Guwahati, June 27 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar at his office in Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati on Saturda and discussed strengthening Assam's cricketing ecosystem.

The great opening batter, who is known for his remarkable mastery against the world's fiercest fast bowlers, proposed to organise an International Marathon in Guwahati on the lines of the Tokyo Marathon '25.

Chief Minister Sarma said that he will be glad to host it as the government will definitely examine the proposal.

The Assam CM shared a post on X with a video of the meeting and wrote, "Shri Sunil Gavaskar ji met me & proposed to organise an International Marathon in Guwahati on the lines of the Tokyo Marathon'25. We ...