's eventful, colossal and remarkable journey from a smiling and unassuming toddler to the captain of an all conquering under 19 World Cup Winning team that not only holds out renewed hope about the health and longevity of Indian cricket in the age of spot and match fixing as well as heady expectations about India eventually occupying the pinnacle of glory in all three formats of the game, this book is one such gem that you might not want to miss at any cost...........
A timeless collage or kaleidoscope of "historical" photographs that show Unmukt in the august company of such cricketing icons like one Sunil Manohar Gavaskar or then fledgling batsman striving to make his indelible imprints on the sands of Indian cricketing history not only add colour to this cricketing chronicle but also take one's breath away with their expanse and sheer magnificence...........
So do shed your lethargy and reticence and do step out and lay your hands on your very own copy of a book that will keep you coming back for more and avidly wondering why you or then one of your loved one's cannot emulate or eclipse Unmukt's sterling deeds as this son of archetypal middle class Indian parents did make it to the very top unmindful of the magnitude of the obstacles that plagued his every step to the top..........
"The Sky Is The Limit" is priced at a pocket friendly Rs. 250/- and brought to you by Penguin India the doyen of Indian publishing houses........
In this near miracle of a book Unmukt in his own inimitable style goes on to narrate the eventful journey of his selection to the under 19 Indian team, his elevation as captain of the very same team and last but not the least the epochal moment when the then Indian under 19 team annexed it's first ever World Cup (outside Asia) in the heady climes of Australia on that fateful day in August 2012.........
I for one without gushing would describe this magnum opus "The Sky Is The Limit" as the story or then fairy tale of one young man's determination and indomitable courage or then should I say steely determination to win against all odds and I say this with all the humility at my command as every Indian cricket fan would vouch for team India's less than laudatory record on Australian soil.........
Inspirational, revelatory, illuminating, intensely engaging and surprisingly self effacing, "The Sky Is The Limit" goes beyond mere matters cricketing and chronicles the back breaking efforts and hours of penance that Unmukt and his band of heady or then should I say doughty warriors put in to bring the 2012 trophy back home...........
As the present day cricketing legend Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards says during the course of his foreword to Unmukt's tour de force, "Unmukt is the living embodiment of the age old dictum about learning something new everyday and never adopting the attitude about knowing it all" and these 220 odd pages of cricketing magic are a vivid testimony to this dictum............
"The Sky Is The Limit" starts or then begins at the very beginning tracing Unmukt's eventful, colossal and remarkable journey from a smiling and unassuming toddler to the captain of an all conquering under 19 World Cup Winning team that not only holds out renewed hope about the health and longevity of Indian cricket in the age of spot and match fixing as well as heady expectations about India eventually occupying the pinnacle of glory in all three formats of the game, this book is one such gem that you might not want to miss at any cost...........
A timeless collage or kaleidoscope of "historical" photographs that show Unmukt in the august company of such cricketing icons like one Sunil Manohar Gavaskar or then fledgling batsman striving to make his indelible imprints on the sands of Indian cricketing history not only add colour to this cricketing chronicle but also take one's breath away with their expanse and sheer magnificence...........
So do shed your lethargy and reticence and do step out and lay your hands on your very own copy of a book that will keep you coming back for more and avidly wondering why you or then one of your loved one's cannot emulate or eclipse Unmukt's sterling deeds as this son of archetypal middle class Indian parents did make it to the very top unmindful of the magnitude of the obstacles that plagued his every step to the top..........
"The Sky Is The Limit" is priced at a pocket friendly Rs. 250/- and brought to you by Penguin India the doyen of Indian publishing houses........
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