Guha questions ‘superstar culture’ in BCCI

New Delhi, June 2 : Indian cricket’s “superstar culture”, unaddressed conflict of interest issues and BCCI’s “insensitive” handling of coach Anil Kumble are the issues noted historian Ramachandra Guha touched upon in his resignation letter to the Committee of Administrators. Guha spared no one and questioned skipper Virat Kohli’s role in selection of coach, besides alleging conflict of interest on part of Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. The letter also questioned the move to give former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni a Grade A Central Contract despite him not playing all three formats. In a seven-page letter, Guha has expressed his disgust to Rai for the “extremely insensitive and unprofessional manner” that the speculated Kohli-Kumble fallout was handled by BCCI CEO (Rahul Johri) and the BCCI office-bearers (Amitabh Chaudhary). He accused the COA of “silence and inaction”, claiming that the panel was “unfortunately being complicit in this regard.” In his parting shot, he recommended Javagal Srinath’s name as his replacement as a former cricketer in the Committee of Administrators.