The Supreme Court today appointed its own panel of 4 administrators that would run the BCCI and also carry out the reforms laid out by the Lodha Panel.
The panel will be led by Ex-CAG Vinod Rai and other members include MD of IDFC Vikram Limaye, former Indian women’s team captain Diana Edulji and pop-historian cum Nehru fan Ramachandra Guha (that’s right).
Apart from Diana Edulji, none of the panelists appear to have a professional background in cricket and Ram Guha is a self proclaimed ‘Failed cricketer’ (as per his Twitter bio). And as expected, people reacted to this development with surprise and wit.
Here are some of the reactions (and predictions):
BREAKING: Ranji Trophy renamed to Nehru Cup #RamGuhaInBCCIpic.twitter.com/ZcBmPuQtDY
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) January 30, 2017
Plus there would be no toss, opponents would be given first right to choose:
India-Pakistan matches will now be subjected to Nehruvian consensus instead of win-loss binary. #RamGuhaInBCCIhttps://t.co/GwMPHt0Tpd
— Sreemoy Talukdar (@sreemoytalukdar) January 30, 2017
And India’s tour to England would be called as Discovery of England:
Ram Guha will change the Rest of India Team to Idea of India Team
— fcra_analyst (@by2kaafi) January 30, 2017
Any critics of the team would immediately be blocked from watching cricket:
One good thing is that whenever Team India loses, all criticism can be rejected as “paid trolling”. #RamGuhaInBCCI
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) January 30, 2017
A state of emergency would be imposed in those cities which would have low stadium attendances:
IPL will be Indira Premier League #RamGuhaInBCCI
— Ekita (@LostByWaves) January 30, 2017
This very important piece of history would no longer be overlooked
It was Rajeev gandhi who brought cricket in India. #RamGuhaInBCCI
— विराट चौधरी (@_imVirat) January 30, 2017
With immediate effect!
BCCI would now be renamed as Board of Control for Cricket in Secular India(BCCSI). #RamGuhaInBCCI
— Hemant Bijapurkar (@bija_hem) January 30, 2017
Then centuries later this history can be twisted by liberal filmmakers under the garb of artistic freedom:
Ramchandra Guha will run BCCI? Seems like cricket in India will soon be history https://t.co/m0pEQZohHz
— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) January 30, 2017
Maybe Boxing federation would be more apt:
Now when SC has appointed Guha ji & others to haed BCCI..how abt appointing Rajdeep Sardesai G to head Wrestling Federation. Experienced hai
— Paresh Rawal fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) January 30, 2017
Some also talked about Vinod Rai’s appointment to the panel:
Kohli: We scored 240 in T20 match.
Vinod Rai: Not good. There are 120 balls in T20, can score 6 each ball, plus extras. LOSS of 500 runs!
— Parth Kulkarni (@parthya) January 30, 2017
With Vinod Rai at the helm, would No ball, Wide Ball and Miss fielding be considered as a loss to team exchequer? #RamGuhaInBCCI
— Hemant Bijapurkar (@bija_hem) January 30, 2017
Finally an explanation on why the SC made such appointments:
The Supreme Court wanted to make a historic judgment to bring accountability to the BCCI.
So they’ve got in a historian and an accountant.— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) January 30, 2017
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