In Fearless, his recently released autobiography, Mohinder Amarnath provides a candid account of his cricketing life. Mohinder Amarnath holds a special place in the hearts of Indian cricket fans of a certain vintage for his raw courage and his indomitable will. He alone stood stoically defiant against a rampaging Imran Khan and the West Indies pace quartet during the early 1980s, and essayed pivotal performances in India’s World Cup win in 1983. He was also especially known for his many comebacks into the Indian cricket team, and, towards the latter part of his career, for his outspokenness. In 1988, after being dropped for the umpteenth time, he famously called the selectors a “bunch of jokers”.
In Fearless, his recently released autobiography, which he has co-authored with his younger brother and former first class cricketer Rajendar, Amarnath provides a candid account of a life that was moulded by his father, Lala, independent India’s first cricket captain; of learning to bounce back after being felled by a succession of pace bowlers in the late 1970s; and of the internecine battles between West and North Zones.
