User:22yards

After the huge success of “That Thing Called Love”, Tuhin A. Sinha had conceptualized his second novel, “22 Yards”.

“22 Yards” is one of its kind thriller set around nation's biggest obsession – cricket; The plot researches the roles played by cricketers, spectators, match-fixers, the authorities, those actively involved with the game and even those whose involvement is not so strong…but has a participation in its success or failure!

The book was launched on 12th September 2008 at Oxford Book Store, Connaught Place, Delhi in the presence of Actor, Tom Alter and the author himself.

A success party for the overwhelming response of 22Yards was hosted by Westland at Crosswords Kemps Corner, Mumbai on 5th November 2008. Award winning Director Madhur Bhandarkar and noted Cricket Commentator Charu Sharma shared the evening with Tuhin A. Sinha.

About the book :

Its exactly twenty-five years after India’s spectacular World Cup victory at Lords, and Indian Cricket Captain Mayank Pradhan is preparing for the match of his life : the twenty20 World Cup Final.

While an entire nation waits for the finals with bated breath, Mayank learns that some of his team mates have been bought by bookies. As Mayank grapples with myriad emotions, he relives some of the darkest moments of his life after India’s abysmal showing at the ODI World Cup a year earlier. He revisits a damning no-holds-barred report that he had prepared, citing the reasons for India’s defeat. Reasons that ranged from ball-tampering to drugs, from philandering to betting. Haunted by these memories, with the Twenty20 World Cup looming before him, Mayank must find out whether the match has been fixed, ease underlying tensions, keep team morale up – and play the best cricket of his life. The chronicle of one man’s journey through the fickleness that is life and cricket, 22 Yards is an unputdownable thriller.

Media Reports :

“Setting the cats among the pigeons, 22 Yards steers dangerously close to uncomfortable facts surrounding cricket today” Financial Express “The book is the first of its kind- it embarks on a course that is based on some real life incidents in Indian cricket.” The Hindu “The plot is extremely interesting and would find favour with all cricket lovers. The writing is swift and lucid.” The Statesman

“All the passion and pain of cricket, all the glory and gloom; the need to be a loner and share a field with twenty-one other loners; the swing and spin of success – and greed and lust … 22 Yards is alive with that feeling, that comprehension.” Tom Alter