A curator falling to the lure of corrupt money doesn't come as a surprise to former BCCI pitch committee chairman Venkat Sundaram, who says "underpaid groundsmen" are vulnerable to such approaches. Besides being a pitch expert, Sundaram is a former first-class batsman who played against the now suspended Pune curator and former pacer Pandurang Salgaoncar.
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<img title="On field umpire Rod Tucker (L) of Australia and Chettithody Shamshuddin (C) of India watch as reserve umpire Nitin Menon of India tosses a bail to inspect the pitch ahead of the 2nd one day international (ODI) cricket match between India and New Zealand at The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on October 25, 2017. India's cricket board on October 25 banned an official from the Pune ground after he was recorded saying he tampered with the pitch ahead of the second one-day international against New Zealand. Pandurang Salgaoncar, the pitch manager at the Pune ground, was exposed during an undercover sting by India Today TV claiming he doctored the surface ahead of the ODI starting Wednesday. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/oct/Pitch-Report.jpg" alt="On field umpire Rod Tucker (L) of Australia and Chettithody Shamshuddin (C) of India watch as reserve umpire Nitin Menon of India tosses a bail to inspect the pitch ahead of the 2nd one day international (ODI) cricket match between India and New Zealand at The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on October 25, 2017. India's cricket board on October 25 banned an official from the Pune ground after he was recorded saying he tampered with the pitch ahead of the second one-day international against New Zealand. Pandurang Salgaoncar, the pitch manager at the Pune ground, was exposed during an undercover sting by India Today TV claiming he doctored the surface ahead of the ODI starting Wednesday. Pic/AFP" /> On field umpire Rod Tucker (L) of Australia and Chettithody Shamshuddin (C) of India watch as reserve umpire Nitin Menon of India tosses a bail to inspect the pitch ahead of the 2nd one day international (ODI) cricket match between India and New Zealand at The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on October 25, 2017. India's cricket board on October 25 banned an official from the Pune ground after he was recorded saying he tampered with the pitch ahead of the second one-day international against New Zealand. Pandurang Salgaoncar, the pitch manager at the Pune ground, was exposed during an undercover sting by India Today TV claiming he doctored the surface ahead of the ODI starting Wednesday. Pic/AFP
"Players and officials have been involved in corruption in the past so the next soft target was very much likely to be the curators, who in my opinion are hugely underpaid compared to match officials and players," Sundaram said. "The India cricketers are earning in crores, first-class players in lakhs and they deserve to. But you also have to look after the groundsmen. Not only is the chief curator underpaid, some of the other groundsmen make just about Rs 10,000 to 15,000 per month," he added.
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