New Delhi: The Delhi and District Cricket Association may be planning a coup within its ranks. CNN-IBN has learnt that the all-powerful sports committee may be on its way out, and cricketers may now be put in charge of running the game. The bosses of Delhi cricket continue to be in damage control mode after the fiasco of the abandoned one-dayer against Sri Lanka on December 27.
A meeting was held at the residence of DDCA President Arun Jaitley earlier on Thursday, where consultations continued on the road ahead for Delhi cricket. A formal letter has already been sent to the ICC with the DDCA's explanation of the sequence of events that led to the cancellation of the game. The DDCA claims that the BCCI is satisfied with the reasons put forward for the fiasco at Feroz Shah Kotla. CNN-IBN has learnt that behind the scenes a strategy is being put in place to clip the wings of the powerful sports committee, which has been a major demand of both current and former players.
There is a strong view emerging that although quite a few Delhi players are on the national map, it is despite the system not because of it. A new cricket committee is likely to be formed which will include former cricketers such as the Nawab of Pataudi, Bishan Singh Bedi,Kirti Azad and others. This committee could then be handed the powers to decide on all policy matters, selection issues and even infrastructure, which will considerably reduce the influence of the sports committee. It was only recently that Bishan Bedi had called for a greater role for former cricketers in running the game in Delhi.
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