Keeping Up With The Required Rate

The BCCI is headed for radical change along the lines laid down by the Lodha Committee. Ironically, it's the eventual outcome of the Board's chronic resistance to change itself. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday faced the kind of music before the Supreme Court of India that seemed unfathomable not so long ago. In accepting the majority of the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee, the court took a stand that went far beyond the expected rap on the knuckles which the cricket administration has grown accustomed to. It took the BCCI to task in a ruling that at times was laced with sarcasm, but for the most part was blunt and resolute. What we are left with now is a blueprint for the transparent, accountable, and ethical governance of sports in India. In an unprecedented set of recommendations made by the Lodha Committee, and now mostly accepted by the court, the entire fabric of sports governance has been radicalised to the extent that