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- India and South Africa, the countries and their cricket, through the prism of the incredible partnership between Tendulkar and Azharuddin in the Newlands Test of 1997.  
- India and South Africa, the countries and their cricket, through the prism of the incredible partnership between Tendulkar and Azharuddin in the Newlands Test of 1997.  


* ''Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Holmes-Birth-Ashes-mysteries/dp/9492203014/] Best Mysteries August 2015 {{ISBN|978-9-4922-0301-4}} <ref>[http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/sherlock-holmes-and-the-birth-of-the-ashes-delight-for-the-cricket-connoisseur-and-the-holmesian-318925 Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes on Cricketcountry]</ref><ref>[http://www.cricketweb.net/books/sherlock-holmes-and-the-birth-of-the-ashes/ Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes on CricketWeb]</ref>
* ''Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Holmes-Birth-Ashes-mysteries/dp/9492203014/] Best Mysteries August 2015 {{ISBN|978-9-4922-0301-4}} <ref>[http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/sherlock-holmes-and-the-birth-of-the-ashes-delight-for-the-cricket-connoisseur-and-the-holmesian-318925 Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes on Cricketcountry]</ref> <ref>[http://www.cricketweb.net/books/sherlock-holmes-and-the-birth-of-the-ashes/ Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes on CricketWeb]</ref>


- A [[Sherlock Holmes]] pastiche involving the legendary fictional detective in the backdrop of the epochal [[1882 Test match at The Oval]]. This was shortlisted for the [[Cricket Society]] and MCC Book of the Year Award in 2016.<ref>[https://www.lords.org/news/2016-2/march/grace-books-lead-boty-shortlist/ Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year List]</ref> This was republished by Max Books in 2016 <ref>[http://www.max-books.co.uk/home/sherlock-holmes-and-birth-of-ashes.html Max Books Publication]</ref>
- A [[Sherlock Holmes]] pastiche involving the legendary fictional detective in the backdrop of the epochal [[1882 Test match at The Oval]]. This was shortlisted for the [[Cricket Society]] and MCC Book of the Year Award in 2016.<ref>[https://www.lords.org/news/2016-2/march/grace-books-lead-boty-shortlist/ Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year List]</ref> This was republished by Max Books in 2016 <ref>[http://www.max-books.co.uk/home/sherlock-holmes-and-birth-of-ashes.html Max Books Publication]</ref>
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Arunabha Sengupta (born 1973) is an Indian novelist and sports writer. He has written four novels, one collection of short stories as well as two non-fiction volumes on cricket history with a social perspective. He is a cricket historian and a Cricket Writer at CricketCountry.com[1] and Scoreline.org[2]

Books

  • Apartheid: A Point to Cover[1] CricketMASH May 2020 ISBN 978-9-4922-0303-8 [3]

- A history of South African cricket during the apartheid era 1948-1970 leading up to the Stop The Seventy Tour campaign. It has an introduction by Peter Hain

- India and South Africa, the countries and their cricket, through the prism of the incredible partnership between Tendulkar and Azharuddin in the Newlands Test of 1997.

- A Sherlock Holmes pastiche involving the legendary fictional detective in the backdrop of the epochal 1882 Test match at The Oval. This was shortlisted for the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award in 2016.[7] This was republished by Max Books in 2016 [8]

- A novel set in Amsterdam, dealing with, among others, the travels and travails of a struggling writer in the murky publishing world. ForeWord Reviews[9] rated the novel 5 stars.

- a novel combining the worlds of Software, Love and Aikido and set against the backdrop of 9/11. (The author himself is a first dan black belt in Kobayashi Aikido.)

  • Bowled Over - Stories Between the Covers[7]

Both Labyrinth and Bowled Over were listed in the Journal of Commonwealth Literature[13]

"True picture of the Indian workplace" - Book Review India, vol 30 No 7 July 6[14]

  • His writing also appears alongside luminaries like Khushwant Singh and Pritish Nandy in Lessons on Lessons - a collection of essays on the insights gained from the biographical work Lessons by P. Lal

References

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