Some years ago a friend of mine was sent by her boss to shoot what he called ``Gully Cricket'' ie cricket as it is played in the gullies of Delhi. I thought it was an odd assignment. However I went with her and discovered you cannot drive a few kilometers in Delhi before stumbling upon someone playing cricket somewhere.
Traveling around India I found the same. People where playing cricket everywhere. I found young boys play at the wide backyard of St Peters Church in Kanyakumari as I...
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Some years ago a friend of mine was sent by her boss to shoot what he called ``Gully Cricket'' ie cricket as it is played in the gullies of Delhi. I thought it was an odd assignment. However I went with her and discovered you cannot drive a few kilometers in Delhi before stumbling upon someone playing cricket somewhere.
Traveling around India I found the same. People where playing cricket everywhere. I found young boys play at the wide backyard of St Peters Church in Kanyakumari as I saw them play in a small glade in Kinnaur. I saw fishermen's children play in the sands on the Coromandal Coast as I saw scull-capped boys bat it out at a madrasa in Bhopal. I saw it played on the banks of the Yamuna with Taj Mahal in the background as I saw it play among the gravestones at a graveyard in Bangalore. I saw boys play it in the swamps at Kumbakaunam as I saw grown men wait their turn at the Shivaji Stadium in Mumbai- the hallowed grounds from where the journey of most Indian cricketing stars began. Town or village, young or old everyone was playing cricket.

I shot these photographs from my travels across India.
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