Question

how Mahatma Gandhi was related with Cricket sport

Answer 1

He writes, “While the history of White cricket – often paraded as the sum total of cricket history in South Africa – has received significant publicity, the history of Black cricket has largely been hidden from view. What lies hidden is a rich and exciting history that demands greater exploration.” He was the president of Kwazulu-Natal Cricket Union.

“The purpose of the book is to record the Indian contribution to South Africa’s development in sports,” says Desai as India record their first ever ODI win at Kingsmead, once the hotbed of racist practices and apartheid policies of the then South African government. Desai calls it a cathedral of white cricket.

But according to both Naidoo and Desai, the most talented Indian was not a cricketer but a golfer called Sewsunker Papwa Sewgolum, who would caddie famous players and then would go on to become a famous golfer himself. In one tournament, he went to the extent of beating Gary Player, who had nine major championships and three senior British Open titles. After his victory over Player, now 82, Sewgolum was not allowed to take part in future tournaments. But the saddest of the apartheid tales was that when he won the tournament, he had to receive the trophy outside in heavy rain. Apartheid rules did not allow him to enter the clubhouse of the golf course.