Wisden India almanack 2015

Intro

Reviews of the 2014 Edition

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

A Taste of Wisden India 2015

Preface

Symbols and Abbreviations

Contents

Part 1

Comment

Wisden India Honours

Notes by the Editor

Great ICC tango and clash by Osman Samiuddin

My way or the highway by R Mohan

Bookending the rise of Indian cricket by Ayaz Memon

T20 does a good turn by Amol Rajan

Hitting pay dirt, and about time by Shamya Dasgupta

War stops play by Prashant Kidambi

The greener grass by Ruchir Joshi

Indian cricket and a Wisden idea by Jack Hobbs WISDEN INDIA HALL OF FAME

Vijay Hazare by Ramachandra Guha

Bishan Singh Bedi by Murali Kartik

Thunderbolt turnaround by Ian Chappell

Beginning afresh by Soumya Bhattacharya

Luck by talent by Rajdeep Sardesai

Old Gold under grime by PR Mansingh

SIX CRICKETERS OF THE YEAR

Ajinkya Rahane by Sandeep Dwivedi

Mithali Raj by Sidhanta Patnaik

Rishi Dhawan by Aakash Chopra

Umar Akmal by Osman Samiuddin

Angelo Mathews by Jarrod Kimber

Mominul Haque by Quazi Zulquarnain Islam

Making of a cricketing hub by KR Nayar

APPRECIATION The thing about Jacques by Lawrence Booth

The man who fashioned a legacy by Neil Manthorp

Brothers in arms by Anand Vasu

Dr Comfort's old-fashioned craft by Stephen Brenkley

Part 2

Local turf

CLUB CRICKET by Anand Vasu

The desk job that wasn't by Ajit Wadekar

Of mighty monsoons past by Clayton Murzello

Capital gains by Vijay Lokapally

Some work, some play by R Mohan

All in the maidan by Shamik Chakrabarty

Like cricketer, like club by KC Vijaya Kumar

THE LANGUAGE OF CRICKET

The chronicle of the ota by Gopal Krishna Hegde The hurt of the hero-worshippers by Pulakesh Mukhopadhyay

Moti Nandi: the obstinate pearl by Gautam Bhattacharya

The rise from the radio waves by Shailesh Chaturvedi

The English effect by Badri Seshadri

Reporting of the khadoos by Dwarkanath Sanzgiri

Part 3

Domestic Review

INDIAN CRICKET

The Karnataka juggernaut by R Kaushik

Domestic déjà vu by J Arun Kumar

Duleep Trophy

Ranji Trophy

Irani Cup by Shashank Kishore

Vijay Hazare Trophy

Deodhar Trophy

Raj Singh Dungarpur Corporate Trophy

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Indian Premier League by Shamya Dasgupta CK Nayudu Trophy (Under-25)

Vinoo Mankad Trophy (Under-19)

Inter-Zonal Tournament (Under-19)

Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19)

Associate Tournament (Under-19)

Vijay Merchant Trophy (Under-16)

Associate Tournament (Under-16)

Vizzy Trophy (Inter-Zonal University)

Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals

WOMEN'S CRICKET

Challenger Trophy

Inter-State One-Day Competition

Inter-Zonal One-Day Competition

Inter-State Twenty20 Competition

Inter-State One-Day Competition (Under-19)

Inter-Zonal One-Day Competition (Under-19)