Ganguly expresses his "deep sense of fear and worry" for Indian cricket

"I am writing this mail with the deep meaning of © Getty

L & # 39; Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly wrote Tuesday at BCCI a scathing letter expressing serious concerns about the recent operation of the Indian board of directors.

Since the "appalling" way with which the current Indian coach Ravi Shastri was named on alleged harbadment charges against the board's CEO, Rahul Johri, and in the manner in which the chief of police handled the case, Ganguly expressed his Concern in the sad state of the administration. "Expressing on the many issues that surfaced recently, Ganguly also criticized the changing playing conditions of the national cricket in the middle of the season. [19659007] Ganguly, member of the committee Cricket Advisory who appointed Shastri to the post of Indian coach after the unconscious At the exit of Anil Kumble, "My experience in coaching selection was appalling. The less we said, the better. "

The president of the Bengal Cricket Association and the chairman of the technical committee of BCCI responsible for defining the rules, regulations and conditions of play for the Domestic cricket, Ganguly was also shocked by the frequent rule changes during the season. "The cricket rules are changed in the middle of a season, which we have never heard of. The decisions made by the committees are overturned with utter disrespect, "wrote the 46-year-old player.

Ganguly further found that the two charges of harbadment were well-founded against Johri as well as the decision-making on the issue have very poorly presented the commission.

Johri had a week from 13 October to explain after an anonymous complaint against him surfaced on Twitter. 20 and 22 October and Vinod Rai, its chairman, decided to set up an external committee for an independent inquiry, but Diana Edulji, the other half of the two members of the Agriculture Council, Johri's resignation prior to any such investigation, given the seriousness of the complaint

"I do not know how true that is, but recent reports of harbadment have really made BCCI very poor, "wrote Gangul y in his letter. "It's even more true. The committee of the CdA has gone from four to two and now the two seem divided. "

In a very firm letter, Ganguly added:" I write this mail to you all, with the deep feeling of fear to know where the administration of Indian cricket is going. After playing the game for a long time, where our lives were ruled by victories and defeats and where the image of Indian cricket was of paramount importance. We wake up watching how our cricket is doing even now.

"But with a deep sense of concern, (I used the word worry), I beg you to say that things have happened as they have been in recent years, The authority of Indian cricket on the world and the love and conviction of millions of fans are down.

"Indian cricket, closely followed, was built during years of hard work by superb administrators and the biggest cricketers have managed to attract thousands of fans to the ground. I think it's in danger. I hope people listen. "

Ganguly's frustrations are not unusual." Topics such as rule changes thwarted other people, such as Ratnakar Shetty, who had e-mailed Saba Karim, head of cricket operations. and to Aditya Varma (Secretary of the Cricket Association) of Bihar), who sent a letter to the Court of Auditors in which he alleged that the change of rule could have been made in favor of the son of an official after his transfer. in Tripura.

Ganguly's letter of frustration comes a day after the Court's submission to the Supreme Court's tenth status report, in which it stated that Ganguly's CAB was partially in line with the reforms that must be made. to be put in place by the recommendations of the Lodha Committee.