Summary

As Radha continues to grow, his batting skills continue to worsen since his new proportions throw off his batting technique. Manju grows little, and his cricket skills continue to improve. Mohan asks Manju to refuse the scholarship from Karim Ali, but Manju says that he plans on accepting the scholarship. Meanwhile, Tommy Sir sits in his apartment and struggles to make progress on the history of cricket he is writing. He is distracted by thoughts of Manju, whom Tommy Sir thinks may very well possess the talent to be the next great cricket player. The novel then jumps ahead several months to after Manju has returned from England. He says little about his trip other than that it was enjoyable. Anand Mehta wants Manju to join the Indian Premier League as a mascot in order to make some money, but Tommy Sir says...