Who is this Niranjan Shah and how many tests he has played ?????
I remember a fantastic comment once made by Kapil Dev, on TV - ''...who is this Dungarpur? how many tests he has played...'' when he was asked to comment on some remark made by Raj Sing Dungarpur.
Similar was the viewpoint of Milkha Singh on these Board memebers and their ilk. Be it Sharad Pawar or Kalmadi or Dashmunshi ...all these guys move around different sporting activities without having ever played the game at international level. When any sports activity is surrounded by too many managers rather than players - that sports can only produce managers not genuine players. So Indian sports is fullof great managers who somehow manage to sqeez themselves into the national squad.
India and Pakistan are the only countries that had more managers in an Olympic contingent, than players. In one of the Winter Olympics Siva Kesavan was the only contestant from India, and the offcial records showed travel arrangements for more than six people.
Our system should get rid of these sports parasites and get some genuine ex-players to man responsible positions in Indian sports, with the notable exception of ex players like Gavasker - who did gross injustice to his career records by engaging into petty politics.
