HER STORY, HER GLORY: THE MAKING OF WOMEN’S CRICKET IN INDIA

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Non-Fiction

HER STORY, HER GLORY: THE MAKING OF WOMEN’S CRICKET IN INDIA

By: Aditya Bhushan, Shyam Alamchand Bhatia

496.00

  • ISBN: 978-93-7957-563-0
  • Pages: 272 pages
  • Published: 05 June, 2026
  • Format: Paperback
  • Imprint: Rupa
  • Language: English

For far too long, the story of cricket in India has been told mainly through the achievements of men, while the journey of women’s cricket has remained under-explored despite its courage, depth and significance. This book seeks to redress that silence by tracing the remarkable rise of women’s cricket in India, from its little-known beginnings in colonial-era exhibition matches to its emergence as a serious sporting movement in the 1970s, and finally to its present stature on the world stage.  

Through lively anecdotes, forgotten episodes and vivid profiles, Her Story, Her Glory brings to life the struggles and triumphs of the pioneers who built the game against great odds, often in the face of ridicule, neglect and limited support.  

Aditya Bhushan is a cricket writer and the author of four books on the sport, including A Colonel Destined to LeadBiography of ColCK NayuduFortune Turners: The Quartet that Spun India to GloryGuts Amidst BloodbathThe Aunshuman Gaekwad Narrative and Fab FiveThe Pandavas of India’s Batting. He has also contributed chapters to several other cricket titles and has written for platforms such as Sportskeeda and Cricket.com. An engineer by qualification, from NIT Nagpur, he holds an MBA from the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, and currently works as a consultant with a multinational firm in Gurgaon.  

 

Shyam Alamchand Bhatia is an entrepreneur and a philanthropist. Born in 1942 in Mirpurkhas, Sindh, he moved to Ajmer, Rajasthan, during Partition and later played first-class cricket for Rajasthan and Saurashtra. In 1979, he founded Alam Steel Group in Dubai, and in 2004, established the Cricket for Care Foundation to provide cricket equipment, coaching and facilities to underprivileged children across the world. A lifelong cricket enthusiast, he has published Sunny GPortraits of the GameCricketing Greats Recall Their Magic Moments, and its sequel, Portraits, with proceeds from the books supporting his foundation. He has also supported cricket in the UAE through local tournaments and an annual awards event featuring several cricketing legends, and has curated a private cricket museum with rare memorabilia, autographed equipment, books, photographs and art. In 2011, he was named one of the UAE’s 40 most influential Asians. He is also the recipient of the Mother Teresa International Award. He is married to Vimla, and they have two grown-up children.

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