The Indian
cricket news sometimes give you lot more excitement than catching up with cricket live matches. Take the example of the most recent one; Sharad Pawar---the former BCCI president and current ICC VP has been slapped with a perjury charge. The rest of the five against whom Court has ordered a criminal proceeding includes the crème of India’s cricket establishment, namely Shasank Manohar, BCCI President, Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI Chief Administrative Officer, N. Srinivasan, BCCI secretary, Niranjan Shah, former BBCI secretary and Chirayu Amin, BCCI VP and Junior Cricket Committee Chairman. Dalmiya filed a petition against al these key players of BCCI that they had made a false court affidavit in order to remove him from the Board in 2006.
You can call it sweet revenge or poetic justice or call it by any other names. But Dalmiya’s revenge is not over---may be it will come to full swing when India’s agricultural minister along with his associates in the Cricket Board serve a rigorous imprisonment for upto seven years. Yes that is precisely the punishment for misleading the court. This land these heavy weight cricket administrator really in a soup; unless they obtain a stay order from Supreme Court, they will be dragged to criminal court and will be defending themselves against the charge of perjury.
Dalmiya, who maintained from the start and moved the cricket news media that his expulsion was unethical and unjustified, seemed to grab the first round victory in a prolonged legal battle. This court decision now becomes Dalmiya’s weapon to strengthen his stand that his expulsion from the board was a nothing but a big conspiracy. “I am happy that my stand has been vindicated. I have faith in the legal process and I believe in honesty” said a visibly ecstatic Dalmiya.
However, the members of Bengal Cricket Board are not apparently happy with the court decision, as they consider this would prove to be futile for the future of Bengal cricket. They suggest that Dalmiya should walk the path of compromise in the interest of Bengal cricket. A great political move indeed---but when was Indian cricket was devoid of narrow politics? The cricket world is waiting in the meantime with batted breath to see what can of worms come out with the court proceedings. Wait for more cricket news on how the cricket bosses including one Union minister defend their cases which apparently seem to be pretty fishy.
