Vinay Rao Here is a number that should disturb everyone who genuinely cares about Hyderabad cricket: 80. That was the number of clubs a judicial committee found to be effectively controlled by just 12 individuals and their families. Eighty clubs. Twelve families. An association with more than 200 members — supposedly representing the democratic spirit…
Special Correspondent The time has come for Hyderabad cricket to undertake serious course correction. Whatever may have happened under previous administrations — whether driven by ego, indifference, internal politics, or ulterior motives — the responsibility now rests on the shoulders of the new HCA Secretary, Jeevan Reddy, to rectify some of the association’s most glaring…
The rot was never limited to 57 clubs. The rot was the system itself. Vinay Rao The debate surrounding the infamous 57 disqualified clubs is once again being reduced to a dangerously simplistic argument. Some want Hyderabad cricket to believe this is merely a procedural issue — a technicality, a calendar dispute over whether the…
Vinay Rao The battle to save Hyderabad’s iconic Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park is no longer merely an environmental issue. It has become a defining test of governance, urban planning, public accountability, and the government’s commitment to preserving the city’s rapidly vanishing green spaces. Despite mounting protests from citizens, environmentalists, walkers’ groups, wildlife activists, and…
Special Correspondent In what could mark a decisive turning point for the embattled Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), newly appointed Director of Cricket Administration and former India international Ambati Rayudu has laid out an uncompromising vision to clean up the system and restore the city’s lost cricketing glory. In an exclusive interaction with our Senior Editor…
Vinay Rao In a major step towards restoring credibility in cricket administration, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has initiated a series of reforms under judicial oversight, following the High Court’s directive to the state government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations of corruption and mismanagement within the body. The court-appointed supervisory…
Vinay Rao It began not with a slogan or a strategy, but with a moment—quiet, almost forgettable—on the banks of the Ganga in Kashi. The boat drifted without urgency that evening. The river flowed as it always had—indifferent to human drama, untouched by ambition, silently carrying the weight of centuries. Empires had risen and fallen…
Vinay Rao A writ petition was dismissed. A system exposed. And an administration is still silent. The Telangana High Court’s ruling in WP No. 10001 of 2026 was not just another routine dismissal. It was, in effect, a forensic audit of how the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has been functioning — or failing to function….
Vinay Rao TG20 launches — Telangana cricket announces itself to the world They believed when few others did. They pushed when the doors stayed shut. And last night, in a packed, electric hotel hall — surrounded by legends, dreamers, and the next generation of Telangana cricket — they had their moment. No grand speeches were…
Vinay Rao The latest verdict of the Telangana High Court on the functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association is not merely another judicial intervention—it is a sweeping indictment of an institution that has, over the years, drifted from administrative inefficiency into deep-rooted structural decay. What emerges from the court’s findings is not a story of…
