Special Correspondent The recent attempt by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) to initiate amendments to its Constitution has raised serious procedural, legal, and governance-related concerns, warranting careful examination and documentation. This report places on record the sequence of events, objections raised by stakeholders, and the broader implications of the ongoing exercise. A former Secretary of…
Special Correspondent What began as an eligibility objection between Sportive CC and Charminar Cricket Club has now exposed a deeper, more troubling failure—the deliberate shifting of the question itself. This is no longer a routine club dispute. It is a test of whether cricket administration values process over convenience, and verification over haste. Yet, instead…
Special Correspondent An eligibility dispute has surfaced in the ongoing B Division T20 Knockout Tournament conducted by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), with Sportive Cricket Club accused of violating tournament regulations by fielding more guest players than permitted. According to a formal complaint lodged by Charminar Cricket Club, Sportive CC allegedly played three guest players,…
Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) finds itself embroiled in yet another controversy—this time not merely administrative, but constitutional and judicial in nature. At the centre of the storm is its decision to proceed with the “Kaka Venkata Swamy Memorial Inter-District T20 League” despite a pending legal challenge, explicit objections from the Telangana Cricket…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad’s domestic cricket ecosystem, once admired for its discipline, technical excellence and institutional integrity, has been pushed into fresh controversy following a formal complaint by Balaaji Cricket Club to the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) supervisory committee, headed by former High Court judge Justice Naveen Rao. In its detailed representation, Balaaji CC has alleged…
A Special Report on India’s Spiritual Gift to the World Today is World Meditation Day, being celebrated across the globe. The fact that the United Nations has recognized its importance and declared December 21 as World Meditation Day is yet another accomplishment reflecting India’s timeless ethos, civilisation and culture. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relentless…
Special Correspondent For Telangana cricket, despair is fast turning into anger. What began as cautious optimism with the appointment of a Telangana High Court–appointed One-man Supervisory Committee at the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is now giving way to a far more disturbing sentiment — that inaction may be enabling the very rot the office was…
Special Correspondent For an institution that has lived in controversy for nearly two decades, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) still manages to find newer depths. This time, however, the rot has not been exposed by a rival faction, a police raid, or a court order—but by a letter written by one of its own former…
When an exposé begins to hurt, those thriving on rot inevitably strike back—not with facts, but with intimidation, insinuation and entitlement. That moment has arrived. Following the publication of this e-paper’s article, “When Merit Is Benched: How HCA Keeps Sabotaging Its Own Future,” a private academy promoter—widely known in cricketing circles as a “broker,” though…
Special Correspondent Indian cricket’s greatest enemy has never been lacking of talent. It has always been the small, suffocating cabals that fear talent. The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) seems determined to prove that this disease is alive, thriving, and once again ruining the career of a promising young cricketer—not because he failed, but because he…
