Powerful Life Lessons from Cricket to Excel in Our Lives

Learning from the game of cricket prepares us, in ways no university can, for the bigger game of life.

Cricket is a game of management, teamwork, strategy and leadership. When these are applied right, one wins; else, one loses.But whatever the outcome – pain or joy – one learns from every match!

In 50 Not Out! author Harimohan Paruvu captures fifty key lessons from cricket that are essential for all-round growth and good living. Honesty, courage, resilience, commitment, discipline – these are just a few of the qualities illustrated through the game. The book also explains principles behind such familiar phrases as ‘play with a straight bat’, ‘catches win matches’ or ‘team comes first’ and how these help us adapt to every situation in life.

From students to CEOs, administrators to sportsmen, people from all walks of life will find inspiration in 50 Not Out! to be the very best they can be.

HARIMOHAN PARUVU is an accomplished cricketer who has played for Hyderabad in the 1985-87 Ranji Trophy matches. A civil engineer and MBA, he worked in the corporate sector for a decade before giving it up to write full-time. He is the author of India’s first cricket novel The Men Within: A Cricketing Tale and the romance If you love someone. Harimohan also blogs, teaches, leads workshops and coaches executives.