THIRD UMPIRE
RAMCHANDRA GUHA HAS RAISED THE ISSUE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AGAINST CRICKET LEGENDS & LASHED OUT AT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT METED OUT TO SOME OF THEM
GUHA SPARED
no one and questioned skipper Virat Kohli’s role in selection of coach, besides alleging conflict of interest on part of Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
HE ALSO
questioned the move to give former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni a Grade A Central Contract despite not playing all three formats of the game
EXPRESSED HIS
disgust for “extremely insensitive and unprofessional manner” in which the Kohli-Kumble rift was handled by BCCI HE RECOMMENDED
Javagal Srinath’s name in committee of administrators
QUESTIONED KOHLI’S
role in matters pertaining to appointment of BCCI’s panel of commentators. Guha’s letter also makes it clear that there is a rift between Kumble and Kohli
IN A VEILED
dig at the Indian captain, Guha writes that today, players are interfering in matters pertaining to appointment of coaches and commentators (Harsha Bhogle was removed for on-air criticism of Kohli), tomorrow it may well be that they would like to have a say on office-bearers.
TAKING AN
indirect dig at Dravid (India A coach) and R Sridhar (fielding coach), Guha questioned BCCI for allowing them to have IPL contracts with Delhi Daredevils (Dravid) and Kings XI Punjab (Sridhar)
HE TRAINED
his gun on Sourav Ganguly, who is a TV pundit apart from being president of the Cricket Association of Bengal