{"product_id":"wrist-assured-an-autobiography-9789355203144","title":"WRIST ASSURED: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gundappa Vishwanath\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rupa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rupa\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biography And Autobiography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wrist Assured traces the cricketing journey of wristy genius G.R. Vishwanath \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e from the dusty by-lanes of erstwhile Bangalore to the most iconic venues \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in the world. It offers deep insights into the mind of a champion, and of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the trials and tribulations of an international career that saw both despair \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and delight in his very first Test. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Vishwanath followed up a first-innings duck with 137 in the second against \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Australia in Kanpur in 1969. The same crowd that had hurled matkas on his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e way back in the first innings rose as one to celebrate his century, providing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e him his first important lesson-nothing succeeds like success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e His solid middle-class upbringing instilled in Vishwanath a clear sense \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e of right and wrong which he harnessed throughout his 91-Test career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wrist Assured provides a ringside view of what made Vishwanath tick and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e why he is one of the most adored and respected cricketers to have graced \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the cricketing stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rupa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46266910245015,"sku":"9789355203144","price":595.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789355203144.webp?v=1769301172","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/wrist-assured-an-autobiography-9789355203144","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}