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Shashank Manohar presides over cleaning up of BCCI’s IPL
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Newly elected BCCI President Shashank Manohar hit his straps and struck the right notes at its Working Committee meeting last Sunday.
The decisions that the general public evinced most interest in were the ones pertaining to who would replace Pepsi as the title sponsor, whether the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royal franchises would be terminated or suspended and what would be the particulars of the newly framed conflict of interest rules within the cricketing body.
The Board did not disappoint.
Pepsi logo (1970-1991) In 1987, the font was modified slightly to a more rounded version which was used until 1991. This logo is now used for Pepsi Throwback (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Pepsi are expectedly out.
Surprise, surprise, it’s not Paytm replacing them but Vivo mobiles. That’s pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
Fair enough, given that Vivo agreed to the deal at the same price that Pepsi signed on.
Paytm would have been hard-pressed to match that.
The BCCI, after all its fulminations and discussions with the franchises’ owners, submitted to Justice Lodha committee’s dictates suspending the CSK and RR franchises for two years. The show must go on though—with eight teams.
Tenders will be floated and bids invited for two fresh franchises—once more making it a 10 team league in 2018.
Good enough.
It is the proposed conflict of interest rules that have raised a hue and cry within the BCCI and the state associations.
Shashank Manohar has taken a leaf out of his judicial textbook and drafted a stringent set of stipulations for administrators, selectors, commentators and players.
You could swear you heard a collective groan within the cosy cricketing fraternity.
To the highest bidder goes the spoils.
And you can rest assured that ex-cricketers will be scrambling to join the IPL band-wagon where the highest paymasters reside.
The guidelines will be tabled at the Annual General Meeting on Monday, 9th November 2015 at the BCCI Headquarters in Mumbai.
Manohar certainly means business when it comes to cleaning up the IPL mess.
No further comment.
Supreme Court: What they said, really meant and definitely didn’t
Supreme justice for N Srinivasan.
What they said:
“Individuals are birds of passage while institutions are forever.”
The Supreme Court bench of Justices T S Thakur and F M I Kalifulla read N Srinivasan his rights in a ruling that effectively prevents him contesting for the BCCI top post.
The judges ruled out any person having a commercial interest in BCCI events from being a part of the governing body. Srinivasan has a controlling interest in Chennai Super Kings, an IPL team.
They said:
“The BCCI is a very important institution that discharges important public functions. Demands of institutional integrity are, therefore, heavy and need to be met suitably in larger public interest. Individuals are birds of passage while institutions are forever.
The expectations of the millions of cricket lovers in particular and public at large in general have lowered considerably the threshold of tolerance for any mischief, wrong doing or corrupt practices which ought to be weeded out of the system.”
What they really meant:
“…birds of passage…..And your time is past, Mr. Srinivasan. You are not the BCCI and the BCCI is not you.”
What they definitely didn’t:
“Could we have a couple of freebies to the CSK games, Mr. Srinivasan, please?”
N Srinivasan: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
N Srinivasan is not resigned to his fate.
What he said:
“Why should I ask him to resign?”
N Srinivasan is not conflicted about whether he should retain Indian skipper MS Dhoni as an India Cements Limited employee and Chennai Super Kings captain.
The beleaguered BCCI chief was rapped by the Supreme Court for a conflict of interest in the hearing on the Mudgal commission report’s investigation into the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
Replying to reporters as to what Dhoni’s role was at ICL, the ICC chairman snapped:
“Why should I tell you?
What he really meant:
“Who am I to ask Dhoni to quit while I don’t? Why should he? Is he my son-in-law?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Am I my CSK team’s skipper’s keeper?”
IS Bindra: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
IS Bindra
What he said:
“It’s such a frustrating scenario: One can’t become the chief minister, but one can still become the prime minister! “
IS Bindra, former president of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), is acerbic about the current farcical situation; Narayanswamy Srinivasan is unable to preside over the BCCI pending a Supreme Court judgment yet is chairman of the ICC.
The outspoken former BCCI chief recently stepped down as head of the PCA.
He said:
“I haven’t made it easier for Srini … In fact, I’m free to blog and tweet exactly what I want… My hands aren’t tied now…”
On his retirement:
“I’d reached a stage where I felt I couldn’t do anything for cricket in India…
Also, I didn’t want the PCA to suffer because of my strong views on Srini. Mohali should have got a Test against the West Indies, but didn’t. Yet, there are affiliates of the Board who keep getting international matches out of turn…
I’ve helped build the PCA and I’m passionate about it. I couldn’t have allowed it to be penalised because of my convictions. I’ve always respected the primacy of institutions…
Above all, there comes a time in everyone’s life when one has to gracefully retire and move on after having been at the helm of an institution. I couldn’t have been at the PCA forever.”
On Jagmohan Dalmiya:
“I’d expected Jaggu to join me in the fight to oust Srini, but he didn’t do so. It’s for him to explain why. I’m as disappointed with quite a few of the others in the Board who, too, have chosen to stay quiet.”
On Srinivasan’s chances of returning as Board president if the Supreme Court fails to bar him:
“If that’s so, then Srini will win. Who’ll oppose him? For one reason or the other, I don’t see any opposition. Not when the men with influence are silent. I’ve retired as an administrator, but my love for cricket remains undiminished. I’ll gun for whoever tries to harm the game in India. You can be assured.”
What he really meant:
“It’s like you can be President but you can’t be governor. Or you can volunteer but you can’t work.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Let’s play musical chairs with the Supreme Court, the Pied Piper.”
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