Vijayan Bala launches 'Indian Sports: Conversations and Reflections' book

Veteran commentator and cricket statistician Vijayan Bala has come up with his new book "Indian Sports: Conversations and Reflections", a compilation of interviews of eminent sportspersons he has conducted since 1971.

The 68-year-old Bala, who has also been a member of BCCI's Statistical Committee apart from being an English teacher, has interviewed Olympians like Balbir Singh Senior, Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar, Sakshi Malik, Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to name a few.

Among the cricketers of yesteryears, he has interviewed MAK Pataudi, GR Viswanath, Eknath Solkar while Gautam Gambhir, Unmukt Chand are some of the current day players interviewed by him.

Bala has earlier published a book on Statistics called 'Indian Test Cricket back in 1974'. In 2016, he authored a second book "The Complete Indian Sports Quiz" inaugurated by sports minister Rathore.

(With inputs from agencies.)