'Kumble's position untenable'
Pradeep Magazine, writing in the Hindustan Times , says it's a case of a serious conflict of interest - and a "depressing" one - that Anil Kumble, who is the president of a state association and chairman of the NCA, is also a player agent.
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Pradeep Magazine, writing in the Hindustan Times, says it's a case of a serious conflict of interest - and a "depressing" one - that Anil Kumble, who is the president of a state association and chairman of the NCA, is also a player agent.
Apart from seeing no conflict of interest in what he is doing, he had this to say in his defence to the Outlook magazine: "The positions with the KSCA and NCA are honorary jobs, and I have to look after myself. At this stage of my career, I have to do that. Otherwise, you'd have to become like Gandhi and give up everything." What can one say to a man to whom the Indian cricketing fraternity owes so much for his deeds on the field, except that why get into such a position at all.
Anil Kumble’s conflict of interest raises questions about whether getting former players into the BCCI will really change anything, writes Amit Gupta in the Mumbai Mirror.
Tedious rhetorical questions that show Kumble’s double role is just as dubious as that of others in the BCCI, writes Kunal Pradhan in the same newspaper.
There is too much at stake for Kumble to embroil himself in needless controversies, writes Suresh Menon on cricketnext.com. But he has been presented with an opportunity to do the right thing - even if that means a temporary commercial loss, he adds.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo