A close look at BCCI's recent history, be it the match-fixing scandal of 2000 or the 2007 World Cup debacle, reveals that it has never seriously engaged itself in identifying and/or sorting the core issues and problems that plague Indian cricket. All that BCCI has indulged in is making tall promises by appointing committees comprising of former legendary cricketers and thus shooting from their respected shoulders. Administrators have often furthered their agenda by using iconic players as a potent shield. BCCI promised a complete overhaul of Indian cricket due to relentless media and public pressure but all was forgotten within a few months and it was business as usual with the introduction of IPL in 2008.
Thereafter the cricket viewing public was made to believe that all is well despite the scandalous IPL gate. Recently a combination of blatant lust for money which allowed the players to choose club over country, terrible tour scheduling, non-existent bench strength and mass injuries resulted in one of the worst ever defeats for our otherwise numero uno cricket team. Lucky Dhoni and autocratic BCCI should, in fact, thank Anna Hazare's revolutionary movement which caught the imagination of the nation and did not leave any air time or column space for media to discuss the all pervasive systemic rot in BCCI. But as we all know the more BCCI changes, the more it remains the same. Therefore, I know for sure that BCCI, unless forced to, will keep resisting any form of change as maintaining status quo suits them the most.
