This book expands our historical understanding of postcolonial India by examining how cricket has shaped Indian society and politics.

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Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playin

Cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented by the English, it has famously been said. But India was represented by a cricket team long before it became a n

The Postcolonial Sporting Body considers the future not only of sport, but of global politics and identity in a world striving towards greater equity and decolo