Gundappa viswanath biography books
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Wrist Assured traces the cricketing journey of wristy genius G.R. Vishwanath from the dusty by-lanes of erstwhile Bangalore to the most iconic venues in the world. It gives deep insights into the mind of a champion, and of the trials and tribulations of an international career that saw both despair and delight in his very first Test. Vishwanath followed up a first-innings duck with 137 in the second against Australia in Kanpur in 1969. The same crowd that had hurled matkas on his way back in the first innings rose as one to celebrate his century, providing him his first important lesson nothing succeeds like success. His solid middle-class upbringing instilled in Vishwanath a clear sense of right and wrong which he harnessed throughout his 91-Test career.Wrist Assured provides a ringside view of what made Vishwanath tick and why he is one of the most adored and respected cricketers to have graced the cricketing stage.
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Book Review: Gundappa Vishwanath's autobiography Wrist Assured is a grounded take on his professional life
Gundappa Vishwanath, former captain of the Indian men’s cricket team, has written a captivating account of his professional journey in collaboration with cricket writer R Kaushik. This book is an invaluable resource for readers who would like to know more about Vishwanath, who received the Padma Shri Award in 1971 and the Arjuna Award in 1977-78.
Published by Rupa, it is calledWrist Assured: An Autobiography(2022). The title celebrates Vishwanath aka Vishy’s square cut, his crowning glory as one of India’s finest batsmen. Kaushik was also the co-author of VVS Laxman’s autobiography281 and Beyond(2018).
Vishwanath reveals, “My tryst with the cut began with the tennis ball, which invariably got big on you. I was a slight, thin boy with no power to speak of, and while I did play the drive and the flick, seldom would the ball reach the boundary. The cut…didn’t require me to generate power entirely on my own, I could use the pace of the ball.” Sensing that the square cut had “greater potential to cross the boundary”, he used it to his advantage. He notes, “By a conservative estimate, I reckon more than 4,000 of my 6,080 runs came through the cut.”
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