AFP, New Delhi :
Former captain Sourav Ganguly expressed his “deep sense of fear” about the running of Indian cricket as he slammed the sloppy handling of #MeToo allegations against board chief executive Rahul Johri, among other key issues.
Johri was accused of sexual harassment on October 12 in an account shared by author Harnidh Kaur on Twitter, and the board’s administrative committee gave him a week to explain.
However, the Supreme Court-appointed committee is divided on the issue, with its two members arguing over the course of action against Johri.
Ganguly, who heads Bengal’s state cricket association, criticised the functioning of the national board, the richest and most powerful cricket body in the world.
“I write this mail to you all with the deep sense of fear as to where Indian cricket administration is going,” Ganguly wrote to BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary, president CK Khanna and treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary, in a letter seen by AFP.
“I don’t know how far it’s true, but the recent reports of harassment has really made the BCCI look very poorly… more so the way it has been handled,” he said.
Ganguly, 46, also criticised the board over last year’s appointment of national coach Ravi Shastri, after a selection process that sidelined his predecessor, Anil Kumble.
