What's with the BCCI?
Virender Sehwag says he misses Ganguly, says the Indian team plays too much cricket, he is gagged. The BCCI warns him not to speak on such issues.
Sachin Tendulkar has his first net in months. The media is not invited. When they land up they are asked to shoot for afar.
So TV has a sideways angle of Sachin playing a few shots. So do most photographers. And not even a few words from ST after the session.
On one side, you have the board tomtomming that they will be transperent and mordern in its thinking. And then you have this.
What's so controversial about Sehwag saying he misses Ganguly (who he thinks is his mentor)? Or what's so secretive about Tendulkar knocking a few balls back that the media cannot take whatever shots they want?
The board says it wants to take the game forward. But this stuff reeks of the dark ages of Indian cricket.
Meanwhile M S Dhoni has signed an 'exclusive' deal with the TV channel NDTV. So what will he speak about there? His hairstyle?