Mismanagement of Indian cricket reveals India's wider failings
An article in the Economist fits the latest controversy in the IPL within the larger malaise of corruption in India
28-May-2013
This article in the Economist fits the latest controversy in the IPL within the larger malaise of corruption in India.
India's mismanagement is bad for cricket elsewhere. The financial dominance of India has given its rulers a de facto veto on how the game is run globally. But India takes no responsibility for the Indian bookies corrupting cricket. The cricket board appears to view the collaborative culture of international cricket mainly as a threat to its interests.
As the global field most marked by India's economic rise, cricket is worryingly indicative of how the country conducts much of its official business. Negotiations on trade, energy and climate change, in which India is increasingly important, have been similarly buffeted by the intransigence of the elite.