'The BCCI isn't arrogant'
The BCCI's chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty, in an interview with Firstpost.com , speaks of the rise of the BCCI, its decision to remain an independent entity not reliant on government grants, its current professional set-up and it's
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
The BCCI's chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty, in an interview with Firstpost.com, speaks of the rise of the BCCI, its decision to remain an independent entity not reliant on government grants, its current professional set-up and it's standing on the world stage.
“Only after the Hero Cup did BCCI start marketing the telecast rights and that’s when we started making money. Sometimes, when I read the minutes of the board meetings in the early 90s, it is quite interesting. Now, we hold our meetings in five-star hotels but in the early days, powerful industrialists who were then in charge of the board, would often hold meetings in their houses because we couldn’t afford hotels.”
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo