BCCI At The Crossroads?

It is difficult to dismiss Lodha’s stand on age limit for the administrators as irrational. You have to Draw The Line Somewhere. Unfortunately, the rule is applied equally to those who are healthy and spirited and can continue to contribute to the game, and those who are not so enabled. This is sad, but in the real world, such inequities are common, writes R. K. Raghavan.

- R. K. Raghavan

There has been an overkill of Justice Lodha’s report on BCCI reforms. Tendentious responses from both sides — supporters (read Anurag Thakur, Bedi,et al.) and detractors (read Sharad Pawar, NS and others) — have flooded the media, which itself has not been above partisanship. Both the camps have, however, been restrained and dignified in whatever they said. This augurs well for the BCCI’s future.

As elsewhere in our firmament — and particularly in cricket administration in our country — there are no permanent friends or foes. There are only permanent interests. The most unlikely combinations have been forged in the past to outwit someone considered a common foe.

In My View, there is no need to get exercised about the squabble within the BCCI, particularly when our ranking in international cricket remains high. With Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin going great guns in the Caribbean, why should we be in mourning? We have possibly sent the best available team to

West Indies, and they are performing well. There are no charges of favouritism or wrong selections. Everything is hunky-dory?