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Gulu Ezekiel
@gulu1959
Latest book: Myths and Mysteries: Indian Sport Behind the Headlines (Rupa) . Now working on 17th book
Mar 8 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
@VincevdBijl @PJGoedhals Part I: With the passing last month of the legendary S. African all rounder Mike Procter, a small story on the first SA team to visit India in Nov. 1991. @VincevdBijl @PJGoedhals Part II: For cricket crazy Indian fans in the 1970s we grew up reading of the exploits of Procter, Barry Richards, Graeme and Peter Pollock and others knowing fully well we would never see them in action--they were like forbidden fruit for us.