No checks and balances for monopolistic BCCI?
Surjit S Bhalla, writing for the Indian Express, bemoans this grudge match between the BCCI and CSA, that has come at the cost of some quality cricket
07-Sep-2013
Ever since Cricket South Africa announced the appointment of Haroon Lorgat as chief executive, the BCCI and CSA have been at loggerheads. From threatening to end CSA's stake in the Champions League Twenty20, and disrupting the upcoming South Africa tour with a revised schedule, the BCCI's actions have not been in good taste, writes Surjit S Bhalla in the Indian Express.
The manner in which the grudge match between BCCI-Srinivasan and CSA-Lorgat is being played out is nothing short of embarrassing for both, humiliating to Lorgat and, at a minimum, humiliating to all the cricket tragics of the world. If cricket is played to be enjoyed, surely everybody, including the Indians and Tendulkar, would rather play against South Africa than virtually any other team in the world. Steyn, an up and coming among the greatest bowlers of the world, Kallis, possibly the best all-rounder ever, versus Tendulkar, possibly the greatest batsman India has produced, and one who the greatest batsman, (appropriately named Don), considered to be the closest to his own style and temperament.