Overview for The Devil's Pack: The Men Behind the '83 Victory
When India participated in World Cup ’83 the team was billed as the ‘dark horse’ by some cricketing pundits. But nobody really expected them to win. Indian team had performed dismally in the two previous editions of the World Cup. But then, the 1983 Squad was different; each player in that team dreamt big, worked hard on his individual strengths, contributed more than a hundred percent to the team’s effort and what is more, enjoyed playing the game. In this book, Balvinder Singh Sandhu talks about his teammates. He reveals some hitherto unknown and interesting facts about the players and how they faced stress, behaved off the field and egged each other on to excel. The Devil’s Pack is story of cricketers with a human face who excelled themselves to become world champions.
Balvinder Singh Sandhu (Author)
BALVINDER SINGH SANDHU is a former India Test Cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team. A post graduate in Economics, he resigned as Marketing manger, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers to pursue a career in cricket coaching. He is a Level-3 coach from Adelaide, Australia and NCA, India. He was Head Coach of BCCI’s National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru. At present, he is a member of the Cricket Improvement Committee of Mumbai Cricket Association.
Austin Coutinho (Author)
AUSTIN COUTINHO is a sportswriter, cartoonist and sports administrator. A Ranji probable for Mumbai in the early 1980s, he was a pace bowler. Coutinho has served the Mumbai cricket Association as a coach and committee member and is at present the President of the Mumbai District Football Association. He has written for many publications and websites all over India and has published quite a few football and cricket ‘fun & quiz’ books.
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