The joy of an Indian maidan
In the Daily Telegraph , Mihir Bose writes about the importance of the maidan in Indian cricket:
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
In the Daily Telegraph, Mihir Bose writes about the importance of the maidan in Indian cricket:
If English cricket is essentially rural, Indian cricket is urban. Its roots lie in the lanes of India's teaming cities and on the broad patches of green, called the maidans, that occasionally break up the monotony of concrete.
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