Indian Cricket has become the playground of politics from some times. The story has started since Dalmiya had lost the power in BCCI and Sharad Pawar had become the president of BCCI.
The tug-of-war was on since then and it is continued…
Jagmohan Dalmiya said after his re-election as the president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)on Saurav Ganguly as
He is a baccha (a kid). It’s not right to talk about bacchas.
Former Indian selector Ashok Malhotra reacted on the statements made by former coach of Indian Cricket, John Wright’s allegation on selectors for playing politics in the selection of team.
Ashok Malhotra said,
John is a spineless character.
The Indian cricket team coach Greg Chappell had reacted earlier on Saurav Ganguly and had said,
Everything he does is designed to maximise his chance of success and is usually damaging to someone else’s chances.
When the Chappell-Ganguly incident was getting hot, Harbhajan Singh had forced himself in the war of words and had defended Ganguly.
Raj Singh Dungarpur reacted and made a statement on Harbhajan as,
He should concentrate on his arm, rather than talk about whether Ganguly is right or wrong … once a chucker always a chucker.
Chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadev Bhattacharjee has also made himself involved in the politics of the cricket and reacted on the election of dalmiya as the president of the CAB as,
Bhattacharjee said to the reporters when dalmiya got re-elected as the president of the CAB as,
The battle will continue. I want him to leave this post. I want him to leave the organization. So long as he is there in the CAB the future of cricket in Bengal is doomed.
Sachin has ended his long awaited injury leave, made a comeback to the national team and made statement on the inning declaration by the standing captain Rahul Dravid, when he was batting on 194 against Pakistan in Multan test.
He said,
he has not forgetten the declaration of the inning till yet. It is hard to forget that, when I was about to complete the double century.
