Sportstar and The Hindu group launched a Espresso Desk E-book, ‘Street to 1000’, on the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards at The Taj Mahal Palace resort right here on Saturday.
The e book is a 520-page, particular assortment with 1000 photos to commemorate Indian cricket’s journey.
‘Street to 1000’ was launched by former India cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Syed Kirmani, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Chandrakant Pandit and Nilesh Kulkarni right here.
First to the milestone
On February 6, India performed its 1,000th ODI in opposition to the West Indies in Ahmedabad, changing into the primary group to report the feat.
India’s World Cup triumphs in 1983 and 2011, below Kapil Dev and M. S. Dhoni respectively, stay the key highlights in Indian ODI historical past.
“Releasing this e book has been an unimaginable journey. We began work on it 4 months again. We dug deep into our archives, and our photographers labored day and night time to select the very best pictures. Our Sportstar reporters and photographers travelled the world to cowl the Indian cricket group within the Nineteen Eighties and Nineties.
“That is the very best tribute to Indian cricket,” Ayon Sengupta, Editor, Sportstar, stated.
You possibly can pre-book your copy by visiting publications.thehindugroup.com/bookstore/.
