A Letter, A Mirror, A Way Forward
This e-paper publishes Mr. Venkateshwaran’s letter not merely as a complaint, but as part of a larger conversation that Hyderabad cricket can no longer avoid. The concerns over lack of communication with affiliated clubs are legitimate, and the HCA administration must recognise that transparency and stakeholder engagement are fundamental to democratic functioning. Conducting successful events alone cannot define reform. Clubs that have contributed to Hyderabad cricket for decades deserve timely official communication, inclusion in important interactions, and respect as stakeholders rather than spectators.
At the same time, accountability cannot rest with the administration alone. Affiliated clubs too must move beyond factional politics and transactional participation if they genuinely wish to restore credibility to Hyderabad cricket. The TG20 league, in particular, is too important to become another casualty of internal rivalries, as it could provide long-awaited opportunities for talented youngsters across Telangana. Both the HCA administration and club representatives must now decide whether they wish to protect personal— EDITOR
Here is the Letter…
Dear Mr. Jeevan Reddy,
Subject: Lack of Proper Communication with Affiliated Clubs
At the outset, I congratulate you on the initiatives being taken on the cricketing front, the successful conduct of the IPL 2026 matches, and the completion of the TG20 bidding process. These efforts deserve appreciation.
However, it is disappointing that stakeholders like us are being compelled to learn about important HCA decisions through media reports rather than through official communication channels. In the past, affiliated clubs were regularly informed of committee decisions through formal circulars and official notifications.
While digital communication is both welcome and necessary in modern administration, it cannot come at the cost of bypassing affiliated clubs altogether. Every club has a designated email ID, and it is the responsibility of the HCA administration, including the CEO’s office, to ensure that all important communications reach stakeholders in a timely and transparent manner. Unfortunately, this does not appear to be happening.
As you are relatively new to HCA administration, you may not yet be fully aware that many affiliated clubs have been associated with HCA for over 40 to 50 years and have significantly contributed to the growth and development of Hyderabad cricket over several decades.
We therefore urge the administration to keep clubs informed of all important decisions, activities, and developments concerning the Association. Excluding clubs from the communication process creates the unfortunate impression that long-standing stakeholders are being ignored — something neither healthy nor acceptable in a democratic sports body.
Further, it has always been an established and appreciated practice to invite affiliated clubs to press conferences and official functions of the HCA. Such traditions ensured transparency, inclusiveness, and mutual respect among stakeholders. Any deviation from these practices, particularly if inconsistent with the spirit of the HCA bye-laws, sets an unhealthy precedent. The bye-laws must be followed both in letter and spirit.
I sincerely hope you will treat this concern with the seriousness it deserves, address these lapses immediately, and restore proper communication channels between the HCA administration and its affiliated clubs.
Thanks, and regards,
S. Venkateshwaran
President
Marredpally Sporting Cricketers
Your e-paper Correspondent, Vinay Rao, who has been closely following HCA affairs for years, believes the issue demands honesty from both the administration and the affiliated clubs. The concerns raised may indeed be legitimate. But accountability cannot be one-sided.
To the HCA Secretary: Communication Defines Leadership
Mr. Jeevan Reddy assumed office carrying the expectations of stakeholders exhausted by the old HCA culture. Those expectations were justified. But reform cannot be limited to conducting successful tournaments or announcing new projects. Institutional transparency matters just as much.
If affiliated clubs — many of them with four or five decades of contribution to Hyderabad cricket — are learning about important decisions through newspapers instead of official communication, it reflects poorly on the administration’s approach to stakeholder engagement.
The solution is neither complicated nor unreasonable: send official circulars, use the registered email database, and include clubs in official interactions and press briefings. These are not privileges being demanded; they are the minimum standards expected in a democratic sporting institution.
To the Club Secretaries: Participation Cannot Be Transactional
At the same time, affiliated clubs must also introspect.
When opportunities for engagement were provided, did club representatives consistently participate with constructive agendas? Were discussions centred on player welfare, selection transparency, infrastructure, and grassroots cricket? Or did many interactions revolve merely around match passes, influence, and internal factionalism?
Sections of the cricketing community also continue to associate certain club administrators with controversial phases in HCA’s past. Whether fair or unfair, that perception exists. The only way to overcome it is through transparent conduct, constructive participation, and a visible commitment to players rather than politics.
TG20: Bigger Than Internal Politics
The TG20 league could become one of the most significant opportunities Hyderabad cricket has produced in years.
For a young cricketer from districts like Nizamabad, Warangal, or Khammam — talented enough to dream, but lacking the pathway to elite cricket — TG20 could offer exposure, livelihood, and professional direction.
That is precisely why clubs and administrators cannot afford to reduce it to another battleground for internal politics.
If there are concerns regarding transparency, revenue sharing, contracts, or selections, they must certainly be raised — but from within the system, through engagement and accountability, not through disengagement that ultimately hurts aspiring cricketers.
Hyderabad cricket has already lost too many years to ego clashes, factionalism, and vested interests.
This is the moment for both the HCA administration and affiliated clubs to prove they are willing to place the future of young cricketers above personal equations and institutional power struggles.
Because Hyderabad cricket is watching.
More importantly, so are its young players.
