Noted litterateur Atulananda Goswami on Sep 1 released a book – Cricket Pitch Aru Bigyan (Cricket Pitch and Science) – written by curator Dr Sunil Kumar Baruah – in a function at the Lakhsmiram Baruah Sadan Guwahati.
The book is being written in Assamese by Dr Baruah, who has loads of experience in preparing cricket pitches in the State. He is associated with Assam Cricket Association (ACA) as a curator and has prepared the Nehru Stadium pitch for One-day Internationals on several occasions.
Releasing the book, Goswami said although he has very little knowledge about cricket, he became upset when he came to know about the match-fixing practice in cricket. The Sahitya Academy Award winner literature said corruption in sports was unearthed in the Mahabharata era when Guru Drunacharyya asked Ekalavya’s right thumb as gurudaskhna so that Ekalavya can never beat his favoured pupil Arjuna.
Goswami urged the sports administrators not to indulge in corrupt practices.
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