Thirteen-year-old Laila loves cricket, but when her favourite cricketer is in the dock for match-fixing, she wonders if she can love the game again. But then, her school is going to host the town’s first girls’ cricket club. Can Laila forget her hero’s betrayal? Hit for a Six is not just a story about cricket. There is a delicious mystery woven around it as well.
(Rupa, 2017)