Topic - BCCI after Shashank Manohar
Shashank Manohar’s resignation as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India has come at an inopportune[असामयिक] moment for the sport in this country. Conversely, his re-election as the chairman of the International Cricket Council is a fillip to the game’s apex body. In his recent stint[कार्यकाल] at the ICC, Mr. Manohar helped curb the disproportionate powers and profit of the so-called “big three”, India, Australia and England, an initiative that has been insufficiently lauded[प्रशंसा करना].
And on his watch, the BCCI has been able to recover a semblance[झलक] of equilibrium after its credibility had been steadily eroded[नष्ट करना] since 2013. Beginning with controversies drawing from conflicts of interest in the Indian Premier League, the BCCI had come under a gathering cloud. The board’s functioning eventually came to be scrutinised by the Supreme Court, which has made some extraordinary interventions. In fact, recommendations on a clean-up by the court-appointed Lodha panel are still being heard in the Supreme Court. It is not clear whether Mr. Manohar chose to leave the BCCI on account of his inability to adequately tide over the Lodha storm — or whether he simply saw it as a prerequisite[शर्त] for election as the ICC’s first independent chairman. Till now he had been serving in the ICC post as the BCCI’s nominee. New rules, in the framing of which he played a role, stipulate[शर्त लगाना] that nominees not be attached to any board.
Now that he has been elected as chairman of the ICC on Thursday, Mr. Manohar’s fresh stint will be closely watched. Freed from his moorings [बंधन ] at the BCCI, will he bring some coherence[अनुकूल होना] to the administration of international cricket, particularly to its calendar? Post-IPL, international cricket is being played basically to the dictates of the game’s most profitable territories — read India, Australia and England. Will he, for instance, revive the Future Tours Programme that gave all ICC full members assurance of matches with each other? Will he check the BCCI’s arbitrariness[मनमानी करना] in forcing its agenda on other boards? Meanwhile, back at the BCCI, different lobbies are at work to swing the numbers to their own advantage. Whoever steps into Mr. Manohar’s shoes will first have to contend with the Lodha panel’s wide-ranging recommendations. These include an age cap of 70 years for office-bearers, a representative of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to oversee financial transactions, withdrawal of full membership to the Cricket Club of India and Railways (among others), induction of the northeastern States, and the removal of BCCI office-bearers from the IPL Governing Council. Mr. Manohar worked towards implementing some of the suggestions but much more needs to be done. If the Supreme Court’s unerring[अचूक] gaze[अवलोकन] is focussed on the BCCI, it only has itself to blame. The top item on the next board president’s agenda has to be to avert[टालना] a slide back to the BCCI’s bad old ways and reverse the impression that it is an opaque, old boys’ club.
Vocabulary :
inopportune[असामयिक]-: 1) not suitable or right for a particular situation : inconvenient
- He always shows up at the most inopportune times.
2) done or happening at the wrong time
- an inopportune sale of stocks
stint[कार्यकाल]- a person's fixed or allotted period of work.
- his varied career included a stint as a magician
- synonyms: spell, stretch, turn, session, term, shift
laud[प्रशंसा करना]- praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially in a public context.
- the obituary lauded him as a great statesman and soldier
- synonyms: praise, extol, hail, applaud, acclaim, commend
semblance[झलक]- the state of being somewhat like something but not truly or fully the same thing — usually + of
- They found it hard to maintain any semblance of control. [=to maintain any appearance of having control; to maintain any control at all]
- Her life finally returned to some semblance oforder/normality. [=her life finally became a little more ordered/normal]
erode[नष्ट करना]-to gradually destroy (something) or to be gradually destroyed by natural forces (such as water, wind, or ice)
- Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
prerequisite[शर्त] - required as a prior condition.
the student must have the prerequisite skills
synonyms: necessary, required, called for, essential, requisite, obligatory
stipulate[शर्त लगाना] -to demand or require (something) as part of an agreement
- The cease-fire was stipulated by the treaty.
- The rules stipulate that players must wear uniforms.
coherence[अनुकूल होना]- working closely and well together
- They are able to function as a coherent group/team.
arbitrariness[मनमानी करना]-1) not planned or chosen for a particular reason
- An arbitrary number has been assigned to each district.
2): not based on reason or evidence
- I don't know why I chose that one; it was a completelyarbitrary decision.
gaze[अवलोकन]- to look at someone or something in a steady way and usually for a long time
- He gazed out the window at the snow.
- She gazed intently/longingly into his eyes.
unerring[अचूक] - always right and accurate : making no errors
- She has an unerring instinct for language.
- He has an unerring sense of good taste.
avert[टालना]- to turn (your eyes, gaze, etc.) away or aside
- She had to avert her eyes [=to look away] at the sight of the accident.
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