Zoya by Anuja Chauhan

When the younger players in India�s cricket team learn that mid-level advertising executive Zoya Singh Solanki was born at the exact moment that India clinched the World Cup, back in �83, they are intrigued; when eating breakfast with her is followed by victories on the field, they are impressed; and when not eating with her results in defeat, they are convinced she�s their lucky charm. Between them and the eccentric IBCC president they coax Zoya to accompany the Indian team to Australia for the tenth ICC World Cup on an all-expenses-paid holiday, on the condition that she breakfast with them before every match. Worshipped by her fans, and vilified by the other competing teams, Zoya struggles valiantly to do her bit for Indian cricket. Now if only Nikhil Khoda, the erratically brilliant captain, would stop clashing with her and telling her that he doesn�t need luck to win the World Cup�