Indian cricket needs more transparency
Peter Roebuck, writing in the Hindu , hails the Indian Supreme Court's decision to recognise cricket officials and administrators as public servants, bringing them under the purview of corruption laws that apply to public servants
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Peter Roebuck, writing in the Hindu, hails the Indian Supreme Court's decision to recognise cricket officials and administrators as public servants, bringing them under the purview of corruption laws that apply to public servants. Roebuck writes that the decision could usher in greater transparency and accountability over the governance of the game in India.
Gambling is rife, rigged matches are not unknown, brown paper bags smooth the path of building contracts. The corruption of the CWG in New Delhi has been exposed. Let the CWC come next. After that the IPL and ICL need to publish their documents.
Officials are servants of the game not its blithe masters. Already there is talk of hidden payments to IPL players whose auction price was low. Cricket has its seamy side.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo