PDF 30th Sept. 2016
The Lodha Committee’s status report, highlighting how the Board of Control for Cricket in India
has failed to adopt the recommended administrative reforms (सु धार/दोष नवृि त), has left the
game’s officials in a quandary (असमंजस / उलझन/आशंका). In a 79-page report filed in the
Supreme Court, Justice R.M. Lodha has said the BCCI’s current office-bearers would have to
relinquish ( यागना/ छोड़ना) their posts for the proposed changes to be effected. Lending greater
force to the punch, Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur said the BCCI elite (सव कृ ट / व श ट
वग) would have to “fall in line, or else we will make them fall in line”. The provocation
(उकसाव/ ेरण) for these firm strictures (कटु आलोचना/ गु ण दोष या या) was the BCCI’s Annual
General Meeting in Mumbai on September 21, where a slew (फेर/ आशा के वपर त /उलटे (उपे
क)
of decisions were taken, ranging from the nomination of Sharad Pawar as ‘alternate director for
International Cricket Council meetings’ to the appointment of new selection committees. The
actions were seen as a failure to heed (परवाह/
यान) the Supreme Court. When the Lodha
Committee green-lighted the BCCI’s AGM, it was with the caveat ( वरोध/ चेतावनी) of sticking
to appraising the year 2015-16, but the board discarded the retrospective gaze and instead looked
ahead. The appointment of selection committees, to cite one example, went against norms set by
Justice Lodha, who had recommended a three-member panel. The board stuck to the status quo
of having five.
Wednesday’s developments in court now put the BCCI in a piquant (उ तेजक/ दलच प)
situation. The BCCI’s elbow room has shrunk, and it is expected that the chastised board will toe
the line, though it has time till October 6 to file a reply in the Supreme Court. This sorry state of
affairs couldn’t have come at a more inopportune moment. India has a home season bounty —
13 Tests, including the match that concluded in Kanpur this week, and an imminent
(आस न/ नकट थ) Ranji Trophy schedule. Now there is the risk of disarray. The sport is perhaps
India’s best-governed, but the administrators refuse accountability. The cricket schedule
(domestic and international) is well- drawn, former cricketers get a generous pension, young
players find financial security in the Indian Premier League, and there is much to cheer in Indian
cricket. But a refusal to embrace transparency and the lack of respect for the ordinary fan have
been emblematic ( तीका मक/ योतक) of a feudal mindset that guides cricket’s officialdom.
BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke has been quoted as saying the board did what it felt was best for the
game; BCCI president Anurag Thakur has often declared he is out to clear “wrong perceptions”.
Their intentions are, however, yet to be matched by their actions. They need to take care they do
not precipitate what could be the most serious crisis yet for Indian cricket.
1. Reforms (सु धार/दोष नवृि त)
Synonyms: Mends, Reclamations, Improvements, Rectifications
Antonyms: Ruin, Damage, Worsen
2. Quandary (असमंजस / उलझन/आशंका)
Synonyms: Predicament, Dilemma, Circumstance
Antonyms: Boon, Solution, Good Fortune
3. Relinquish ( यागना/ छोड़ना)
Synonyms: Forgo, Forsake, Abandon, Vacate, Leave
Antonyms: Defend, Retain, Hold
4. Elite (सव कृ ट / व श ट वग)
Synonyms: Noble, Aristocrat, Selected
Antonyms: Common, Ordinary, Inferior
5. Provocation (उकसाव/ ेरण)
Synonyms: Instigation, Stimulation, Impellent
Antonyms: Compliment, Suppression
6. Strictures (कटु आलोचना/ गु ण दोष या या)
Synonyms: Criticism, Rebuke, Invective
Antonyms: Compliment, Praise
7. Heed (परवाह/ यान)
Synonyms: Attention, Caution, Wariness
Antonyms: Disinterest, Disregard, Ignorance
8. Caveat ( वरोध/ चेतावनी)
Synonyms: Warning, Admonition, Caution, Alarming
9. Piquant (उ तेजक/ दलच प)
Synonyms: Stimulant, Poignant, Zest
Antonyms: Dull, Moral
10. Imminent (आस न/ नकट थ)
Synonyms: Impending, Proximate, Approaching, Forthcoming
Antonyms: Distant, Later, Unlikely, Far
11. Emblematic ( तीका मक/ योतक)
Synonyms: Symbolic, Figurative, Exemplary
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