Big brother BCCI bad for cricket

But greed and power politics know no end. Now, the BCCI is suggesting that Matthew Hayden and Mike Hussey dump Australian colours, forget about a practice match before their series in India, and play for Chennai Super Kings.

Does this fall under BCCI purview? Far as we understand, the fixtures for bilateral series are approved by the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Fixtures Committee, and that is final, unless there are unavoidable circumstances. Does the Champions League fall under unavoidable circumstances?

It would be very interesting indeed, to figure out how Cricket Australia responds to this. They don’t normally take too kindly to being pushed around.

The funny part however is that the players themselves may not be averse to the idea. As recent surveys show, a majority of players, especially in England (considering that they missed out earlier) would be ready to dump the St. George’s Cross for sundry American Presidents (on dollar bills).

But pride will kick in someday, especially when the amount of kicking around by BCCI become a bit too much. Like all power mongers, those in BCCI do not know when to stop.

But irrespective of how many greenbacks are thrown around, the fact remains that some day, someone will push too hard, and the bomb will explode on their faces.

That will give us more ammunition. So bring it on.

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