Inside the Boundary Line

ƒHe couldn't prove it in a court of law but he had seen it in these two maiden overs being bowled. No, not bowled maidens but rather played maidens by the batsmen. It was akin and not so akin to seeing a ghostƒ Inside the Boundary Line creates an alternate reality woven around the game of cricket. Dhiren Shah, the protagonist, is a common man with some common sense. He falls into the lure of cricket betting. While indulging in betting, he is able to decipher and understand the deep and intricate connections between betting and match-fixing in cricket. Slowly but surely he discovers that his world is ruled by machinations and corruption of some, and the folly of the rest. The work also portrays the roles played by the various parties including the commentators and cricket-experts in the operations of the match-fixing conglomerate. You will shock yourself to discover that there is a lot about cricket you are yet to learn.

Atul Kumar was born in Bhiwani (Haryana) and graduated from Delhi College of Engineering. He did his post graduation in Civil Engineering from IIT Madras and served Indian Railways thereafter. While working at the joint secretary level in the Railways, he estimated and highlighted the continuing annual loss of Rs. 50 billion through procurement in the Indian Railways. For his outstanding efforts he was awarded the S R Jindal Prize 2011 for Crusade against Corruption by the Sitaram Jindal Foundation. He has chronicled his experiences and pain through a book titled rogues rascals and Eunuchs (pain of an Indian whistle-blower). Atul Kumar also writes poetry and has been awarded for his Hindi poetry collection Khoonti par tanga Gandhi. Inside the Boundary Line is his second book in prose.