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Call this cricket?

Even the best of sportspersons don’t travel light. English football has been shamed by fan hooliganism. Indian cricket must carry the stain of its thuggish administrators. On India’s current tour of New Zealand, BCCI bosses are having a rather rollicking time policing the game. They have chosen ....Read more

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BCCI needs to lose its politicians!By: Vijay Kamath | Friday , 20 Mar '09 11:32:55 AM Reply | Forward Ask the paying public what they would like to see - the answer I am sure, being a member of this paying public, is that they would like to see both - and that is what the BCCI should uphold. Please tell me any other sport administration in the world that is not represented at the helm by a past sportsman in the field - please leave all Indian sports federation out. The administrators of the BCCI (and for that matter most other sports in India) are career politicians rather than servants of the game. There is no semblance of servitude in their manner, sorry I lie, there is servitude but it is pure self servitude. I do not say that we do not need no-sportsmen in the Board, we do, for pure administration skills not for their politics. Sportsmen in their respective field should be left to deal with the sport itself and the running of affairs of the sport. There is enough talent within the sporting community for the sport and also its administration. Dada for BCCI president!

There were so many easier optionsBy: Andrew | Friday , 20 Mar '09 8:53:56 AM Reply | Forward Also, it has given the BCCI to almost choose who can and can't play for other countries. There were so many easier strategys for the ICL but instead the BCCI decided to try and show how powerful it is (something they seem quite eager to do). For example merging the two and having the ICL as (in english footbal terms) a first division where you have promotion and relegation like the english football leagues do, this can only enhance the league and see cricket prosper. I can only imagine how many talented not only non-indian players but also indian players will never represent their country due to the ICL is evil and needs to be destroyed mentality.

Not only the BCCI to blameBy: Andrew | Friday , 20 Mar '09 9:39:16 AM Reply | Forward One thing i will add to my above post is that the other major associations like the ECB, ACB and SA are equally to blame blindly following the BCCI in banning ICL players

Bring back BondBy: Matthew | Friday , 20 Mar '09 4:40:01 AM Reply | Forward THe BCCI is treated with disdain in New Zealand for the reasons above, but also keep in mind the type of players that are being kept out of our side. Hamish Marshall and Lou Vincent would both walk into this team to replace one of the openers and Daniel Flynn and we are deprived of our one strike bowler, Shane Bond, who destroyed the visiting indians on their last visit. As a New Zealander myself watching the series as we are getting humiliated in the first test, i cant help by feel cheated that Bond is not their, he surely would make more of an impact than Mills or Franklin. Bond needs to be brought back in the side so that the next two tests arnt repeated humiliations, but you can almost guarantee if NZC made such a move the BCCI would abort the tour.

BCCI BrouhahaBy: Kunal Talgeri | Thursday , 19 Mar '09 14:10:55 PM Reply | Forward There is a deeper malaise about the BCCI. Sheer common sense dictates that no stone is left unturned to provide security for the general elections. Yet, BCCI believes both need to occur in the same window of time. This also shows lack of planning: the oversight of hosting IPL in the April-June corridor (when polls were expected to take place). If that is not damning enough, is this a time to be making international and national cricketers play the game when a team itself found itself being shot at? All this shows a lack of empathy to larger issues like security and national interests.