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Sunil Gavaskar’s Straight Drive goes beyond cricketing memories, blending personal reflections, societal critique, and a vision for India’s sporting future with clarity and conviction

XFrom his (literal) Straight Drive of his cricketing days, Sunil Gavaskar has moved to the metaphorical drive in his rendering or performing of his more complex strokes as he responds to the sports issues he feels are significant in his country and society at large. This deceptive title, Straight Drive , as presented on the cover, confirms the old adage: Don’t judge a book by its cover. At first glance or cursory view, the reader will be of the firm opinion that he’s about to be fed with a recall of a range of dramatic and exciting moments in cricket history, but instead, we are sensitised to sports

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