Let's Play: Puffin Book of Sports Stories [Aug 11, 2010] Bhogle, Harsha - Softcover

Bhogle, Harsha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143331590 ISBN 13: 9780143331599

Publisher: India Puffin, 2021

Synopsis

Get ready for some fabulous fun with these action-packed stories from the sports field!? ? Fancied Orchid School is already 33 for no loss in the three overs before lunch. Can Model School successfully unleash its secret weapon, Anshuman the chess nerd, and win the match? The two towns of Dilshan and Deewar have their prides at stake at the annual kabaddi competition, and when Lt. Aaron, owner of Tasty Buds and baker of delectable cakes announces he will eat his hat if his town actually wins, it spurs the Dilshan-ites to greater heights. Neeru decides to start playing hockey like her mother to deal with her loss, and discovers there's no therapy like getting some dirt on her spotless whites.? ? Hockey, TT, cricket, golf, basketball; winners, losers, underdogs, bullies, heroes and cheats, Let's Play! The Puffin Book of Sports Stories has them all, and more. Funny, uplifting and moving, this unique collection vividly portrays the heartbreaks and triumphs that are an essential part of pla

About this title

About the Author:

Harsha Bhogle is widely recognized as the face and the voice of Indian cricket. A recipient of numerous awards, he was voted by readers of Cricinfo as their most favourite cricket commentator in a worldwide poll in 2008. One of his proudest possessions is a photograph of a group of spectators in Pakistan holding a banner that says Harsha Bhogle fan club. Harsha has been the face of ESPN in India since the day they went on air in 1995 and presents cricketand, in an interesting diversion, the World Cup of football in 2006for ESPN Star Sports. He has worked on all the major radio stations in the cricketing world as well, with a special affinity for Australia which he first visited in 1991-92, and where he was dubbed the sexiest voice on radio. He is close to achieving the double of working on 100 Tests and 400 one-day internationals, the first of which came in 1983.

About this edition

• Publisher: India Puffin
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0143331590
• ISBN 13: 9780143331599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192