Selection Day
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Aravind Adiga |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fictional |
| Publisher | Picador (UK) HarperCollins (India) |
Publication date | 2016 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | Print (paperback, hardback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 978-93-5177-828-8 |
Selection Day is a 2016 sports fiction novel written by Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga. It was shortlisted along with four other writers for the 2017 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. It tells the story of Mohan Kumar, a chutney seller who trains his two sons: Manju Kumar and Radha Krishna for Mumbai's under-19 cricket team. Here Manju meets his rival, Javed. It was adapted into a Netflix series of the same name.