IS Bindra blames Srinivasan for BCCI mayhem

Former President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), IS Bindra, is not a very happy man at the moment. He feels saddened to see the turmoil that the BCCI is undergoing as a result of the Lodha recommendations. The former President reckons that the root cause of all the mayhem that has perpetrated is because of N Srinivasan.

As per the quotes in The Hindu, IS Bindra was direct while affirming the same. “The seed of the Board’s destruction as a sports body lay in the decision of N. Srinivasan to defy the judiciary,” Bindra quoted. He further explained his point as he said that he had advised Srinivasan to step down from his President post back in 2013.

However, despite his suggestion, Srinivasan continued to stay in power because of support from other BCCI officials. “Along with Sanjay Jagdale and Ajay Shirke, I had advised him to step down from his post of president at the AGM in Chennai (in 2013). But we were isolated because Srinivasan found support from five other Board officials who chose to stay back in Delhi. He stepped aside but only aggravated the problems for the Board,” Bindra explained.

He also condemned the decision made by the board to challenge the judiciary. He rightly pointed out that one can only fight the government but not the judiciary. The board should have accepted the norms earlier before aggravating things.

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“It was an ill-advised move. You can fight the Government but not the judiciary. Their word is the law. There is a way of putting your differences across, but it is silly if you think you can take on the Supreme Court, The Board should have complied with the reforms and later approached the Court to look at the issues,” he mentioned further.

Talking about the idea of BCCI to involve ICC in the entire scenario, Bindra totally rubbished the plan. He thinks it was a blunder to expect the ICC to intervene the matter between the board and the government.

“It was an ill-advised move. You can fight the Government but not the judiciary. Their word is the law. There is a way of putting your differences across, but it is silly if you think you can take on the Supreme Court, The Board should have complied with the reforms and later approached the Court to look at the issues. There is no leadership. Experience has been wiped out because of self-inflicted woes. It is time they realise their follies and work to set things right,” he conceded.