Biswal good choice for India manager role
The BCCI have done well by appointing a long-term manager for the Indian team, and picked a worthy candidate for the role in Ranjib Biswal, according to sportzpower.com .
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
The BCCI have done well by appointing a long-term manager for the Indian team, and picked a worthy candidate for the role in Ranjib Biswal, according to sportzpower.com.
What works well for Biswal is that he is a former player, has played domestic cricket, played alongside the likes of Kumble, Ganguly, Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar in age-group cricket. And also is currently the president of a state association.
But probably the most important qualification for Biswal presently is the fact that he is a Congress leader. In various ways the board is mollifying the ruling party by appointing Biswal, a former Youth Congress leader and a close aide of Rahul Gandhi. The appointment of Congress' Union minister of state Jyotiraditya Scindia on the disciplinary panel probing suspended Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi is also a case in point.
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo