Book excerpt: Cricket is considered a religion in the Indian sub-continent. The ambition of every mother in India is to make her son a national player, but only one in 1 billion succeeds.Cricket-Indo tells the story of how young Suresh Menon is nurtured and groomed by his dedicated and determined mother to become a dashing and dynamic cricketer in the 1990s. The sporting "war on turf" between India and Pakistan plays out on television screens, glorifying national pride, even as the age-old legends and history of the countries are symbolized in the brutality and sportsmanship of the game