Radha was fully invested in the try out. He was determined to live up to his father’s expectations and “wow” the scouts. Manju was content with just going out there to please his father but he showed no real interest. Despite Radha’s deep longing to make the team, he under preformed and got cut. Though Manju was not trying his hardest he was ultimately selected to play for the Under Nineteen league. Radha was extremely dismayed and lashed out in violence. The fact that he was not selected is shocking for him because he has spent his whole life working on becoming the best cricketer and it is all he has ever known. So much time, effort and money has gone into the making of the Kumar brothers. The fact that Radha has failed angers their financial backer, Anand Mehta. Mehta who was originally astonished by the amount of pelf to be made on the boys was infuriated because he was expecting a very large payout when “both” boys “made it big”. Due to the fact that Manju continued with his cricket carrier and went on to playing for the Mumbai Professional Cricket team for another three years and then transferred to a novelty team put all of the financial backing for his father and brother on him. Because his brother was relatively shunned from the cricketing world Manju was his financial backing while he was unemployed. In the novel, The Magic of Indian Cricket, Cricket and Society in India, the author, Mihir Bose, determines that cricket is in fact a life style but that it is one that you can have for your whole life. He goes on to mention that cricket is what makes India unique from the rest of the world. “In this the Indians are different to the Greeks.” (Bose, 3). His novel then goes on to mention all of the famous player that have played in India and how the sport
Radha was fully invested in the try out. He was determined to live up to his father’s expectations and “wow” the scouts. Manju was content with just going out there to please his father but he showed no real interest. Despite Radha’s deep longing to make the team, he under preformed and got cut. Though Manju was not trying his hardest he was ultimately selected to play for the Under Nineteen league. Radha was extremely dismayed and lashed out in violence. The fact that he was not selected is shocking for him because he has spent his whole life working on becoming the best cricketer and it is all he has ever known. So much time, effort and money has gone into the making of the Kumar brothers. The fact that Radha has failed angers their financial backer, Anand Mehta. Mehta who was originally astonished by the amount of pelf to be made on the boys was infuriated because he was expecting a very large payout when “both” boys “made it big”. Due to the fact that Manju continued with his cricket carrier and went on to playing for the Mumbai Professional Cricket team for another three years and then transferred to a novelty team put all of the financial backing for his father and brother on him. Because his brother was relatively shunned from the cricketing world Manju was his financial backing while he was unemployed. In the novel, The Magic of Indian Cricket, Cricket and Society in India, the author, Mihir Bose, determines that cricket is in fact a life style but that it is one that you can have for your whole life. He goes on to mention that cricket is what makes India unique from the rest of the world. “In this the Indians are different to the Greeks.” (Bose, 3). His novel then goes on to mention all of the famous player that have played in India and how the sport