Our Sports Dek As this e-paper continues to report on alleged irregularities within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), signs of growing frustration among certain stakeholders are beginning to surface. Some individuals, expressing dissatisfaction over what they perceive as inaction, have pointed to the lack of visible progress from the High Court-appointed Supervisory Committee led by…
MS Shanker The arrival of the Indian Premier League season is supposed to be a celebration of cricket—packed stadiums, electrifying contests, and fans living every ball. Instead, what unfolds behind the scenes is far less glamorous: a scramble for free passes, entitlement politics, and a quiet sidelining of the very people who built the game….
MS Shanker At a time when global energy markets are on edge, and supply chains are strained by the ongoing West Asia crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pulled off what many are calling a calculated “master stroke.” The decision to sharply reduce central excuse taxes on petrol—from ₹13 to ₹3 per litre—and effectively eliminate…
Special Correspondent What began as a ₹6.5 crore stadium agreement has, over the years, spiralled into claims touching nearly ₹69 crore. But beyond the escalating financial stakes, a far more troubling question now confronts the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA): where is the original agreement itself? For years, the debate around the Uppal Stadium deal has…
Special Correspondent After the revelations in Part I, the Uppal Stadium story refuses to settle. If anything, the deeper one digs, the more unsettling the questions become. This series now moves beyond the terms of the agreement to something far more troubling—the sequence of money itself. Payments Before the Contract? If the earlier examination raised…
Special Correspondent In Indian public life, certain scandals refuse to die. Decades may pass, governments may change, and files may gather dust—but the questions remain. The Bofors gun deal is one such political ghost that has haunted the Congress party for nearly four decades. Now, a fresh controversy emerging from the cricketing corridors of Hyderabad…
Special Correspondent A two-vote victory is technically a win. But in an election clouded by allegations of money power, political influence, and the decisive role of institutional votes, some within Hyderabad’s cricketing fraternity are privately asking a pointed question: Does such a narrow margin truly reflect a victory, or does it reveal how deeply contested…
Special Correspondent Despite publishing a series of explosive reports exposing alleged irregularities, corruption, nepotism and the entrenched “pay-to-play” culture within the administration of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), this e-paper has chosen to provide a platform to candidates contesting the lone post that will go to polls — Treasurer. The election has effectively been reduced…
By Special Correspondent As the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) prepares to conduct polling for the lone remaining post of Treasurer on March 15, a crucial and uncomfortable question resurfaces: will the HCA finally complete the unfinished task entrusted to it by the Hon’ble Supreme Court, based on the recommendations of the Single-Member Committee? At the…
Special Correspondent What many in Hyderabad’s cricketing circles had quietly predicted now appears to have unfolded almost exactly along expected lines. The intense political pressure allegedly mounted behind the scenes to ensure the installation of a preferred candidate as Secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) seems to have finally prevailed, with Jeevan Reddy now…
