Sharda Ugra

More power to Diana Edulji

A pioneer for the cause of Indian women's cricket, she is now the only cricketer, male or female, on the BCCI's interim panel of administrators

08-Feb-2017•Sharda Ugra

How many people does it take to run a cricket association?

The saga of the recent delayed selection meeting raises this important question

11-Jan-2017•Sharda Ugra

Why the red-card proposal is important for grass-roots cricket

Players might soon be sent off the field for bad behaviour - though you probably won't see the punishment being enforced much in international cricket

15-Dec-2016•Sharda Ugra

How India learnt to stop worrying and (sort of) love the DRS

A long-time opponent of the review system, the BCCI has come around to a partial acceptance of it following tests of its efficacy

15-Nov-2016•Sharda Ugra

What's the worst that can happen, BCCI?

We are being told that implementing the Lodha recommendations will mark the downfall of Indian cricket. How true is that?

13-Oct-2016•Sharda Ugra

It's about TV rights, stupid

The latest stand-off between the BCCI and the other major cricket boards is to do with a shift in how broadcast deals could be made in the future

10-Sep-2016•Sharda Ugra

We need to talk about cricket and the Olympics

The question has been raising its head with a certain regularity of late

17-Aug-2016•Sharda Ugra

What next for the BCCI?

Their strategy in dealing with the Lodha panel's recommendations was severely flawed, and the chickens have now come home to roost

19-Jul-2016•Sharda Ugra

Pakistan's Amir experiment a lesson for cricket

How Pakistan's dressing room could tackle what has never been tried before in cricket - the return of a corrupted player

21-Jan-2016•Sharda Ugra

Lodha panel has delivered, over to the BCCI

There is now a detailed pathway for how the BCCI can reform all aspects of its governance. It is up to the Supreme Court to decide exactly how

05-Jan-2016•Sharda Ugra

A letter to Virat Kohli

India's captain has a problem with criticism in the press. He needs to accept that it comes with the territory

12-Dec-2015•Sharda Ugra

The giant broom of the BCCI

The board's new reforms are largely to be welcomed, but that does not mean it's going to be smooth sailing from now

12-Nov-2015•Sharda Ugra

Should Mumbai and Chennai be struck off the international cricket calendar?

If their local governments cannot ensure the safety of cricketers from certain countries, maybe it's time they lost their hosting rights

21-Oct-2015•Sharda Ugra

How far will the BCCI go to clean its stables?

Shashank Manohar's proposals to do with conflicts of interest are well-intentioned but it remains to be seen if, and to what extent, they are enforced

21-Oct-2015•Sharda Ugra

Seam-friendly tracks leave India in a spin

With pitches across the country being groomed to suit seamers, India's batsmen find themselves in an altered reality: mostly capable against pace, but lacking in experience against quality spin

17-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Galle

This one's for the girls

The HPCA academy in Dharamsala, India's first residential facility for women players, is setting a fine example for the rest of the country's cricket associations to follow

21-Jun-2015•Sharda Ugra

The BCCI tries to change its spots

The new administration, led by Jagmohan Dalmiya and Anurag Thakur, is attempting to mend the image of the board by changing the way it operates in various regards

09-Jun-2015•Sharda Ugra

Not such an English game anymore

Increasing numbers of top-level cricketers are not comfortable expressing themselves in cricket's original tongue. It's an issue a game with global interests needs to take seriously

23-Mar-2015•Sharda Ugra

A bouncer at cricket's soul

The ECB's discussion of four-day Tests is several steps from becoming a reality, but the implications are clear before us

25-Feb-2015•Sharda Ugra

Indian cricket will not regulate itself until forced to

Instead of setting its house in order, the BCCI is trying to disprove the findings of the Mudgal Commission. The panel needs wider powers if cricket is to become clean again

28-Apr-2014•Sharda Ugra

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