Name: Adwait Kulkarni's review of Mission Domination by Boria Majumdar
Item: Mission Domination
Rating: 2.5
Author: Adwait Kulkarni

Boria Majumdar

Kushan Sarkar

December 19 wasn't a good day for Indian cricket. No one could fathom what hit them after 36 all out in Adelaide. Summer of 42 seemed like ancient history! But then something changed and January 19 happened. Adelaide was a nightmare but Brisbane was surreal. A lot changed between 36 all out and 329/7. Everyone saw the performances but what went into putting in that kind of an effort isn't something people are aware of. What was going through Ravi Shastri's mind and what exactly was that phone call with his best buddy Bharat Arun? What did R. Sridhar tell Hanuma Vihari when he hobbled back during tea break in Sydney? And who are these players? The disappointment of Rishabh Pant before those highs, Rohit Sharma's desperation to be out there, Shardul Thakur's grit or the politics that Navdeep Saini faced in his formative years. Why Shubman Gill was always destined to play cricket? How did R. Ashwin turn the corner for one of his finest seasons? What are the tragedies and tough times that made Cheteshwar Pujara who he is today? Every moment has a story as well as a back-story where it all started for this team. Boria Majumdar and Kushan Sarkar track that journey, bringing back their life story in flesh and blood.

An Unfinished Quest

Mission Domination

Adwait Kulkarni

What a disappointing read! What started as a book about India's extraordinary achievement against Australia ended up being more about the past journey of these cricketers to the Indian team than the behind the scenes or rather in depth story of India's triumph.

There are bytes from Cricketers which indicate glimpses of what the book could have achieved. Copy pasting paras from articles wasn't interesting. The writing is also sub-par.

Honestly, Ashwin's YouTube channel and the entire "kutti story" series does better job of talking about India's glory than this book.

The one thing that I really liked though was the last chapter about state of women's cricket in India and a plea to have more fixtures for them.

What a disappointing read! What started as a book about India's extraordinary achievement against Australia ended up being more about the past journey of these cricketers to the Indian team than the behind the scenes or rather in depth story of India's triumph.

There are bytes from Cricketers which indicate glimpses of what the book could have achieved. Copy pasting paras from articles wasn't interesting. The writing is also sub-par.

Honestly, Ashwin's YouTube channel and the entire "kutti story" series does better job of talking about India's glory than this book.

The one thing that I really liked though was the last chapter about state of women's cricket in India and a plea to have more fixtures for them.

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Mission Domination by Boria Majumdar

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