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South Asia’s

Sporting Mosaic

PreSIdeNt

n. n. vohra

dIrector

naresh verma

edItorIal Board

Karan sInGh (chairman)

C. raJa mohan

malavIKa KarleKar

pratIK KanJIlal

panKaJ vohra

rohIt Khera

omIta GoYal

premola Ghose

s. maJUmDar (ex-officio)

edItorIal Staff

chIef edItor

omIta GoYal

dePuty edItor

rItU sInGh

Sr. aSSIStaNt edItor

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IIC Quarterly

WINTER 2017SPRING 2018

India International Centre

I S S N N O . 0 3 7 6 - 9 7 7 1

South Asia’s

Sporting Mosaic

edIted By

ronoJoY senomIta GoYal

coNteNtSVOLUME 44 NUMBERS 3 & 4

WiNtER 2017–SpRiNg 2018

ix: Editorial

omIta goyal

xi: Foreword

KaraN SINgh

1: Introduction: The Landscape of Sport in South Asia

roNojoy SeN

artIcleS

I develoPmeNt of crIcKet

17: The Mercurials: The Nature of Pakistani Cricket

alI KhaN

31: Cricket in Bangladesh

haBIBul haQue KhoNdKer

44: The Journey of Indian Women’s Cricket from the 1970s

ShaNtha raNgaSWamy

53: Indian Premier League: The Great Indian Story

mIhIr BoSe

II NatIoNalISm, commuNalISm, race, claSS aNd geNder

67: Innocence and Indian Cricket

Satadru SeN

81: Cricket in Abstemious Times

SaNKaraN KrIShNa

90: Sports, Radio and Memory: Looking Back at the 1970s

avIjIt ghoSh

101: When Politics Ran Riot at Eden Gardens

SouvIK Naha

112: ‘Indians Make us Angry!’: Australian Perceptions of

Touring Indian Cricket Teams, 1947–2017

IaN SImPSoN

125: India’s Sporting Frontier: Race, Integration and Discontent

in the North-east

duNcaN mcduIe-ra

140: Reinforcing Difference: The History of Women’s

Involvement in Physical Activity in India

PayoShNI mItra

Photo eSSay

149: Focus Sport

Pal PIllaI, alI Bharmal

artIcleS

III BeyoNd crIcKet

171: The Decline of Hockey in Pakistan

Shaharyar m. KhaN

177: A Story of Two Different Worlds: Indian Hockey’s Glory

Run and the Unending Struggle

SuNdeeP mISra

188: The Future of Indian Football

Novy KaPadIa

201: Football in Post-Independence Bangladesh

KauSIK BaNdyoPadhyay

214: India’s Shuttle Story: Breaking through Barriers

to Take Flight

aBhIjeet KulKarNI

224: A Well-kept Secret: The History of Rugby in Sri Lanka

ShaNaKa amaraSINghe

Iv aNcIeNt PurSuItS aNd moderNIty

239: The Great Gama and his Legacy

rudraNeIl SeNguPta

252: Wrestling with the History of Yoga as

Sport in Modern India

joSePh S. alter

266: Bodybuilding in India: Bollywood Bodies

and Middle-class Lifestyles

mIchIel BaaS

278: Racing on Water: A Short History of

Vallam Kali in Kerala

amrIth lal

v SPortS admINIStratIoN

293: Guru Dutt Sondhi: Indian IOC Member and

Visionary of Asian Integration through Sport

StefaN hueBNer

306: See You in Court: The Legal Challenge

Against India’s Sports Bosses

Sharda ugra

vI SPort IN fIlm aNd lIterature

319: Sport in Indian Film

amy j. raNSom

331: ‘I Won’t Let You Down’

motI NaNdI (arunava sinha)

341: coNtrIButorS

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edItorIal

e�c� y���, ��� IIC Quarterly b�i�g� �u� � ������ic i��u� ���� ��f��c�� c����������y c��c����. t���� ���� ���g�d f��� w����’� ����w������, ���c� ��d ��cu�i�y, �duc��i��, ��

���igi�u� ��u���i�� ��d u�b��i���i��. Gi��� ��i� b�ckd���, i� �ig�� ������ ���� �u� c��ic� �f ����� �� ��� ����� ��i� y��� i� u�u�u��. h�w����, ����� i� �� i�������� i� �u� ����yd�y �i��� �� i� �duc��i��, f�� i�����c�, ��d i� i���g��� �� ��y ��ci��y. hi����y, cu��u�� ��d ���� ���� d����d I�di�, ��d ����� ��� b��� � ���� �f i�, d��i�g b�ck �� ���-c����i�� �i���. a� r���j�y s�� ����y w�i��� i� �i� I����duc�i��, ����� w�� �if� b�f��� c�ick��.

t�� �i�� �f c����������y ������ ���y�d i� ��� c�u���y i� ���g. B��id�� c�ick��, ��ck�y, ����i�, f���b��� ��d b�d�i����, I�di�� ������������� ���� ��d� � ���k i� w�����i�g, �����i�g, b�xi�g, ����g ���y ������. W��� i� ���� ���� ��c�u��gi�g i� ���� ��� �u�b�� �f w���� i� ������, ���� u�c������i���� ���� �ik� �����, ��� i�c�����d. a�d ��i� d���i�� ��� di�c�i�i���i�� w���� c���i�u� �� f�c� i� ���i� ��i���� ��d ���f���i���� �i���. m��y K�� ��d� �i����y ���� � d�c�d� �g� i� b�xi�g, ���� ��c����y, n��j�� K�u� did I�di� ���ud by wi��i�g ��� g��d i� w�����i�g. a�d �� I w�i��, ��� ���zi�g m��u B��k��, ��� �f 16 y���� ��d, w�� ju�� w�� ��� ��c��d g��d i� �����i�g. h���fu��y ��� ����y �f ��� j�u���y �� ��� ��� wi�� i���i�� ��� y�u�� �f ��d�y.

K�b�ddi, ��� �g�-��d bu� f��g����� ����� ���� w� ��� ���y�d �� c�i�d���, ��� ��d� � c���b�ck wi�� ��� p�� K�b�ddi l��gu�. I� i� ������� ��� ���� �i�� ���� � ����� w�� �������d wi�� �� �uc� f��f��� �� c�ick��, ��d i� 2017, �����i�i�� �i�w����i� c��� � c���� ��c��d. l��’� ���� ���� ��� d�y ��� ������ wi�� g�� ��� ���c� ���y d������.

D���i�� ��i�, ��w����, ����� i� I�di� ��i�� ��� � ���g w�y �� g�. t�� ���ic��� i� ��i� ���u�� ��uc� �� ��� ���b���� ���� c��f���� ��� ������ �c����i� i� ��� ��gi�� �� � w����, b� i� c���u��i��, f�u��y ���ici��, ��ck �f �d�qu��� ����ci�g, ����g ������� ����� c������g��. t�� ���� �ig�ific��� �b���c�� i� ��ck �f ����� �u�����. m���

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������������� �u��i�� �� d�����i���i�� ��d ����i�� f�� ��� g���, wi���u� ���� b��ic i�f�����uc�u��, ����� ����� fi���ci�� b�cki�g. s����, �����f���, ����i�� ���g��y ��� d���i� �f ��� ��i��. s���� i� ��� ��� �b�u� ���f���i���� �����; i� i� �b�u� ���y, ��� wi��i�g, i� i� �b�u� ��j�yi�g � g���. I� f�c�, ��� w��d ‘s����’ d��i��� f��� ��� F���c� desport, ����i�g ��i�u��. W��� w� ��ck i� � �����i�g cu��u��, ��d w� ���� �� ������i�� ����� �� �uc� �� w� d� ���. p������ ��� ���c� �� ����� i� wi�� ��� y�u��.

I� i� u�f���u���� ���� ����� i� ��� � ��i��i�y �� ���� �i�c� ������� ��� ���� c��c����d �b�u� ���i� c�i�d���’� g��d�� ��d fu�u�� ������c��. I� f�c� ��i� i� ��u� �f ���� �c����� �� w���. t���� �ig�� b� ������u�i�i�� �� ��y �u� f�� �����, bu� w��� ������� �� ��� ��j��i�y �f ��ud���� w�� d��’� w��� �� �� w�� ��� ��� ��c�u��g�d ��? W��� �������d �� ����� �� �� �c�i�i�y i� �c����? n�� ����y��� c�� �� ���d� �� b� � c����i��, �� ���� c���id�� ����� �� � c�����. W��� i� i�������� �� ��c�g�i�� i� ���� wi���u� �����, � c�i�d’� ������ i� �� �i�k, ����ci���y �� �u� �i��� ��� b�c��i�g i�c����i�g�y ��d�����y. t�� c��� ��i�ci��� �f y�g�, f�� �x�����, i� ���� ��� �i�d ��d b�dy �u�� b� i� u�i��� f�� ������� w���-b�i�g. Fu�����, ����� ���c��� u� �� w��k �� � ����, ��d ��i� i� ��� b��� ������ ���� wi�� ���d u� i� g��d ����d i� �if�.

t�i� ���u�� d��� ��� c��i� �� b� � d���i�i�� �cc�u�� �f ����� i� s�u�� a�i�. I�� u�iqu����� �i�� i� ��� f�c� ���� ����g wi�� ������ �� ���f���i���� �����, i� i�c�ud�� �������� ������i��� ���� ��k� ���

g��� c��� ��i��. W� ��� g����fu� �� ��� c����ibu���� w�� ���di�y �g���d �� b� ���� �f ��i� �ff���.

OMitA gOYAL

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t�� I�di� I�������i���� C����� b�i�g� �u� f�u� i��u�� �f ��� IIC Quarterly ����y y���. W�i�� �w� i��u�� c���� g������ �����, ��� d�ub�� i��u� ����y y��� d���� wi�� � ���cific ���ic �f

i������� ��d c���� i�� ��� wid� �� �� �� g�� � b���d ���c��u� �f �i�w� ��d i��ig��� c���fu��y c����� by � ��� �f �x����� i� ��� ���d. o��� ��� y����, ��� C����� ��� b��ug�� �u� � �u�b�� �f �uc� d�ub�� i��u��, ���y �f w�ic� ��� �ub��qu����y �ub�i���d �� ���db�ck b��k�. t�� cu����� i��u� d���� wi�� �� ���� w�ic� ��� b��� ���g��y ��g��c��d: ��� ������ �c��� i� s�u�� a�i�.

s����� ����i� ��� �f ��� f�w �c�i�i�i�� w�ic� �ff�c�i���y cu� �c���� ���i����, �i�gui��ic, ���igi�u� ��d ����� b���i���. I�di� ��� � ���g ���di�i�� �f i�dig���u� ������ �uc� �� w�����i�g, ��c���y ��d k�b�ddi. Wi�� ��� �d���� �f W������ i��u��c�, �f c�u���, w� ���� ��k�� i� � �ug� w�y �� c�ick��—w���� w� ��w �xc��—��ck�y, f���b���, ����i�, b�d�i���� ��d b�xi�g. If w� �dd c����, ��i� i� ������� ���� w���� w� ��� ���duci�g g���d�������. t���� ������ ���, �f c�u���, ��� c�����d �� I�di� bu� ��� �����d wid��y ���� ��� ��gi��.

t�i� ���ci�� i��u� �� South Asia’s Sporting Mosaic b�i�g� ��g����� � �u�b�� �f i�������i�g ����y� f��� ���u�d ��� ��gi�� w�ic� c�����y ���w ��� u�i������ �ig�i�c��c� �f ������. t�� s�u�� a�i�� ����ici���i�� i� ��� o�y��ic G���� g��� b�ck ������ � c���u�y, ��d �����ug� w� ��� ��i�� ��� �b�� �� ���c� ��� ���f�����c� �f ����� a�i�� c�u���i��, �uc� �� C�i�� ��d J����, �u� ������������� ��� b�gi��i�g �� ��k� � �ig�i�c��� i���c� �� ��� w���d �c���.

a ���ci�� w��d ���d� �� b� ��id �b�u� y�g�, w�ic� i� ������� ��� � ����� i� ��� c����ic�� �����, bu� c�� ���y � ��j�� ���� i� d������i�g ��y�ic�� ������ ��d ������ �gi�i�y, ��u� ����i�g ������������� ���c� ���i� fu�� c���ci�y. D���i�� �u� �b����i�� wi�� c�ick��, ��i� i��u� d���� wi�� � wid� ���c��u� �f ����� ������ ��d, I �� �u��, wi�� b� ���d wi�� g���� i������� by ������ ������

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����yw����. W���� ��� ���� ��ki�g �� i�c����i�g c����ibu�i�� �� ������ i� ���y �������, ����ci���y b�d�i���� ��d w�����i�g. t�i� i� � g��d �ig� b�c�u�� if w� ��� �� c��c� u� wi�� ����� ���i���, I�di�� ������������� wi�� ���d �� ��k� � ��j�� c����ibu�i��.

KARAN SiNgH