Published by Random House, FINAL TEST: Exit Sachin Tendulkar has
ready to hit the stands on 15 October 2014. The book has been written
by Dilip D’Souza. The press release quotes a line from the book:
“The deafening noise in the Wankhede turns to silence so complete
that you’d swear you can hear Tendulkar’s footsteps as he begins
the walk back to the pavilion.”
It’s the end of an era, they said. No more switching off
televisions when he got out; no more resounding chants of
‘Sa-chi-i-i-n, Sa-chin!’ In November 2013, Sachin Tendulkar
played his final Test.
Dilip D’Souza builds on close and detailed observation of those
two and a half days, capturing all the hysteria it spawned, the love
and adulation that showered from the rafters at the Wankhede, the
choking emotion, and yes, there was a match on too, against the West
Indies. Final Testdiscusses cricket from the old to the new, as
Sachin takes to the pitch one final time.
This is a story about the last test match in the career of the
world’s greatest cricketing legend.Pacey, dramatic, and with
interesting little known facts and observations about Sachin’s last
test. FINAL TEST immortalizes the 200th test which Sachin played—an
event fans would not like to forget
Dilip D’Souza (born 1960) is a Mumbai-based writer and
journalist. He writes about social and political causes. His columns
have appeared in The Sunday Observer,Rediff.com, Outlook, Mid-Day,
Hindustan Times, indiatogether.org, The Caravan and other
publications.
A column written by him about how two young engineers from Kerala
who built a dam in rural Maharashtra and supplied electricity is
believed to have inspired a key segment of the 2004
movie Swades directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.
Final Test is his fifth book. His earlier works include The
Curious Case of Binayak Sen published in 2012.
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