Kumble adds to the conflict
When Anil Kumble announced he would not play in the fourth edition of the IPL, it seemed like he had made a bold statement to shun any conflict of interest that may arise from him being a Board official and still being involved with an IPL team,
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
When Anil Kumble announced he would not play in the fourth edition of the IPL, it seemed like he had made a bold statement to shun any conflict of interest that may arise from him being a Board official and still being involved with an IPL team, Kunal Pradhan says in theMumbai Mirror. That’s why it was so disappointing that he turned up at the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s table at the auction.
Granted that Kumble, who is also chairman of the National Cricket Academy, doesn’t have a direct conflict to the extent some of the others mentioned above do. He doesn’t pick players for the Indian team like Srikkanth; he doesn’t directly control funds for the IPL like Srinivasan; and he’s not in a position to do blatant favours for his friends like Modi was. But by aligning himself to the Bangalore IPL team, Kumble, the official, lost an opportunity to do something expected from him the right thing.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo