On a fine breezy spring evening, two friends came back from work and reflexively turned on their television to catch the latest game of the Indian Premier League. Only to realise that the season was over! With IPL withdrawals hitting them hard, they began recollecting their favourite moments from the tournament. Soon enough, they would get engaged in an intriguing conversation revolving around nostalgia and childhood memories from this great cricketing spectacle. That is when they realized how the IPL has been such an ...
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On a fine breezy spring evening, two friends came back from work and reflexively turned on their television to catch the latest game of the Indian Premier League. Only to realise that the season was over! With IPL withdrawals hitting them hard, they began recollecting their favourite moments from the tournament. Soon enough, they would get engaged in an intriguing conversation revolving around nostalgia and childhood memories from this great cricketing spectacle. That is when they realized how the IPL has been such an essential part of pop-culture over the years and conceptualized the idea of a cricket quiz book that would chronicle the plethora of unforgettable and picturesque moments this confluence of entertainment and sport is glittered with. The IPL Quiz Book written by Arinjay Ghosh and Aniket Mishra is a collection of these memories in the form of questions and stories. The book aims to hold forth enthralling visuals to the readers, while refreshing their memories through moments from 14 years of the tournament. Elation, heartbreak, glory, and controversy - here is a quiz book for cricket lovers on IPL from 2008 to 2021!: ) ABOUT THE AUTHORS OF THE IPL QUIZ BOOK ARINJAY GHOSH Arinjay Ghosh An MSc in Sports Industry Management from Emlyon Business School in France, Arinjay currently works in the media department for the Local Organising Committee of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022. Previously, he served as Team Lead of the sports vertical at International Business Times, India. Apart from that, he has worked with various organizations including the AIFF. He also holds an official D-Licence football coaching certificate which he acquired in 2018. A seeker of feel-good stories and creative marketing strategies, he was a winner of a national-level writing competition in 2016 where he chronicled the development of sports in his home state of West Bengal. ANIKET MISHRA Aniket Mishra An MPhil in Comparative Literature from the University of Delhi, Aniket too, works for the Local Organising Committee of the FIFA Under 17 Women's World Cup India 2022. Previously he was Head of Media for the Local Organising Committee of the U-17 World Cup in India, which in October 2017 became the most attended youth FIFA tournament ever. Correspondingly, he also worked on the 2018 Club World Cup and the 2019 Asian Cup and was employed with the Asian Football Confederation in Malaysia till earlier this year. An ardent quizzer, he founded the Barefoot quizzing festival in 2012, editions of which now number 14 and have been hosted by 4 cities across the country. Aniket last year published his first book in this genre, Know Thy Dhoni, also with Blue Pencil.
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