Netflix has found a market in India and bouyed by the success of Sacred Games it already has many original content lined up for the next few months. One such series is based on Aravind Adiga's book Selection Day. What better time to revisit the book.

Selection day is about two brothers who have been pushed into cricket , one earmaked as a protege , the other always tagged as not a protege. With various characters around the brothers Adiga explores moral and political corruption while the game grows to be a behemoth . Adiga's booker prize winning novel The White Tiger described with a humourous tint India's struggle with the classist society . While you can see the mastery of Adiga when he approaches these themes , you can also see his growth as a writer when he explores the sexuality and religion of his characters.

Adiga doesnt try to hide in his novel the fact that he was setting for the protege to fail. In fact he positively pushes you into it with his various references (the Sachin vs Kambli one appears too). However that doesnt detract from the experience. What does though is the rather simplistic resolutions provided to a few of the conflicts . You end up wanting more as you reach the end.
Adiga is one of favourite writers of Indian origin and his skills as a writer are something I wish to emulate if I can. But selection day just needed a bit more.
Maybe the Netflix series will do it more justice.