Dreams Of Bat And Ball, The Telegraph

When I was young, many of my dreams were about cricket. I was then obsessed with the game, which I played quite seriously at both school and university. My college eleven may have been the best in India: two of my team-mates went on to play Test cricket, while several others played in the Ranji and Duleep Trophies. Batting at number ten and bowling non-turning off-breaks, I was the least talented member of the team. But being in the eleven itself meant that cricket was my life, for we played...