Ramchandra Guha put some major allegations against Indian cricket board

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Ramchandra Guha, one of the best sports historians in Indian cricket, has revealed some hard truths about Indian cricket. He was one of the members of the CoA committee formed in 2017 under the direction of the Supreme Court. But he left the committee after six months because of the politics and lack of transparency in the board.

The observations of the famous writer Ramchandra are becoming some important questions. Crores of rupees has spent in Supreme Court in the last five years on board corruption cases. Instead, it shows that nothing has worked. The terms of Sourav Ganguly and Joy Shah were due to expire in last June. But in May, board secretary Joy Shah filed a lawsuit in court seeking to stay in power. But that case has not come to court till today. And since no case has been filed so far, both Sourav and Joy Shah have benefited.

Historian Ramchandra Guha outlines his five observations -

• One, the Indian board is now practically run by Amit Shah and Srinivasan. Someone's son or daughter is running the state cricket bodies. The board is now full of nepotism. None of the reforms that were talked about came into force.
• Two, look at Sourav Ganguly. The head of the board is now a fantasy game ambassador. Such demand of Indian cricketers for money is very shocking. Why is Sourav doing it for some extra money? If the head of the board does that, then where will the standard of honesty of the rest of the cricketers go?
• Three, the manner in which CoA Chairman Vinod Rai has decided to listen to one side in the Kohli vs. Kumble debate has been extremely unfair. The rest of the CoA members were in the dark about it. He should have decided to talk to both sides.
•  Four, conflict of interest is a very bad thing. What Saurabh has done here is not right at all. This would not have happened if it was another country.
•  Five, the condition of the commentators is now very miserable. Sanjay Manjrekar has had to stop commentary and return to apologize. It's ridiculous at once. Why will the board have control over the commentators? These things don't happen anywhere in the world.

The questions raised by Ramchandra are in fact the ultimate truth and these are not new. Many legendary cricketers do not even open their mouths for fear that the ruling cricket and politicians will get angry. Ramchandra raised the question why they are so silent about it?

However, if you look closely, you can see how many cases have been heard in the last few years regarding the board scandal. Day after day it has been in the headlines. The Mudgal Committee was formed after the IPL betting scandal. Later on January 22, 2015, the Lodha Committee was formed. Those who submit reports within 14 July.

Justices Lodha and Mudgal acted very sincerely and expeditiously. But their work did nothing. Sourav was called to the Mudgal Committee. Later, to block all the recommendations of the two judges, some of the board officials formed another panel headed by Justice Katju and they went to the Supreme Court.

Mudgal has become the head of the Saurabh Board of the Committee, but has the obstacle in the way of reform been removed? Srinivasan or Anurag Thakur has been removed but their son or daughter or relatives are still present  in the board. Many people are confused when they see the board president himself in the advertisement of Fantasy League during IPL. Anurag Thakur demanded that betting in the game be made legal. But on the recommendation of the Mudgal Committee, the cricket board has withheld it even today. Impressed by Mudgal's various recommendations, FIFA has warmly invited him and he is being used to prevent corruption in football in various countries.

Basically, there is an invisible thread between the board and the politicians. The binding of those threads sometimes loosens and moves to the front. Although everyone knows that there will be no profit in it. The bond between politicians and board officials will all be calm again.