The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has, unfortunately, become no stranger to controversies over the years. From allegations of administrative lapses and governance issues to prolonged legal battles and factional disputes, the Association has often found itself in the spotlight for reasons unrelated to cricket. The appointment of a Single Member Committee (SMC) headed by Justice…
Special Correspondent Success has many fathers. Failure, as the old saying goes, is an orphan. But in the case of the inaugural TG20 League, some stakeholders now quip with a touch of sarcasm that success appears to have found just one father — the tournament’s Chairman, Agam Rao. A special article penned by Agam Rao…
Special Correspondent For an association that has spent more time inside courtrooms than on cricket grounds over the past decade, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has once again found itself at the centre of yet another avoidable controversy. An official circular, accessed by this e-paper, has triggered fresh concern among affiliated clubs and cricket administrators,…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), an institution that has seldom stayed away from controversy over the last decade, appears to be heading into yet another turbulent phase. This e-paper has accessed two confidential documents received from an anonymous overseas number, exposing what appears to be an escalating internal confrontation within the HCA’s highest decision-making…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), an institution that has seldom stayed away from controversy over the last decade, appears to be heading into yet another turbulent phase. This e-paper has accessed two confidential documents received from an anonymous overseas number, exposing what appears to be an escalating internal confrontation within the HCA’s highest decision-making…
Special Correspondent The inaugural TG20 was marketed as Telangana cricket’s biggest celebration—a showcase of emerging talent, packed stadiums and a new era for domestic cricket. The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has spared no effort in projecting the tournament as a grand success. Yet, as the league reaches its climax, one match has ‘overshadowed’ everything else—the…
MS Shanker I have consistently supported the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. As a journalist, I have written numerous editorials defending the exercise because its objective is both legitimate and essential—to remove the names of deceased persons, weed out duplicate entries, identify bogus voters, and detect illegal migrants who have found…
MS Shanker Once, politicians feared journalists. Today, many honest journalists fear being mistaken for impostors carrying the same press card. Nothing illustrates the decline of a noble profession more painfully than this. That painful transformation did not happen overnight. It is the consequence of a profession gradually abandoning its highest ideals in pursuit of influence,…
Special Correspondent Decorated war veteran Brigadier (Retd.) G.B. Reddy has written to the newly appointed Army Chief, General Dhiraj Seth, urging the Army leadership to act decisively following serious corruption allegations levelled by advocate Sonal Singh against Major General Ajay Misra, the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Telangana and Andhra Sub Area (TASA)….
Special Correspondent Even as the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) may argue that there is no immediate urgency to constitute its Women’s Cricket Selection Committee because the domestic women’s season begins only around October, the delay has begun raising uncomfortable questions among women cricketers and former players alike. Their concern is not merely about timing but…
