It's player power vs politics in KSCA polls - Indian Express

Karnataka cricket is set to witness an intense battle for control when the group led by former Indian cricketers Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath takes on the rival faction headed by former Maharaja of Mysore and ex-Congress MP Srikantadatta Wodeyar in the state body’s elections on Sunday.

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While Kumble & Co are promising to bring the focus back on sport by reviving grassroots cricket and the seven-decade-old club culture, Wodeyar, already a one-term KSCA president, insists great cricketers don’t necessarily make good administrators. He has promised the 1429 voters — 229 members representing clubs and 1200 life members — to make the KSCA more democratic and even bring it under the RTI. The intensity was evident from the fact that Rahul Dravid used a day’s break after the Hyderabad Test to come and campaign for his former mates. “(They) bring a huge amount of experience, not just about cricket but the way it’s run around the world,” says Dravid.

It's player power vs politics in KSCA polls - Indian Express