Cricket’s Dark Days

As BCCI chief N. Srinivasan gets ready to head the world cricket, fans of the sport across the country and the world must be a worried lot (“Srinivasan’s Big Game”, March 17). It is surprising how Srinivasan was elected to become the ICC chief despite being mired in controversy. While the courts and investigative agencies have failed to find any evidence of wrongdoing in the part of Srinivasan in the IPL betting scandal case, his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyyapan has been accused of betting on Matches involving Chennai Super Kings, a team that Srinivasan manages. As the writer mentions, now with the BCCI chief all set to control the purse strings of the world cricket, there is a huge possibility that the rich teams will get richer while poor teams will get poorer. If the rot in the game’s administration continues unabated, the game of cricket will have all but a bleak future. SUMAN DAS, Kolkata