However, Sardesai stumbles when it comes to making the broader connections between Indian cricket and Indian constitutional democracy. The claim that Indian cricket has become more representative is a bit of an untested urban legend. Its cricket team is no longer dominated by Oxbridge folk such as Majid Khan or Javed Burki or Imran Khan. Would it be correct to say that this shift in Pakistani cricket is the result of the democratization of its public life? Actually, the senior Sardesai was in the Mumbai team led by Polly Umrigar that won the Ranji Trophy final against Rajasthan in March 1961.

Source: Mint October 26, 2017 05:26 UTC