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New Delhi ,
Former India cricketer, VVS Laxman launched the cover of his much-awaited autobiography, 281 and Beyond, via Facebook livestream in Hyderabad, in association with Star Sports.
The cricketer was in conversation with journalist and anchor at Star Sports, Mayanti Langer.
Published by Westland Publications Pvt. Ltd., the book will release under their new imprint, Westland Sport. It has been co-written by sports journalist R. Kaushik.
“It’s been a pleasure to get to know Laxman professionally. He is extremely good-natured and with this book it’ll be interesting to see another side of him, a side that made him such a fighter,” says Mayanti Langer, TV Presenter.
The autobiography is candid and reflective, and deeply insightful. Laxman writes of dressing-room meltdowns and champagne evenings, the exhilaration of playing with and against the best in the world, the nuances of batting in different formats and on various pitches, the learnings with John Wright and the rocky times under Greg Chappell.
‘281 and Beyond’ is now available for pre-order on Amazon.in.
The book will be widely available in bookstores across India from 19 November 2018.
About the book:
VVS Laxman played over a hundred Tests to aggregate more than 8,000 runs. He was someone who could score against any kind of bowling. Fans still remember with awe his game-changing knock of 281 against Australia in 2001 at Eden Gardens.
But playing for India was never easy. He was dropped as often as he was picked, and despite his vast experience and unimpeachable skill, he never made it to a World Cup team.
All through his playing years, Laxman was known to be a soft-spoken man who kept his distance from controversy. Which is what makes this autobiography truly special. It’s candid and reflective, happy and sad by turns, and deeply insightful. He writes of dressing-room meltdowns and champagne evenings, the exhilaration of playing with and against the best in the world, the nuances of batting in different formats and on various pitches, the learnings with John Wright and the rocky times under Greg Chappell.
In 281 and Beyond, Laxman lays bare the ecstasy and the trauma of being one of the chosen XI in a country that is devoted to cricket.
About the authors:
VVS LAXMAN is a former Indian cricketer and currently a cricket commentator and mentor to the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad. He received the Arjuna Award in 2002, the Padma Shri in 2011 and was named one of Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year in 2002. He lives in Hyderabad with his family.
R KAUSHIK has been a cricket writer for over a quarter of a century. Since starting his career with Newstime in Hyderabad, he has worked with Deccan Herald and Wisden India, and has reported on more than 100 Test matches. His association with VVS Laxman dates back to 1990.
About Westland Publications Pvt Ltd:
Founded in 1962, Westland is one of the largest English-language trade publishers in India. Westland’s bestselling authors include Chetan Bhagat, Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi, Devdutt Pattanaik, Ashok Banker, Rujuta Diwekar, Rashmi Bansal, Savi Sharma, Anita and Harsha Bhogle, and Preeti Shenoy, among others. It has recently launched a new imprint ‘Context’, which publishes literary fiction and non-fiction by some of the finest Indian writers, graphic novelists and chroniclers of our times. Westland publishes print books, e-books as well as short reads in genres ranging from popular and literary fiction to business, politics, biography, spirituality, health and cookery. Westland was acquired by Amazon in 2017. Westland brings Amazon Publishing’s bestselling international books to the Indian market available in over 1000 outlets.
