Chance for Pawar to be statesman

Suresh Menon writes on ESPNstar.com that though John Howard may not have been the ideal ICC vice-presidential candidate, his rejection could have been handled with more dignity. He also says newly-appointed ICC president Sharad Pawar must display statesmanship and diplomacy instead of helping the powerful countries ride roughshod over less influential ones.

For Australia and England, the ideal candidate would be someone who put India and their supporters in their place, while for India it would be someone who appreciated the ground reality and behaved accordingly. The ground reality being that India had the money, the muscle and the manpower and should thus be allowed to get their way.