Monday, 2 April 2012

When NKP Salve failed to convince Bradman

NKP Salve, the former BCCI president who passed away in New Delhi yesterday, is worthy of credit for bringing the 1987 World Cup to India. Pakistan was the joint host.Don BradmanHowever, he regretted the fact that cricket legend Sir Don Bradman did not agree to his request to come down to Kolkata to attend the tournament's final contested by Australia and England.Here is a book extract from Cricket Beyond the Bazaar by Mike Coward (Published by Allen & Unwin) which dwells on the 1987 World Cup and the late Salve's eternal

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