Delhi, July 18, 2023 – Westland Sports, an imprint of Westland Books, announces the release of ‘Pitchside: My Life in Indian Cricket’ by long-term cricket administrator Amrit Mathur. In the book, Mr Mathur brings alive insightful first-person accounts of some of Indian Cricket’s most memorable moments. Anecdotes, events and matches are described from the perspective of an insider who has seen the game and the players up close for over three decades. The book is available in all major bookstores and online platforms from 17 July 2023 onward.
An experienced cricket administrator, Mr Mathur was the manager of the India team on the historic tour of South Africa in 1992. Later, he was part of PILCOM, the organising committee for the 1996 Cricket World Cup, also Chief Operating Officer of the Delhi Daredevils and General Manager of BCCI.
Mr Mathur’s “Pitchside: My Life in Cricket” provides readers with a rare glimpse of the inner functioning of the team, where he relates interesting conversations, dressing room atmosphere, team meeting discussions, and on and off-the-pitch details of iconic moments. Starting from the 1992 Friendship Tour in South Africa to the NatWest Series win in England in 2002, ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa, the India tour of Pakistan in 2004 to the inception of the Indian Premier League in 2008.
Speaking about the book Mr Amrit Mathur says, “Cricket has been a major part of my life and in Pitchside I look at events, matches and the many players and people who enriched my cricket journey.”
“Amrit has been a part of Indian cricket as a participant and an observer and his book takes the reader close to the game, the dugout, the BCCI and all the IPL .Pitchside is full of wonderful stories, anecdotes, and insights; I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun editing a book,” added Karthika V.K, Publisher, Westland Books
