Chandrahas Bey has a post on the best Indian cricket writing(click here). From what Chandrahas writes (and also from what I've read before), Ramachandra Guha's work stands apart from the rest. Among recent books, Rahul Bhattacharya's Pundits From Pakistan has received praise from all quarters. It's been lying on my bookshelf for a while now, should get to reading it soon.

PS: Too distracted with work for purposeful blogging.