The election of lawyer-turned-administrator Shashank Manohar as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket has given a ray of hope that the sordid state of affairs in the BCCI will change.
Mr Manohar has the reputation of being an honest man. His first term, from 2008 to 2011, was a tale of good intentions, frustrated by the BCCI’s mad pursuit of money and power.
Presently, the BCCI is run like a private club of kings and princes — it has remained untouched by the sense of public accountability and norms of good corporate governance. Because of this, some of the measures promised by Mr Manohar seem nothing short of being revolutionary.