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Cricket’s Rotten Empire: Who Is Lying — HCA or TCA? – Part II

msshankerMay 21, 2026010 mins

Special Correspondent ……in continuation….Here is Part I: https://orangenews9.com/crickets-rotten-empire-who-is-lying-hca-or-tca-part-i/ TG20 or ₹100-Crore Cricket Marketplace? At the heart of the battle lies the proposed TG20 league. On paper, franchise leagues are modern cricket’s economic reality. Every state association wants its own T20 tournament. There is nothing inherently wrong in commercialising domestic cricket. But commercialisation without transparency becomes…

Beyond the Optics: Why Modi’s Foreign Visits Matter

newsnow9May 21, 202607 mins

The Congress-led Opposition’s relentless obsession with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now reached a stage where even India’s strategic diplomatic engagements are being viewed through the narrow prism of domestic political hostility. The latest example is the criticism surrounding Modi’s five-nation visit at a time when tensions in West Asia have disrupted global energy supply…

Cricket’s Rotten Empire: Who Is Lying — HCA or TCA? – Part I

msshankerMay 20, 2026May 20, 202617 mins

Special Correspondent There comes a point when silence itself becomes evidence. For decades, the Hyderabad Cricket Association has hidden behind one towering credential — that it is among the oldest cricket bodies in India, a founding-era institution that predates Independence and helped shape Indian cricket itself. That legacy once commanded respect. Today, critics allege it…

Bigger Than the Association

newsnow9May 19, 2026110 mins

Vinay Rao A coach is appointed every year. A mandate is handed down by the courts. A new face arrives with grand intentions. And Hyderabad cricket remains exactly where it was — because everyone entrusted with serving the association has eventually ended up serving themselves. What Do We Mean by “Bigger Than the Association”? Justice…

Sanatan: From LKG to UG, PG and PhD — Multi-Disciplinary Stages

newsnow9May 19, 202606 mins

KS Nagarajan The Sun is regarded as the father of all Jeevarasi (living beings), while the seas, rivers, water bodies, and the Earth are considered the mother. According to the Mahabharata, Kunti wished to test this divine principle. Fearing social stigma, she later abandoned the child, who came to be known as Karna, setting him…

Dowry’s New Death Chambers

newsnow9May 19, 202609 mins

The death of 31-year-old Twisha Sharma in Bhopal is not merely another “domestic dispute gone wrong.” It is a chilling reminder that India’s dowry monster is not dead. It has simply become more sophisticated, more protected, and in many cases, more powerful than the law itself. Twisha Sharma, a former model and MBA graduate from…

The Match Must Not Be Misused

newsnow9May 18, 2026011 mins

Vinay Rao The Sunrisers Hyderabad versus Royal Challengers Bengaluru fixture on May 22 is more than a marquee IPL clash. It is an extraordinary opportunity — for cricket, or for the black-market ecosystem that has long thrived within the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s allocation system. The question is which one HCA’s new administration intends to serve….

Virat Kohli’s Century Was a Masterclass in Reading the Game

newsnow9May 18, 202616 mins

Modern cricket is increasingly becoming a game of instant gratification. Batters walk in with premeditated strokes, teams obsess over strike-rates, and coaches often reduce the shortest format into a six-hitting exhibition. Yet, every now and then, a player arrives and reminds the cricketing world that the essence of batting still lies in understanding conditions, reading…

It Was Never About 57 Clubs. It Was Always About the Marketplace Behind Them — Part IV

newsnow9May 17, 2026010 mins

Vinay Rao The Boy Who Allegedly Paid Rs 25 Lakhs to Play for Hyderabad A complaint is lying inside the grievance system of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. A copy has already been marked to the Single Member Committee headed by Justice P. Naveen Rao. Weeks have passed. Nothing visible has moved. Nobody appears suspended. Nobody…

SIT Delay Raises Troubling Questions Over HCA Probe

msshankerMay 15, 2026011 mins

Special Correspondent The delay by the Telangana government in constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the deep-rooted financial and administrative irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), despite a clear directive from the Telangana High Court nearly two weeks ago, is now raising uncomfortable and unavoidable questions. Why has the SIT not yet…