Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), alleging that it submitted fabricated records on district-level cricketing activities before the Bombay High Court with an intention to mislead the judiciary.
Addressing a press conference, TCA General Secretary Dharam Guruva Reddy claimed that the association had obtained a copy of a report submitted by the HCA detailing cricket activities across Telangana districts. According to him, the document, allegedly signed by an HCA functionary, projected an extensive grassroots cricket structure across the State that was “completely inconsistent with the ground reality.”
Guruva Reddy, who has been spearheading a prolonged legal battle against the HCA, in an official press statement released on Thursday, described the report as “deeply disturbing” and alleged that it sought to portray an active district cricket ecosystem that, according to the TCA, has never existed.
“If the report is accurate, it would represent one of the greatest success stories in grassroots cricket. Yet neither the media, district administrators, local authorities nor thousands of aspiring cricketers have witnessed such activity over the years,” he said.
The TCA maintained that cricket administration by the HCA has historically remained confined largely to Hyderabad city and questioned how a comprehensive district-wide network had suddenly surfaced in documents submitted before the court.
Backing its allegations, the TCA pointed to what it described as several glaring inconsistencies in the report.
Among them, it alleged that tournament records from multiple districts, including Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar and Medak, reflected identical numbers of matches across different age groups—15 matches each in Under-25 and Under-19 categories and nine matches each in Under-16 and Under-14 competitions.
According to the TCA, such uniformity was highly improbable in independent district tournaments, where factors such as weather, ground availability and scheduling typically result in varying numbers of matches. It alleged that the identical figures suggested the data had been replicated rather than compiled from actual tournaments.
The association also highlighted what it termed as “timeline anomalies” in the report. While the document largely pertained to the 2025-26 season, certain pages reportedly carried the heading “District Report for the Season 2024-25” while simultaneously recording summer coaching camps conducted during May and June 2025.
In another instance cited by the TCA, a cricket centre at Jagitial in the Karimnagar district section was shown as operational despite recording zero player participation, raising further questions over the authenticity of the data.
Seeking greater accountability, the TCA posed a series of questions to the HCA and the authorities overseeing cricket administration.
It questioned why district units claimed to be active had remained absent from successive HCA elections over the past decade. It also sought disclosure of audited financial statements, tournament schedules, scorebooks, photographs and other records to establish whether funds earmarked by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for grassroots development had actually been utilised in rural Telangana.
The TCA further questioned whether adequate verification had been carried out before the report was placed before the Bombay High Court.
Calling for an independent probe, Guruva Reddy said the matter had gone beyond administrative irregularities and involved the credibility of judicial proceedings.
“If any fabricated information has knowingly been submitted before a constitutional court, it is a serious issue warranting an impartial investigation,” he said, adding that the TCA was prepared to face scrutiny of its own functioning as well.
The association reiterated that the latest developments strengthened its long-pending demand before the BCCI for Associate Membership, arguing that rural cricketers in Telangana deserved an independent district-based cricket administration.
The HCA’s response to the allegations was not immediately available.
