Historian and a well-received cricket writer Ramachandra Guha has accused the Board of Control for Cricket in India of nepotism and dictatorial rule under Amit Shah and N Srinivasan lobby. The writer of the famous book, ‘A Corner of a Foreign Field’ believes that these two lobbies have diluted any progress made under the Lodha Committee recommended and Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators.
“N Srinivasan and Amit Shah are effectively running Indian cricket today. The state associations are run by somebody's daughter, somebody's son. The Board is steeped in intrigue and nepotism and there are great delays in paying Ranji Trophy players their dues. The reforms that were hoped for have not happened,” Guha told the newspaper DNA in an interview for his new book - The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind.
Alleging the CoA chief Vinod Rai of not hearing both parties in the Anil Kumble-Virat Kohli coach- captain dispute of 2017, the former CoA member said, “All of us were kept in the dark. I think the chairman [of the CoA] Mr. Rai if it [a rift] was brewing, should have had a conversation with both of them [Kohli and Kumble in 2017],” he said.
He further said that Mr. Rai could not use his experience in the matter, and it was really unfortunate. “After all, he is a wise and experienced administrator. He just gave in to one side without hearing the other. It was handled very badly,” Guha said.
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