The Professor of Cricket

Vijay Lokpally, in the Hindu, speaks to veteran cricket writer Surya Prakash Chaturvedi on his love for cricket and the decline in sports writing.

Chaturvedi has penned 10 books so far. The last one on wicketkeepers was very well received. He is now working on a book on umpires. His energy can embarrass a young scribe but Chaturvedi is a tireless "cricket enthusiast" as he likes to call himself. "You have to have passion to follow any subject. Cricket has always been close to my heart from the time I grew up watching some of the finest players one can imagine."